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2. Merrow Sewing Machine Company - Wikipedia

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   The Merrow Sewing Machine Company, best known for inventing the overlock sewing machine, is a manufacturer of sewing machines.After the explosion of his gunpowder mill in 1837, in 1838 J.M. Merrow built a knitting mill on the same site.

3. Joseph M. Merrow - Wikipedia

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   Joseph Merrow was the driving force behind Merrow developing new technology, growing the new business and transforming it from a regional supplier of crochet sewing machines, to the market leader manufacturing hundreds of models of industrial overlock sewing machines.

4. Overlock - Wikipedia

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   An overlock is a kind of stitch that sews over the edge of one or two pieces of cloth for edging, hemming, or seaming. Usually an overlock sewing machine will cut the edges of the cloth as they are fed through (such machines being called sergers in North America), though some are made without cutters. The inclusion of automated cutters allows ...

5. Lockstitch - Wikipedia

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   Of a typical garment factory's sewing machines, half might be lockstitch machines, and the other half divided between overlock machines, chain stitch machines, and various other specialized machines. Industrial lockstitch machines with two needles, each forming an independent lockstitch with its own bobbin, are also very common. There are ...

6. List of sewing machine brands - Wikipedia

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   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]

7. Sewing machine - Wikipedia

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   Diagram of a modern sewing machine Animation of a modern sewing machine as it stitches. A sewing machine is a machine used to sew fabric and materials together with thread. Sewing machines were invented during the first Industrial Revolution to decrease the amount of manual sewing work performed in clothing companies.