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Toilet Paper Patent For Roll In Philadelphia
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The first commercially available toilet roll appeared in 1857 thanks to Joseph Gayetty who sold “Medicated Paper for the Water Closet” which was sold in packs of 500 sheets. A few decades later the first perforated toilet paper rolls appeared on the market in 1890 thanks to the Scott Paper Company of Philadelphia.
"Depending on the type of roll holder, hanging the toilet paper "over" often lowers the chance that a user will touch the wall behind when fishing for paper, leaving germs behind on that surface which can be spread to the next user."
The first commercially available toilet roll appeared in 1857 thanks to Joseph Gayetty who sold “Medicated Paper for the Water Closet” which was sold in packs of 500 sheets. A few decades later the first perforated toilet paper rolls appeared on the market in 1890 thanks to the Scott Paper Company of Philadelphia.
It turns out that the original idea for perforated toilet paper was patented in 1871 as patent number US117355A. Seth Wheeler was credited with the invention and later assigned the rights to the patent to the Albany Perforated Wrapping Paper Company.
Seth Wheeler's 1891 patent shows the original placement of the toilet paper roll using an "over" approach. Not that you should ever blindly follow the crowd, but a whopping 70% of the population prefers the “over” position.
It was granted on September 15, 1891 as patent number US456516A, with credit again to Seth Wheeler, and rights again to the Albany Perforated Wrapping Paper Company. An immediate improvement filed by Seth Wheeler, which was granted on December 22, 1891, as patent number US465588A.
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Although Harington installed a working model for Queen Elizabeth at Richmond Palace, it took several centuries—and the Industrial Revolution's improvements in manufacturing and waste disposal—for the flush toilet to catch on. In 1775 Scottish inventor Alexander was granted the first patent for a flush toilet.
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The answer to the contested question of "should a toilet paper roll face over or under when on the holder?" is answered. The answer is it should face OVER.The first patented roll dispenser was in 1883. And the first rolls with perforated sheets came in 1890. I'll set the top one to roll TP forward (like the patent shows) and the bottom one to roll the TP in the opposite direction. But the big revelation comes from the September, 1891 patent 459,516 for "certain new and useful Improvements in Wrapping or Toilet Paper Roll.". The inventor of perforated toilet paper Seth Wheeler illustrated his new and futuristic creation with the paper going up and over the roll. Some hotels collect and place these half-used rolls in the employee bathrooms. A quirky little piece of the Empire State's history, the first toilet paper patent was given out to a New York business man back in 1891. The sanitary tissue products of the present invention may be in the form of sanitary tissue product rolls.