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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).
Sketch of a Lucas Electrical Helix Type Starter Motor, showing the pinion shift arrangement.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 165\7\  img022
Date  1st April 1911 guessed
  
LUCAS ELECTRICAL HELIX TYPE STARTER MOTOR.
SKETCH SHOWING PINION SHIFT ARRANGEMENT.
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FORK FOR OPERATING PINION ASSEMBLY.
LINE OF ACTION OF PLUNGER
PINION RETURN SPRING.
FORK PIVOT
SOLENOID PLUNGER.
STARTER MAIN SWITCH CONTACTS. OPERATED BY SOLENOID PLUNGER NEAR END OF STROKE.
STEEL SHAFT, WORKS IN A BRONZE BUSH BEARING.
PINION
LINE OF ACTION OF PINION ASSEMBLY
MULTI-PLATE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY.
SPLINED SHAFT.
ARMATURE
STEEL SHAFT, WORKS IN A BRONZE BUSH BEARING.
PHOSPOR BRONZE THRUST BLOCKS.
  
  


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