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).
Diagrammatic drawing and explanation of a reserve fuel device.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 75\2\ scan0063 | |
| Date | 30th January 1920 | |
| RESERVE FUEL DEVICE DIAGRAMATIC AIR PRESSURE SUPPLY PIPE UNION WOULD BE JOINED TO THIS CASTING SIMILARLY TO FUEL PIPE BUT COMMUNICATING WITH TOP OF TANK. FUEL SYLPHON TUBE, COUPLED TO VALVE STEM TO ALLOW MOVEMENT VERTICALLY WITHOUT LEAKAGE. NORMALLY THE HAND LEVER SHOULD BE IN A POSITION WHERE THE VALVE IS LIFTED FROM ITS SEAT WHEN IT IS DESIRED TO DRAW ON THE RESERVE THE VALVE SHOULD BE DROPPED & THE RESERVE FUEL WILL THEN BE FORCED UP TUBE A THRO' THE HOLES B SHOWN FITTED & THEN UP MAIN TUBE C. RESERVE FUEL A B C | ||