Specification forming part of letters patent no.
Toilet paper roll patent.
The roll a is composed of many sheets like i fig.
Seth yvheeler of albany neyv york.
It is usually supplied as a long strip of.
It also acts as a layer of protection for the hands during these processes.
459516 dated september 15 1891 application filed june 10.
These sheets are produced by arched serrated.
The patent reads this.
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.
This patent from seth wheeler dates to 1887 and shows an early version of the toilet paper roll.
S wheeler wrapping ob.
Wrapping or toilet paper roll.
Incisions as shown at c c 0 0 in fig.
2 of soft paper suitable for toilet use.
The era of modern toilet paper was just getting started in the late 1800s.
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.