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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).
Comparison blueprint of an existing versus a suggested modified foot brake shoe design.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 92\4\  scan0369
Date  17th September 1937
  
EXISTING SCHEME
FULCRUM BRKT. G 82974-5
BOLTS G 84970
BRAKE SHOE G 83530
BOSS-ADJ. SCREW G82971-2
BOLTS KA.113
ADJ. WASHERS G 83059-63
P.II REAR BRAKES
MODIFIED FOOT BRAKE SHOE
SUGGESTED SCHEME
DISTANCE PIECE EMPLOYED TO SAVE 'HANDING' OF SHOES
SUGGEST THAT BRAKE SHOE, FULCRUM BRKT, ADJ SCREW BOSS BE PRODUCED IN ONE FORGING TOGETHER WITH BOSSES AS SHOWN FOR AUX. SHOE & BRAKE TOGGLE.
ALSO SUGGEST MODIFIED FIXING FOR AUX SHOE & BRAKE TOGGLE
ROLLS-ROYCE, LTD.
PRINT ROOM
17 SEP 1937
DERBY.
EX 104
  
  


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