The Original Patent For Toilet Paper

Better flip that roll over when you get home.

The original patent for toilet paper.

The era of modern toilet paper was just getting started in the late 1800s. The patent reads this. According to an 1891 patent by new york businessman seth wheeler the end of a toilet paper roll should be on the outside or in the over position. It also acts as a layer of protection for the hands during these processes.

Google patent database the idea for perforated toilet paper was originally patented by wheeler s albany. New attention shines on an old patent as social media revives the great over or under toilet paper debate. It is usually supplied as a long strip of. 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.

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