History of the Sewing Machine Before the sewing machine appeared‚ making clothes was the main occupation of half of the human race. For over 20‚000 years‚ countless hours were spent on making garments and other textiles to fulfill daily needs. The first sewing needles were made of bones and animal horns and the first thread was made of animal sinew (inventors.about.com‚ 4/16/06). The sewing machine‚ however‚ was a remarkable invention that was beneficial to all populations. More critical
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1791 First sewing machine was patented by Thomas Saint He was an Englishman‚ and he built his sewing machine during the first industrial revolution. It was meant to sew leather and canvas‚ but a working model was never built. Walter hunt invented the lockstitch machine 1833 He eventually lost interest in his machine and sold it without patenting it. John Greenough patented the first machine in the US 1842 Elias Howe gets his first patent 1845 Singer was granted his first
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1 SEWING MACHINE OPERATIONS MANNUAL PREPARED BY: ORIENT CRAFT FASHFION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Chenetha bhavan‚ Nampally‚ Hyderabad- 500 001 SUBMITTED TO: GERMAN DEVELOPMENT CO-OPERATION-GTZ 21‚ Jor Bagh‚ New Delhi – 110 003 Page | 2 CONTENTS PARTICULARS Page No. CHAPTER – I 6 INTRODUCTION CHAPTER – II 7 To 22 SEWING MACHINE 1. INVENTION OF THE SEWING MACHINE 2. HISTORY OF SEWING MACHINE 3. PARTS OF SEWING MACHINE 4. MACHINE TERMINOLOGY 5. MODERN INDUSTRIAL SEWING MACHINES A.
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technological aspects will be presented as follow: Economic factor a) Firstly‚ the demand for sewing machines in the western hemisphere had been declining for more than two decades. Industry profitability had deteriorated‚ particularly hard on manufacturers of industrial machines and low-price mechanical machines for domestic use. b) Second‚ the sharp drop in demand for industrial sewing machines has result much more fierce competition on the professional side in Europe and in the US. Technological
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Hand sewing is an art form that is over 20‚000 years old. The first sewing needles were made of bones or animal horns and the first thread was made of animal sinew. Iron needles were invented in the 14th century. The first eyed needles appeared in the 15th century. The story really starts in 1755 in London when a German immigrant‚ Charles Wiesenthal‚ took out a patent for a needle to be used for mechanical sewing. There was no mention of a machine to go with it‚ and another 34 years were to pass
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Explain the beginning of sewing machine. When fashion began with sewing machine mass production started in the industry. Without high technical mass production is not possible at all. Mass production reached the fashion to everyone so that in 1829 a French tailor named “Thimmoner” made a wooden ‘Chain Stitch Machine’. An American developed a patent chain stitch machine called ‘Walter Hunt’. Singer machine introduced to market 1851. Singer machine was sold by very high rate and it made the record
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Sewing Machine Needles by W. A. Wimalaweera Introduction We know that the needle is a main element in the sewing machine. Earlier people used tiny pieces of material for sewing. Initially they were made from hones or bones of animals. In this session we will follow the gradual improvement of the needle. According to the type of material‚ there are different types of needles available. How ever the structural parts of a needle is common to all types. Needles are available in a wide range of sizes
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| The Singer Sewing Machine | Historical Project Research | | Sarah Clark | 9/12/2010 | Engineering 1000 Instructor: Dr. Tzu-Yu Wang | The sewing machine is basically a textile machine. It is used for stitching together things such as fabric‚ paper‚ card‚ or other material with some type of thread. The sewing machine needed to be something that was functional and compact. It would need to be something that was simple to use and be able to sew faster and more efficiently
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Basic Parts of a Sewing Machine and Their Functions: The basic structure of sewing machine is the same whether it is hand-operated sewing‚ treadle sewing machine or electric sewing machine. The basic parts of a sewing are listed below and seen in Fig. Parts of a Sewing Machine 1. Spool pin: It is fitted on top of the arm to hold the reel. 2. Thread guide: It holds the thread in position from the spool to the needle. 3. Tension disc: The two concave discs put together with the convex sides
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skilled machinist and mechanic contributed to what he did next. Around spring 1845‚ Elias Howe had invented the sewing machine. On September 10th‚ 1846 a patent for a sewing machine was granted to him. His machine was five times faster than other sewing machines and was the most significant project in his life time. The Lockstitch Sewing Machine Patent # 4‚750: Elias Howe’s sewing machine. It featured a lockstitch design which included three significant parts. The first was needle with an eye point
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