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).
Competitor's patent for a crankshaft damper similar to an existing internal design.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 25\3\ Scan235 | |
| Date | 24th February 1927 | |
| To R.{Sir Henry Royce} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to BJ. Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c. to E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} X634 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}6/LG24.2.27. CRANKSHAFT DAMPERS. 4221 We notice in 'The Motor' 22.2.27 that Dr.F.W. Lanchester has obtained a patent for a scheme of combined damper and crankshaft pinion which is made for the same purpose and as far as we can see is identical in principle to the scheme we have on G.1. engine except that he uses fluid friction. As we have recently appreciated definite advantages in this scheme and may wish to use it, we thought it worth while pointing this out. We do not appear to have ever taken out a patent for the G.1. arrangement. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||