Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-12-25
WHEELER & WILSON'S NEW NO. 9
SEWING-MACHINE.
American Institute. New York;.
Judges Report, Nov. Ia, 1874.

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American Institute, New Yorh--
Judges Report, Nov. ID, 1874.
To the Board Of Managers!
GENTLEMEN-After full and impartial ex-
animation Of the articles described, the un-
dersigned judges make the following
REPoRT-(ABsTRACT):
That Sewing-machine No. 436 (Wheeler
& Wilson's New No. 81 was claimed to be
so great an improvement, both upon the
well-known family machine made by the
same company, and upon all other sew
ing machines, as entitled it to recogni-
tion as a new and valuable invention.
Under these circumstances an extremely
thorough and minute examination be-
came both desirable and necessary, not
only of its novelty but of the skill and
workmanship manifested in the fitting
and adjustment of all its parts. We
have risen from such examination with
an ample conviction that the claim, in
all its essential features, is we'll founded
At the commencement of our examina-
ton we were provided with several com
plete sets of all the working parts as they
came from the mandatory, and were at
liberty tO make our own selection for the
construction of a complete machine in
our presence. We thus had, to a large de
gree, demonstration of the nicety of the
manufacture Every part was formed to
fit every other part with exact precision.
N o. lxy 4 Al.
eral rotating hooks fit in the same bear
ing that, while entering it, each one of
them, without such contact as required
force, manifestly compressed the air
within in reaching its proper seat
The judges enumerate and describe
some of the points of novelty and excel
lence of the machine. Among others:
The simple and efficient device for pro-
ducing variable motion for the rotating
hook;
The independent take-up lever, which
secures the tightening of the stitch un-
der the best possible circumstances;
The peculiar form of the hook and the
use of a bobbin holding a great quantity
of the under thread;
The simple device for producing and
varying the tension of the lower thread /;
The hollow steel needle-bar;
The facility of applying and using
many useful attachments-the hemmer,
binder, corder, ruffler, &c.
Having completed the construction of
our trial machine, in the way indicated,
it was mounted upon a convenient stand,
and submitted to every variety of test as
to the range of work that could be execut-
ed upon 1t properly and well, and with
out other adaptation than simple changes
of needle and thread. The mere list of
operations performed in our presence
without the slightest hesitation or failure,
and without the discoverable loss of so
much as single stitch, would convey an
inadequate idea of the complete success
achieved.
Beginning with needle measuring but
17-1OOO inch in diameter, and operating
with the finest thread upon lace goods,
the same machine passed through all the
stages of muslin and broadclOth of all
conceivable thicknesses and foldings and
ridgings, and then with waXed thread
stitching through portions of heavy har.
ness leather.
After this demonstration of its range
OF work we entered upon the nicer tests
required for family and light manufac-
turing machine. In this department we
witnessed all the varieties of work on
hemming, telling and braiding, and also
degree of success in single and double
rutfiing which we believe unparalleled
The varied kinds of work on a lady's
boot were then performed and each of
these with the same marked success. In
deed, whatever the test, and whatever
the work presented, the same unfaling
perfection was exhibited, not only in the
work as a piece, but in the execution of
each individual stitch. With much pa
tient examination we were unable to dis.
cover a single defect
The minuteness of this report is a sim.
pie reflection of the care with which we
have endeavored to examine these claims.
We find the cLief advantage of this ma
chine to be in the use of modified form
of the rotating hook as substitute for
the shuttle, the hook carrying the upper
thread around the bobbin containing the
lower thread, and thus producing identi-
cally the same effect as the shuttle. The
superiority of this rotary motion over the
reciprocating motion of the shuttle ma
chimes cannot be disputed. The lock-
stitch" which is thus secured has always
ranked highest on account of the perma-
nence, beauty, and general deslrableness
of the stitching when done, and the wide
range of its application.
To these conceded advantages there
have been added, in our presence, the
severest and most searching tests of its
capacity and usefulness upon every or.
dinarily possible kind Of work, and we
can do no less than bear witness to the
entire and remarkable success which has
attended its action in every part of our
examination, 1t is machine ohfch, by
the proof Submitted zee are satisfied must
ecentudLy SupeSede all others nOio knOioR
WtM Dhtch ii cOmes in competition.
AS the only conclusion to which we
can arrive after an investigation of the
several merits of each of the sewing
machines submitted, an investigation
which we have endeavored to make pa
tienuy and completely in every respect,
and associating these with our best
judgment upon the merits of the several
machines which are in use but not on
exhibition:
We recommend JGr Me WASeler Dc Wilson
NGU No. q StUiRg-mdchiRe the highest
atodrd uhteh ii is in the pOlcer of the InSti.
tute 10 6estOao.
JOHN A. BAssETT, r : 't| 4
MOSES S. BEACH, ,.
III. w. STEELE, Judges.
JOHN MATTHEW'S,