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).
Blueprint diagram and explanation of the Goshawk Carburettor's accelerating pump.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 179b\3\ img009 | |
| Date | 3rd January 1933 guessed | |
| GOSHAWK CARBURETTOR ACCELERATING PUMP SERVANT TO AVOID BUMPING ARE WHEN OPERATING THROTTLE LEVER PROGRESSIVELY LIGHT SPRING HOLDS THE PISTON OFF ITS SEAT, ALLOWING THE FUEL TO ESCAPE WHEN OPERATED SLOWLY. QUICK OPERATION CLOSES THE GAP, THE INERTIA OF THE PISTON OVERCOMING THE SPRING PRESSURE. | ||