-
first sewing machine patent
In 1791, British inventor Thomas Saint applied for a patent for a sewing machine, but being no evidence that he created a sewing machine, he did not receive it. -
first working sewing machine designed
Viennese tailor Josef Madersperger gets granted a patent for the first ever design of a sewing machine -
lockstitch machine invented
French tailor and inventor, Walter Hunt, invented the first lockstitch machine, but failed to patent it, and eventually lost interest in it -
Elias Howe patents his machine
Elias Howe used the past inventors designs and improved them even further. Using the finacial help of a friend, he built a new, more developed machine and got it patented. -
Issac Singer reinvents the sewing machine
The sewing machine is re-invented by Isaac Singer after it was invented by a few other inventors before. During the Civil War, people used this machine to sew rips in their uniforms.
Singer created I.M. Singer & Co. in 1851 which manufactured sewing machines. This company was renamed to Singer Manufacturing Company in 1865, and then in 1963 it was renamed to The Singer Company. -
Issac Singer's sewing machines are mass produced
singer's sewing machines started to be mass produced in a factory in New Jersey