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).
With a diagram suggesting improvements to prevent a water leak past a bush and gland.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 66a\3\ scan0144 | |
| Date | 1st May 1927 guessed | |
| contd :- -2- We should like to try something rather better designed on these lines as it appears to prevent a poor gland from leaking. A.{Mr Adams} Face 'V' on rotor fitting into 'V' notch on pump casing. Spring pushing rotor up to 'V' groove. Water leaks past the outside of bush into cavity A.{Mr Adams} We suggest that this bush is coated with Heldite before being pressed in, or covered with boiled oil after fixing to prevent this seepage. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||