To make a decent clothes to wear, we need a tool called a sewing machine. Although the sewing machine is now rarely found in homes in general, but this tool we can still meet at the tailors. Apparently, creating a sewing machine is not easy loh. How early discovery of a sewing machine? Let's find out ..
At the beginning of civilization, people have to know needle for sewing activities. Materials used needle assortment, there is made of stone, copper, bone or ivory. Rough needle was used to bring together animal skins into clothing. While the yarn used is made from animal sinew.
Needles of iron materials were first made in the 14th century. It was only in 1755, German immigrants living in Britain, Charles Weisenthal patented needle designed for a machine. It is estimated this is the beginning of the discovery of a sewing machine.
In 1790, an inventor who is also a cabinet maker from England, Thomas Saint, managed to get a patent for the sewing machine design. Saint gone a step further than Weisenthal. However, it turns out that his findings were not able to operate. Similarly Bathasar Krems, German nationals resident who invented the sewing machine in 1810 cap. Sewing machines findings also can not function properly.
A tailor from Austria, Josef Madersperger, has also been trying to make for a sewing machine and get a patent in 1814. But it's also a homemade sewing machine is considered a failure. The next attempt was again in 1818, by John Adams Doge and John Knowles of America. But they made sewing machines fail to function when used in a textile factory.
First sewing machine to function properly is the sewing machine was invented by a French tailor, Barthelemy Thimonnier, in 1830. This machine uses only one thread and a needle hook like needle embroidery or embroidery. However, these findings do not be welcomed by the community. Even Barthelemy almost killed when a garment factory seamstress burn his unrivaled fear and incidence of unemployment due to the concern of her sewing machine.
In 1834, Walter Hunt, an American trying to make a sewing machine and was quite successful. But strangely, he was not interested in patenting his findings because he felt his findings will lead to unemployment.
Invention of the sewing machine peak occurred in the United States in 1846 by Elias Howe. Howe invent the sewing machine using two threads from the opposite direction and has a hollow needle on the end. The workings of this machine is ajhit Howe, driven needle through fabric and thread to make a sort of arch beneath the fabric side. A thread from the other direction was inserted into the arch. Then create a second thread that locks braided fabric. After his discovery, Howe faced with a problem with maintaining patent and market findings. Finally she fought for nine years to get her sewing machine patent.
Until the 1850s, the sewing machine has not been mass-produced goods. Isaac Singer finally managed to make a sewing needle sewing machine with a movable using foot pedal stroke. Sewing machines are then marketed on a large scale in 1860.
On June 2, 1857, James Gibbs to get a patent for the sewing machine with a single thread of the first series. Then in 1873, Helen Augusta Blanchard obtain a patent for the sewing machine can make stitches zig-zag pattern of the first.
Since then, many sewing machines used in the garment industry. Before 1889 sewing machine has been commonly used in people's homes. Sewing machines are driven by electric power has been used extensively in 1905. With the invention of the sewing machine, we had to be easy to create a variety of outfits.