From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Request to supply 3 sets of parts for a revised switchbox arrangement on a chassis, with manufacturing notes.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 65\2\ scan0009 | |
| Date | 23th October 1928 | |
| X 7730 TO WORKS C. EFC. BY/RD2/ML.23.10.28. S.S. CHASSIS - SWITCHBOX. SEC:8160 - L.O.C.2597. Will you please put in hand 3 sets of the following parts, to provide a revised arrangement of switching on the above chassis:- D.71867 - Switch Body. D.71868 - Contact Maker - R.H. D.71869 - Contact Maker - Magneto Earth. D.71870 - Brush Stamping - " D.71871 - Brush Assembly - Magneto Earth. D.71872 - Stop Plate. D.71873 - Stop Plate. D.71874 - Angle Plate for Cable Eye. D.71875 - Clamp for Cable Eye. D.71876 - Cable Eye. D.71877 - Bus Bar. D.71878 - Magneto Terminal. D.71879 - Connector - Magneto Terminal. D.71880 - Clamping Piece - Mag: Earth Terminal. D.71881 - Distance Piece - Mag: " D.71882 - Packing Piece. D.71883 - Cheese Head Screw - Earth Connector. D.71884 - Stud Securing Cover and Base. D.71890 - Contact Plate - R.H. The switch body D.71867 can be made by obtaining from the Works a moulding of D.70519 but specially moulded for this job by leaving out the insert D.50383. Slight machining is then required to transform it to the new piece. D.71881/2 can be made from ebonite for these 3 chassis. We are unable to complete this unit at the moment but, further details and L.O.P. will be issued as soon as possible. BY/RD. | ||