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 to J. Plum Esq. declining a patent proposal for a mechanism more suited to lorries than private cars.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 142\3\ scan0219 | |
| Date | 2nd June 1937 | |
| Experimental Dept. 1204 2nd. June 1937 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale}2/AP. J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} Plum Esq., Pond Close, Longton Green, KENT. Dear Sir, We thank you for your letter of 25th May, and enclosures, which with your permission, we are retaining. If we understand your patent, the mechanism depends for its functioning on a very rigid drum and shoe construction, of a type more used by lorries than private cars, and therefore we regret that we are not at present interested. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. | ||