History and Development of Sewing

Machine
• As with most innovations, the sewing machine
was invented in stages.
• In 1755, Charles T. Wiesenthal of the United
States patented a double-pointed sewing needle.
• 1791 - Invented chain stitch sewing machine by
Thomas Saint in the Great Britain in 1791 and
that was the first to patent a design for a sewing
machine. His machine was meant to be used on
leather and canvas.
• 1830 A French tailor, Barthelemy Thimonnier
patented the first practical sewing machine which
sewed straight seams using chain machines.
1840 Eighty of those machine were being used
to sew uniforms for the French army. However,
his factory was destroyed by a mob of tailors,
who saw the new machines as a threat to their
livelihood.
• The lock stitch sewing machine was invented by
Walter Hunt in 1833. His machine used an eye-
pointed needle ( with the eye and the point on
the same end) carrying the upper thread and a
shuttle carrying the lower thread.
• In 1845, Elias Howe (an
American) created the
lock-stitch sewing
machine. This used the
modern mechanism, as
described below. Because
the lock-stitch
mechanism is the core of
the function of the
modern sewing machine.
However, his machine
was difficult to use well,
and too expensive for
home use.
• In 1849, the American Benjamin Wilson
introduced an automatic feeding mechanism,
which solved the main usability problem with
Howe's machine.
• In 1851, Bostonian Isaac Meritt Singer patented
to the sewing machine : a fixed arm structure still
used today, and the presser foot. He began
manufacturing a sewing machine priced for home
use. His company, Singer, is still the largest sewing
machine manufacturer in the world.
• Elliptic sewing machine with elliptic hook and
stationary bobbin, American Institute Fair, 1862
• An 1880 hand-cranked machine from the Wheeler and Wilson
Company.
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