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A patent illustration of the Osann portable sewing machine. A typical early 20th century sewing machine, like the Singer 27, was designed to be mounted in a treadle or table, and though reduced-size models with hand cranks and wooden cases were introduced, their weight strains the meaning of the word 'portable.'
A sewing machine thus electrified now fit entirely inside a woman-portable carrying case. Electric motors became so common that Singer made provision for them: the model 127/128 'modernized' versions included mounting lugs for a motor, whereas earlier models had to be drilled and tapped.
A buttonholer is an attachment for a sewing machine which automates the side-to-side and forwards-and-backwards motions involved in sewing a buttonhole. Most modern sewing machines have this function built in, but many older machines do not, and straight stitch machines cannot sew a zigzag stitch with which buttonholes are constructed.
A Singer 1851 sewing machine. Singer's original design was the first practical sewing machine for general domestic use. It incorporated the basic eye-pointed needle and lock stitch, developed by Elias Howe, who won a patent-infringement suit against Singer in 1854.
Wheeler and Wilson Number 3 Sewing Machine from about 1872. In 1852 Wilson patented his four-motion feed, which, as its name indicates, had four distinct motions: two vertical and two horizontal. [2] The machines' feed bar is first raised, then carried forward, then dropped, and finally gets drawn back by a spring to its original position. [2]
A rare Gem-brand sewing machine produced by the White Sewing Machine Company, circa 1887. A sewing machine is a machine used to stitch fabric and other materials together with thread. [1] Sewing machines were invented during the first Industrial Revolution to decrease the amount of manual sewing work performed in clothing companies. [2]
(The Center Square) – Attorneys are expected to discuss jury instructions Thursday at the federal corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan in Chicago. Judge John Robert ...
Allen Benjamin Wilson (1823–1888) was an American inventor famous for designing, building and patenting some of the first successful sewing machines. [1] He invented both the vibrating and the rotating shuttle designs which, in turns, dominated all home lockstitch sewing machines. With various partners in the 19th century he manufactured ...