Cats Eyes Road Inventor

The World of Whicker - The Cats Eyes Man.

Cats eyes road inventor. A clever little feature of cats eyes is a fixed rubber wiper that cleans the surface of the reflectors every time the rubber casing dips down. Cats eyes are now set in rubber domes that are mounted in an iron housing. Percy Shaw OBE was an English inventor and businessman.

He is best known for inventing the cats eye the reflective block that is set into roads to make it easier for motorists to identify the division between lanes and the edges of the roads at night. The name cats eye comes from Shaws inspiration for the device. The inventor of cats eyes was Percy Shaw of Boothtown Halifax West Yorkshire.

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. Photos in the public domain. Percy Shaw s Catseye road studs are an example of how patents and trade marks can be the foundation for a successful business the firm he founded is still thriving decades later.

What if I called them cats eyes those glass balls set into road surfaces which reflect a cars headlights at night. 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. Swiss engineer George de Mestrel turned a hiking annoyance burrs.

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 was a British businessman and inventor. The inventor called them cats eyes because thats where he got the idea from.

Cats Eyes In The Future. In 1934 he patented his invention patent No. Many inventors don t patent their ideas because they don t know how or think it is too expensive so they lose this option.