Cats Eyes Road Inventor

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Cats eyes road inventor. Fascinating 1960s documentary on Yorkshire eccentric Percy Shaw - the inventor of Cats Eyes. Jim Rees tells the story of Percy Shaw the inventor of Cats Eyes Arent reflecting roadstuds wonderful. When the device is driven over the rubber dome simply sinks down below the surface of the road.

The Cats Eye was invented in 1934 by Yorkshireman Percy Shaw and has no doubt saved thousands of lives on the roads over the years. Percy Shaw inventor of the cats eyes road safety device supervising the production of the component parts in his factory in Boothtown Halifax. British inventor Percy shaw created many gadgets but he is most widely recognized for his contribution to road safety.

Eventually cats eye reflector was caught. Intelligent cats eyes latest developments His invention and patent of 1935 for two self- cleaning glass and metal beads. He patented the reflective road stud or cats eye in 1934 and set up a company to manufacture his invention in 1935.

Now here was a safecheap and simple way of keeping motorists on the right side of the road. After many attempts at the design he applied for a patent in 1934. Many inventors don t patent their ideas because they don t know how or think it is too expensive so they lose this option.

The inventor called them cats eyes because thats where he got the idea from. Creepy Cat Eyes Inspire Road Markers And Other Unexpectedly Interesting Inventions Two kinds of cats eyes. The light reflecting from the eyes of a cat.

The World of Whicker - The Cats Eyes Man. The beads depressed and brushed against their moulded housing and cleaned too by rainwater squeezed out at the same time as traffic ran over the inserts placed into the road surface was ingenious and made a fortune for Shaw. Never heard of them.