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).
The performance and potential improvement of a jack mechanism, comparing a new model to the standard Dunlop Jack.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 48\1\ Scan050 | |
Date | 9th May 1930 | |
-2- against it. The bronze bush which carries the pinion also suffered slightly. The universal attachment would be really good if it were arranged to give a greater range of angularity before this fouling of the handle boss on the jack body and pinion bush can take place. If we can arrange to have the handle improved in this respect we should do well to use this new model in preference to the existing standard Dunlop Jack. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /AJL. Attached are two blue prints and the letter FRC-EW-21 of May 9th.1930. | ||