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 produce two trial Bentley tappets with a new weight-reduced design without a roller.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 88\4\ scan0075 | |
| Date | 2nd July 1934 | |
| x 254 To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/SMITH. 8/KW. 2. 7. 34. Y BENTLEY TAPPETS. We are anxious to reduce the weight of these, and at the same time to do away with the roller. The accompanying sketch HR.92 shows a way of doing this, using the existing guide and spring arrangement. Will you please make us 2 off for trial purposes. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/T.Ll.Smith. | ||