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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).
Diagram illustrating the arrangement of a servo device and compensation mechanism for brakes.

Identifier  Morton\M1.A\  img012
Date  24th November 1921
  
Lec. 1495.
FROM PEDAL
WHETHER CAR IS GOING FORWARDS OR BACKWARDS SERVO DRUM ROTATES THE SAME WAY
INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL GEARS ROTATE IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS
FROM PEDAL
CLUTCH DISENGAGES RATCHETS ETC WHEN BRAKE OFF
THREE DIFFERENTIALS COMPENSATE FOR ALL BRAKES
TO FRONT BRAKES
TO REAR BRAKES
WHEN CAR MOVING FORWARDS THIS RATCHET IS DRIVING
WHEN CAR MOVING BACKWARDS THIS RATCHET IS DRIVING
ARRANGEMENT OF SERVO DEVICE AND COMPENSATION FOR BRAKES
40/50HP. IND. 24/11/21
  
  


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