Hand Sewing has been practised since the early civilisation about 20,000 years ago. This form of art included animal bones as the needles and the first kind of thread was made using animal sinew. However, iron needles were invented in the 14th century.
In the year 1755 the first patent related to mechanical sewing was issued to Charles weisenthal. This patent was issued to him for a needle that he designed for a machine.
Patent for a complete sewing machine was issued in the yr 1790, to English inventor Thomas Saint. However it was not found weather he had actually built a working model of it. Even a reproduction of Saint's invention design did not work.
A not so well functioning automatic machine was invented by a german, Balthasar Krems, for which he did not get patent, in the year 1810
Josef Madersperger, Australian tailor, in the year 1814 was issued a patent to make several attempts for invent for inventing a sewing machine although they all went unsuccessful.
Thomas stone and James Henderson were issued a patent in the year 1804 for a machine that emulated hand sewing. Scott John Duncan was also issued a patent in the same year for an embroidery machine that had many needles. Both these inventions were unsuccessful
John Adams Doge and John Knowles invented a machine in 1818. This was the first American sewing machine that proved to be an unsuccessful venture undertaken by them.
In the year 1830 Bailorarthelemy Thimonnier, a French tailor, invented the first fully working sewing machine. This machine was so successful that Thimonnire was tried to be killed by a group of French tailors who thought that they would become unemployed as a result of his invention. This machine worked by using a thread and a hooked needle which enabled the same chain to stitch used with embroidery.
Walter Hunt, in the yr 1834 created Americas first successful sewing machine. However due to the fear of unemployment of many people, he did not want to get a patent for it. Therefore the first American patent was issued to Elias Howe in the yr 1846. This machine had a eyed needle which was pushed through cloth creating a loop on the opposite side, then a second thread was passed through thee created loop, creating a lockstitch.
For a long time Elias Howe had to struggle getting patent for his invention. His innovation was used by others for their own inventions. Issac Singer invented the up and down motion mechanism.
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