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).
Letter from The S.U. Company regarding a decision on the S.U. Carburetter and criticism of the Petrolift pump.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 31\4\ Scan162 | |
| Date | 10th May 1932 | |
| X487. STATION: ADDERLEY PARK, L.M.&S.Rly S.U. CARBURETTER FLEXIBLE SILENT THE S.U. COMPANY. PROPRIETORS: MORRIS INDUSTRIES LTD East Works, Bordesley Green Road, Adderley Park—Birmingham. TELEPHONES: EAST 1662 AND EAST 1663. General Manager, T. C. SKINNER. TELEGRAMS: FLEXCARBUR, BIRMINGHAM. Your Ref. ............ Our Ref. TCS/DR May 10/32. W.A.Robotham Esq., Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., DERBY. Dear Mr. Robotham, Thanks for your letter of the 7th inst. and I am very disappointed to hear your decision regarding the S.U. Carburetter. As regards the central guide for the air valve, I am not quite sure whether we have a patent covering this particular feature, but I am writing our patent agents to find out. Regarding the Petrolift, your criticism re this being noisy when pumping dry is generally considered an advantage as in the first place when starting up it shows definitely that the pump is working, and it also indicates that petrol is beginning to run short. Kind regards. Yours sincerely, TCSkinner [STAMP: ENGINEERING AND ALLIED EMPLOYERS' NATIONAL FEDERATION 1896] [STAMP: THE SOCIETY OF MOTOR MANUFACTURERS & TRADERS LTD] | ||