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).
Proposal to simplify water connections on jackets by replacing screw unions with steel tubes and clips.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 34\2\ Scan002 | |
| Date | 4th July 1916 | |
| R.H. 285 a (400 T) (S.C. 25M. 15-2-16) D.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} 1640. To By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from R.{Sir Henry Royce} c. to Na.{Mr Nadin} c. to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c. to EH. 6/7/16 c. to J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} COPY. R9/W4716. July 4th, 1916. RE WATER CONNECTIONS ON JACKETS. Mr Elliott has re-arranged thos to do away with the screw unions on these connections, and we propose that the new ones are to be made of simple pieces of steel tube, bent or straight, and slid into position. The rubber connections fit on the plain external surf of these tubes, and a system of clips to be revised suitable for a flat surface which permits of a more satisfactory standard design for these clips. As this will save work and weight we should be glad if this modification can be tried at once and the manufacture of the parts of the present somewhat complicate designs slowed down so as to be more "Hand to mouth". R.{Sir Henry Royce} A70 | ||