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).
Investigation into combining Salerni rings with a Maybach coupling for a change gear.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 6\2\ 02-page147 | |
| Date | 6th March 1931 | |
| R.{Sir Henry Royce} FROM DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/HDY.{William Hardy} X53 DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/HDY.{William Hardy}1/46.3.31. C. to SG.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} WOR.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} C. to HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} R.{Sir Henry Royce} CHANGE GEAR. MAYBACH JAWS. A.2200. X.523. With reference to RL/M2.3.31. para. 2., we think there are definite possibilities in the use of Salerni rings with jaws backed off as in the Maybach coupling. We will investigate the design of this combination. In the meantime we are sending through particulars of internal mesh teeth on the line of those for P. 2. top gear. The Chrysler gearbox referred to in para. 4. had Maybach jaws hand controlled with neutral but it now appears that the scheme never got beyond the experimental stage. DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/HDY.{William Hardy} | ||