This patent from seth wheeler dates to 1887 and shows an early version of the toilet paper roll.
Toilet paper roll patent.
The era of modern toilet paper was just getting started in the late 1800s.
The roll a is composed of many sheets like i fig.
2 of soft paper suitable for toilet use.
The topic of conversation is a patent from 1891 with the dull title wrapping or toilet paper roll inventor seth wheeler of albany new york patented a toilet paper roll with tear off sheets.
It is usually supplied as a long strip of.
Incisions as shown at c c 0 0 in fig.
These sheets are produced by arched serrated.
459516 dated september 15 1891 application filed june 10.
Google patent database the idea for perforated toilet paper was originally patented by wheeler s albany perforated wrapping paper company in 1871 and then re patented again in a roll form in.
It also acts as a layer of protection for the hands during these processes.
Toilet paper sometimes called toilet roll toilet tissue or loo roll in britain is a tissue paper product primarily used to clean the anus and surrounding area of feces after defecation and to clean the perineal area of urine after urination or other bodily fluid releases.
The patent reads this.
Wrapping or toilet paper roll.
T ne 555 nite states atent o fice.
Specification forming part of letters patent no.