Invention of Sewing Machine


The sewing machine begins in 1790 by the British inventor Thomas Saint's patent on the animal skin, and a machine that will continuously undergo thread passing through these holes, but this machine is not manufactured. In 1830 the French Barthelemy Thimonier made a machine that uses the "Chain stitch" method. In a dozen years following this, Thimonier produced eighty pieces from this machine, but the machines were destroyed by a group of dressmakers who feared they would be taken away from their jobs.

 

A sewing machine similar to the sewing machines used today was produced by the American Walter Hunt (1796-1859) for the first time. Hunt, developed in 1834, created a "cross stitch" using two reels of yarn and a sewing needle. In this sewing method, two threads were clamped to each other when they passed through the hole.

 

Hunt is also the inventor of a Safety pin. The invention of the disabled needle made it easier for American Elias Howe to patent a chain sewing machine after twelve years. Howe has fought against many people, including Isaac Singer, the ancestor of today's Singer sewing machines, to not be used without permission from his invention. Singer was trying to get a patent on a sewing machine inspired by Hunt's machine. Howe, who won the case against Singer, received a royalties fee from Singer as a result of this case. In spite of this, Singer was able to produce a large number of sewing machines and become the first to come to mind when the sewing machine was called today. In some countries, people use the word Singer instead of the sewing machine.