Perforated toilet paper roll
Rollo de papel higiénico perforado
- Date
- 1883 · confidence high
- Place
- Albany, New York, United States
- Credited to
- Seth Wheeler
- Field
- Tools
⚠️ Disputed: the sources disagree.
What it is
A roll of thin perforated paper torn off by sheets. Seth Wheeler patented it for wrapping paper in 1871 and for toilet paper in 1883, making it a cheap consumer product.
Joseph Gayetty sold flat medicated sheets in 1857 and the Scott brothers marketed rolls from 1890; Wheeler patented the perforated roll in 1883.
What it led to
- cheap toilet paper in general household use
- the tissue paper industry
- paper handkerchiefs and napkins