Cats Eyes Road Inventor

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Cats eyes road inventor. Glenda Shaw Glenda Shaw shared the story of Percy Shaw inventor of the reflecting road studs we call Cats Eyes with Hebden Bridge Local History Society and showed how he became a Yorkshire icon. Percy Shaw inventor of the cats eyes road safety device supervising the production of the component parts in his factory in Boothtown Halifax. Manufacturer and inventor percy shaw was born on april 15 1890 in halifax england.

He patented the reflective road stud or cats eye in 1934 and set up a company to manufacture his invention in 1935. Percy Shaw OBE was an English inventor and businessman. On a foggy Yorkshire night 85 years ago the shine of a cats eyes was his Eureka moment Percy Shaw inventor of the cats eye road safety device outside his factory in Boothtown Halifax.

He patented the reflective road stud or cats eye in 1934 and set up a company to manufacture his invention in 1935. Percy Shaw OBE 15 April 1890 1 September 1976 was an English inventor and businessman. Photos in the public domain.

This simple invention is still in use today and with more and more traffic on the roads is more important than ever in defining where the centre of a road is. 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. After many attempts at the design he applied for a patent in 1934.

Neither had I until I came to write this article. Never heard of them. Intelligent cats eyes latest developments His invention and patent of 1935 for two self- cleaning glass and metal beads.

Get premium high resolution news photos at Getty Images. In 1934 he developed the reflective cats eye to help drivers follow the road in darkness or fog. Cats Eyes In The Future.