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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).
Suggestions for design modifications, including a recommendation from Mr Royce for a fan-shaped guard for doors.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 75\4\  scan0141
Date  4th October 1912 guessed
  
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Cannot this be modified in some way to increase its efficiency ?

4. He recommends that the doors should be made of sheet metal.

Mr Royce suggests that a simple scheme for keeping the door open or shut could be made by attaching to the top and bottom of the door a fan shaped guard, which would not only serve this purpose but would also collect more air.
  
  


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