 |
| 1846 Patent Model |
History of the Sewing Machine
Walter Hunt made a machine with an eye-pointed needle that created a locked stitch with a second thread from underneath. Hunt's machine, devised in 1834, was never patented.
Elias Howe, credited as the inventor of the sewing machine, designed and patented his creation in 1846.
Milestones
1826
Henry Lye received a patent for a device for sewing leather.
1830
Barthelemy Thimonnier used a wheel-driven connecting rod that drove the needle up and down.
1834
Walter Hunt designed a double-thread shuttle machine.
1846
Elias Howe invented and patented the first Sewing Machine.
1849
Benjamin Wilson introduced an automatic feeding system.
1854
Isaac Merritt Singer patent (US No.10975) issued May 30 for the home sewing machine.
1855
Wilson went into business with Nathaniel Wheeler to produce a rotary hook instead of a shuttle.
1856
Patent Pool formed, consisting of Singer, Howe, Wheeler & Wilson, and Grover & Baker to stop copyright law suits and ending The Sewing Machine War.
1889
The first practical electric sewing machine was introduced by the Singer Sewing Machine Co.
1900
Singer claims 80% worldwide market share in sewing machines.
1933
Singer released its Featherweight model light-weight sewing machine to the market. Its manufacturing continued for 31 years.
1962
The first zigzag machine model "206" of Singer was released to the market.
1994
Quantum XL-1000, the first computerized sewing machine of the world, was manufactured.
1999
Singer manufactured a fully-computerized sewing machine utilizing Game Boy technology. Izek model digital sewing machine was offered for sale 1 year later.
2005
With Futura CE 200, the first sewing machine that can be connected to computers by means of a USB cable, entered to the market.
The Future
Sewing machines were strictly mechanical, using gears, shafts, levers, and so on, until the 1970s when electronic machines were introduced to the market. Electronic sewing machines incorporate components such as circuit boards, computer chips, and additional motors for independent control of machine functions.
These electronic components enabled new features such as automating thread cutters, needle positioning, and back-tacking, as well as digitized stitch patterns and stitch combinations. Because of the lifespan and increased complexity of the electronic parts, electronic sewing machines do not last as long as mechanical sewing machines, which can last over 100 years.
Resources
No comments:
Post a Comment