New locomotive-style pivoted brake shoe design to address brake squeaks.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 12\5\ 05-page208 | |
| Date | 10th July 1930 | |
| X7420 Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from R. {Sir Henry Royce} c. Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} By. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. Da. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} ------- R2/M10.7.30. BRAKES. ------- X.7420 X.7930 I understand that brake squeaks are from the front brakes chiefly. We have asked Da. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} to produce a design of shoe pivoted as a loco motive brake. This may have the desired effect on the squeaks, and add to the life of the brake shoe and the ease of bedding. I should anticipate that such brakes would be more consistent, and wear longer, but not so effectively powerful, but this could be easily corrected by adjustment of the leverage. R. {Sir Henry Royce} | ||
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).