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 from Automotive Products Company requesting signatures for British and American patent applications for a dual braking system.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 121\1\ scan0001 | |
| Date | 24th June 1938 | |
| 1029 AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS COMPANY, LTD. [Left Box] European Distributors & Spares Depots for:- HERCULES ENGINES TIMKEN AXLES "LOCKHEED" HYDRAULIC BRAKES FULLER TRANSMISSIONS BORG & BECK CLUTCHES LAVINE STEERING GEARS "PUROLATOR" THE OIL FILTER THOMPSON ECCENTRIC TIE RODS G & K "AUTODUCT" LINK-V-BELTING [Logo] THE SOCIETY OF MOTOR MANUFACTURERS & TRADERS LTD [Center] DIRECTORS: E B BOUGHTON W EMMOTT D T BROCK Tachbrook Road Leamington Spa TELEPHONE: LEAMINGTON SPA 1400 TELEGRAMS: AUTODUCTS PHONE LEAMINGTON SPA REG OFFICE: BROCK HOUSE LANGHAM ST.{Capt. P. R. Strong} LONDON W.1 SCANDINAVIA: SVEAVAGEN 77, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN 24th June, 1938. JTH/CH/MH.{M. Huckerby} Messrs. Rolls Royce Ltd. D E R B Y. For the attention of Mr. A.F. Martindale. Dear Sirs, British Patent Application No. 25466/36. (Patent No. 481,608) Booster Dual Braking System. Our Ref. A.99. Now that the Agreement between the various parties in connection with the above Patent and the corresponding American Patent has been signed, we are proceeding with the necessary formalities to enable the Patents to issue to Automotive Products Co.Ltd. alone. For this purpose, it is necessary for certain documents to be signed by Mr. Martindale, and these are enclosed herewith. 1. For the British Application, we enclose Patents form 1E which is a form of request by Automotive Products Co.Ltd. that the Patent shall issue to them, and on which Mr. Martindale should sign to indicate his agreement with the application. The form should be signed where indicated, and the date of signing filled in below. 2. In connection with the American application, we enclose an assignment document by which Mr. Martindale and Mr. Parnell assigned their shares in the Patent to Automotive Products Co.Ltd. This form should be signed by Mr. Martindale, where indicated, in the presence of a Notary Public, and the signature of the Notary Public should be subsequently legalised by a Consul of the United States of America. -1- [Text in left margin:] Quotations and Contracts are subject to revision of Duty, Transportation Costs, and to acceptance at Factory, also to unforeseen circumstances arising from strikes, lockouts, transportation, war, &c., and force majeure. | ||