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.
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Better flip that roll over when you get home.
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.
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The image to which williams referred was a patent filed in june of 1891 and published in september of that year by a man named seth wheeler for a then innovative update to toilet paper.
The roll a is composed of many sheets like i fig.
2 of soft paper suitable for toilet use.
These sheets are produced by arched serrated.
The debate is so over.
The age old argument about whether toilet paper should go over or under has been apparently been settled by an 1891 patent unearthed by one writer.
Advocates of the under position take note.
Specification forming part of letters patent no.
1 which extend from the edge of each sheet almost to the center where the incisions terminate in an angular cut in the direction of the roll and the center line of.
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.
Incisions as shown at c c 0 0 in fig.
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Spotted by the huffington post writer owen williams discovered a picture of the original patent on.
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