![]() ![]() His tanks proudly proclaimed that each was a “Valveless Waste Preventer.”Īmerican GIs brought the term “crapper” for a toilet home with them after WWII. ![]() Crapper was noted for the quality of his products and received several royal warrants. The company owned the world's first bath, toilet and sink showroom in King's Road, London. Crapper also championed siphonic action flushing (his nephew holds the 1897 patent on the siphon mechanism). Crapper’s invention of the floating ballcock to stop water flow into the tank was simple and effective. The “U” shaped trap was revolutionary, permitting sewer gases to be controlled without the need for complicated valves or the “S“ shaped trap approach which tended to dry out and clog. Thomas Crapper Invents the “U” Bend Trap and Other ImprovementsĪlthough he did not “invent” the toilet, Thomas Crapper improved and popularized the invention, making it practical and simpler to use. This is particularly true of the imperfect technologies employed by early models. While the average outhouse had no problem accommodating use of the entire Sunday edition of the Chicago Tribune, not so flush toilets. WORD OF THE DAY TOILET PAPER FREEConsidering the bleaching agents used to whiten paper and the heavy metals used in inks at the time, this was probably sound advice.Įmploying these free sources had other drawbacks versus true toilet paper. To combat the prevalent use of free paper (newspapers and the like), the advertisements warned of the dangers of using writing paper and printed materials (presumably including the Sears catalog) because of the chemicals they contained. The product carried the taglines "The greatest necessity of the age! Gayetty's medicated paper for the water-closet." It featured a watermark of the inventor's name on each one.Įarliest advertisements stressed its medicinal value, claiming the sheets prevented hemorrhoids (referred to as “piles” in the day). Gayetty's Medicated Paper, the first commercially available toilet paper, was sold in packages of flat sheets. Joseph Gayetty Invents Toilet Paper for Flush Toilets It covers important developments in flush toilet technology, paper products designed to meet the needs of this new technology, and even modern toilet paper shortages, both real and - like the COVID-19 shortage - imagined. The following on-line only exhibit highlights great moments in toilet and toilet paper development, beginning in pre-Victorian times and continuing up to today. Eventually, a combination of new technologies and well timed marketing savvy led to toilet paper becoming a modern essential. ![]() The product failed to gain any market traction for decades. Toilet paper is truly a success story.īut it wasn’t always thus. Top producers with facilities in the state include Georgia-Pacific (maker of Quilted Northern, Angle Soft, and Soft n’ Gentle brands), Proctor & Gamble (with its Charmin brand), and Kimberly-Clark (including Cottonelle and Scott brands). Over 90% of the country’s toilet paper is made in the United States and, although the industry is more geographically diverse than previously, Wisconsin is still the nation’s top paper manufacturer with over $18 billion in sales and employment of over 30,000. The product has been fueling the economy for generations here and across the state. Toilet paper is not underappreciated by anyone who has lived in the “Paper Valley” for any length of time. ![]()
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