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).
Additional feature for the J.2 and Phantom II semi-expanding carburetters to prevent air leakage.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 102\1\ scan0108 | |
| Date | 3rd January 1933 | |
| [Handwritten Top] SWDL{Len H. Swindell} X5080 [Handwritten Right] X7080. X5080. [Handwritten Center] SWDL{Len H. Swindell} [Typed] To BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} E/JNR.{Charles L. Jenner}8/HP.3.1.33. re Semi-Expanding Carburetters. --------------------------- Please receive herewith LeC.3334 - showing an additional feature to be added to the J.2. and Phantom 2. carburetters. The object of this is to prevent air leaking down through the mixture control into the well at the bottom of the main jet by maintaining float chamber depression in the mixture control chamber. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} has promised to confirm this by experimentally inserting a temporary pipe. E/JNR.{Charles L. Jenner} | ||