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).
Design proposal for a wheel rim spring ring gap to prevent water from getting under the tyre.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 157\5\ scan0027 | |
| Date | 29th September 1921 guessed | |
| PRESENT TYPE GAP LETS WATER IN HERE WHERE IT GETS RIGHT UNDER TYRE. PROPOSED TYPE GAP IN WHICH THE MAIN BEAD OF THE SPRING RING FITS CLOSE (CAN BE FILED TO SUIT.) TO PREVENT WATER GETTING IN UNDER THE TYRE - THE REMOVING GAP BEING PLACED HIGHER UP WHERE THE SPACE IS PROTECTED BY THE TYRE ITSELF. | ||