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).
Directive on the design of brake shoes to accommodate machine riveting with bifurcated rivets.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 120\2\ scan0145 | |
| Date | 11th February 1937 | |
| 1029 Martindale File DY{F R Danby} C. F.{Mr Friese} Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} E/HDY.{William Hardy}4/HP.11.2.37. Brakes - All Cars. This is to confirm that in all cases the brake shoes are to be made suitable for the use of machine riveting of the bifurcated rivets. This requires a face perpendicular to the rivet axis, and in the case of a shoe made by casting or forging, a boss must be provided to raise the face above the inclined surface. E/HDY.{William Hardy} | ||