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  2. Charles Fredrick Wiesenthal - Wikipedia

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    Charles Fredrick Wiesenthal (1726–1789) [1] was a German-American physician and inventor who was awarded the patent for the first known mechanical device for sewing in 1755. Weisenthal was born in the Kingdom of Prussia, but lived in England at the time of invention. He lived from 1755 to 1789 in Baltimore. [1]

  3. Helen Blanchard - Wikipedia

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    This method uses a series of loops made from a single thread going through the two edges of the material to create a seam. 1901- Hat Sewing Machine [25] This invention is an adaptation to the sewing machine that allows it to stitch a common chain stitch with one thread to be used to sew sweatbands and strips of linen onto the inside edge of the ...

  4. Allen B. Wilson - Wikipedia

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    His patent was the fifteenth recorded for an improved sewing machine. While his application was pending. parties owning an interest in a machine patented in 1848 by John A. Bredshaw. of Lowell, Massachusetts , claimed that the latter's patent covered a double-pointed shuttle, and threatened to oppose Allen B. Wilson.

  5. 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.

  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. Beulah Louise Henry - Wikipedia

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    One of Henry's most famous inventions is the "Double Chain Stitch Sewing Machine". She wanted to make a sewing machine that wouldn’t tangle the thread. Bobbins were the traditional method of feeding the bottom layer of thread in a sewing machine but need to be rewound frequently and the thread can be prone to snapping which is inconvenient.

  8. Late Pike County man patented the Sunspotter, a safe way to ...

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    The late Daniel R. Janosik Sr. of Pike County patented the Sunspotter, a way to safely see the sun. He built and mailed them out himself.

  9. Walter Hunt (inventor) - Wikipedia

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    Between 1832 and 1835 Walter Hunt made a lock-stitch sewing machine, but abandoned it. Cooper, Grace Rogers (1968). Invention of the Sewing machine. Smithsonian Institution. pp. 243 v. OCLC 453666. Sometime between 1832 and 1834 he produced at his shop in New York a machine that made a lockstitch. Fulton, Robert (2008). Inventors and Inventions ...