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 to Empire Rubber Co. Ltd. regarding an experimental order for sponge rubber door seals with a live rubber skin.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 117\3\ scan0381 | |
| Date | 19th March 1941 | |
| 1021 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/EAG.3/ET. 19th March, 1941. Messrs. Empire Rubber Co. Ltd., D U N S T A B L E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} Beds. Dear Sirs, SPONGE RUBBER DOOR SEAL WITH LIVE RUBBER SKIN ------------------------- Thank you for your letter of 17th March, with re- ference to sponge rubber door seal. We appreciate that this sponge rubber material has to be moulded. It was through an oversight that we used the word die. We note that the cost of the mould will be about £2. We should like you to make us six 5 ft. lengths of door seal with the live rubber skin, for experimental purposes, to replace the sample of velvet covered seal which we originally sent you. As you probably realise, we should like this rubber to be as soft as possible. We are asking our Purchase Department to send you our official order. Yours faithfully, | ||