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).
Letter from The Cork-Sealed Piston Ring Company of Canada proposing a supply of piston rings for testing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 148\3\ scan0062 | |
| Date | 1st July 1929 | |
| COPY. THE CORK-SEALED PISTON RING COMPANY OF CANADA. London Address:- 9, Mincing Lane, E.C. 3. 445, King Street West, Toronto 2, Canada. Messrs. Rolls-Royce, Ltd., 14-15, Conduit St.{Capt. P. R. Strong}, W. 1. 1st July, 1929. Dear Sirs, Attention Service Manager. I have recently arrived from Canada for the purpose of establishing a Branch Office here to handle several products of interest. I enclose a folder on the Cork Sealed Piston Ring, which is having very good sales both in U.S.A. and Canada. At present our Factory is fully occupied in the manufacture of rings in inches, and we are not equipped to service millimetre measurement. I have with me the following sizes for the cars you are handling, and with a view to interesting you I can supply you with a set at a specially low price for test:- 2 11/16 x 1/8 to 3 7/8 x 3/16. I trust that from an engineering point of view I shall hear from you, as I am confident that when the principle of this ring is fully explained and understood you will, like the factories on the other side, admit that the ring is an improvement on the old types of rings. The cost to you will, from an experimental point of view, be well worth the outlay. Awaiting the favour of your reply, Yours faithfully, (Sgd.) S. Purser. P.S. About 2 years ago Derby sent me a blue print and were willing to test these rings. | ||