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Toilet paper patents from the early days of TP (pictures)

Inventor Seth Wheeler defined the role and roll of modern toilet paper with a series of fascinating patents from the late 1800s.

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Amanda Kooser March 18, 2015 10:39 a.m. PT
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Toilet paper gets perforated

A recent social-media revival of the over-or-under toilet paper debate has brought new attention to the patents of inventor Seth Wheeler, of the Albany Perforated Wrapping Paper Company.

This patent from 1891 for "Wrapping or toilet paper roll" shows perforated sheets of paper. The patent illustrations quite clearly show an "over" arrangement for the roll. It may not settle the debate, but it's ammunition for the "over" crowd.

Related article: Why an 1891 toilet paper patent is all over Facebook

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8 minutes ago, LostinTexas said:

Toilet paper patents from the early days of TP (pictures)

Inventor Seth Wheeler defined the role and roll of modern toilet paper with a series of fascinating patents from the late 1800s.

amandakooser.jpg
Amanda Kooser March 18, 2015 10:39 a.m. PT
 
tpperforated.jpg
1 of 10 Seth Wheeler

Toilet paper gets perforated

A recent social-media revival of the over-or-under toilet paper debate has brought new attention to the patents of inventor Seth Wheeler, of the Albany Perforated Wrapping Paper Company.

This patent from 1891 for "Wrapping or toilet paper roll" shows perforated sheets of paper. The patent illustrations quite clearly show an "over" arrangement for the roll. It may not settle the debate, but it's ammunition for the "over" crowd.

Related article: Why an 1891 toilet paper patent is all over Facebook

Based on the great GIF debate (GIF like giraffe or GIF like give), those patents mean nothing.  The person who "invented" the GIF said the g was pronounced like giraffe.  But the unwashed masses overruled him.  I still thoroughly enjoy arguing the proper pronunciation is with a soft g.

Back on topic.  As a child it was always A...because Dad said so, and I agreed with him.  As I grew older I realized the error of my ways.  It's B for me and B for thee (if you use my bathroom).

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