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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).
Clarifying the correct terminology for clutch components on standardisation sheets.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 75\5\  scan0055
Date  26th May 1920
  
X. 3350a.

To EFC. from R.{Sir Henry Royce}
Copy to CJ.

R5/G22/5/PD.
26 MAY 1920
RECEIVED

RE STANDARDISATION SHEETS.

With reference to standardisation sheet '[handwritten: Modification] to Clutch for Starter Motor Drive', this ought not to say 'Clutch' but 'Slipper Drive'. The Clutch we should call 'Jaw Clutch on the Side Shaft of the Gear Box.'

A T. please note

R.{Sir Henry Royce}
E.F.C.
  
  


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