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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).
Suggested modification to the hand control of an Autolock damper, including a diagram and explanatory notes.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 95\4\  scan0019
Date  14th May 1935 guessed
  
SUGGESTED MODIFICATION TO HAND CONTROL OF AUTOLOCK DAMPER.
SETUP SPRING GIVES WAY WHEN VALVE SPRING PLUNGER REACHES THE MAXIMUM LOAD "STOP".
THE INWARD TRAVEL OF THE VALVE SPRING PLUNGER IS LIMITED BY A STOP.
AS SHOWN THE CONTROL IS HALF WAY BETWEEN WEAK AND STRONG AND THE STOP WILL COME INTO ACTION AT HALF OF THE CAM TRAVEL GIVING THE FULL LINE GREEN DIAGRAM FIG 2.
  
  


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