Tactile cone

A tactile cone, used to assist those with visual impairment and/or partial hearing to cross the road safely. Installed at pedestrian crossings, the small, polypropylene (PP) cone extends out of the bottom of the push button box associated with traffic lights. When the light changes to green, the ridged cone rotates and alerts the user. Retro fitted, it is particularly useful where audible bleepers are not used, such as at junctions where the sound of one crossing may confuse those standing at a different crossing nearby. This example was invented by traffic engineer Richard Keith Duley in 1987 and was manufactured by Radix, a company he co-founded with Milan Fuchs the following year. It consists of a small electronic control unit, a gear motor, a mounting bracket and the tactile cone, and is new and complete with its original box. The dimensions given are for the plastics tactile cone.

printed: "Radix www.RADIXtactile.com. Model: ITE-220 Voltage: 20-55V AC Patent: GB2379287" (control unit)

AIBDC : 009363