The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-02-04

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!, the European attempts 1t making
achines TO superscde the hand meth
served to exhibit the difficulty of
:. es q .s'ss Y SHiges...sss. ss,
lschine Of Thomas Saint, patented
i England in 1890, had a single
bread, which was driven BY forked
'eedle staeesalA n hole pre viously |
~ al awi, and was then
,aught by n Hooper which held the
oop % that it was entered by the
nee11n 81 theead ins thsir nexIsde-
= - cSochSk stitch, The
~ u ais 6titoA 81 htening move
ments we're automatic,
The scwing.machine Of Thimon-
nier, Of Paris, was used in 1880 for
nfsadnt srniy clothing Eighty Of
theAe machines, made Of wood, were
dest.oYea By aupob, which regarded
tho ga ssinv entionl Of the enemy.
fne$ Wefe xfterward made Of metal.
Adsma and Dodge, Mopkton, Yer
mont. ii 1918, and more especially
]. J. Greenough, Of New York, in
1912, added Improvements. Walter
HUM, 1925, made and sold lock-
stitch sewing n,achiu9s, but neglect
elsc pursae the busiUess, which con-
seouently attracted but little aIten-
tion nj the time.a His gextremo yer
satility prevented success; his inven-
ton absorbed his time, and he seem
in6N Mad none left for securing the
pecuniarv results Of his genius. He
just missed, aud by mere inat,ention,
one of the grandest opportunities of
the century. Elias Howe, with in
fcrior inventive abilities, but with an
adaptedness to follow out single
object persistently, and with business
ability, reaped the field. The world,
Is ~ h1Se had occasion to remark
previously, thanks the man who gives
animprovcment into its hands. The
name of Elias Howe is indissolubly
associated with the success Of the
sewing machine. This machine is no
exception to the ordinary rule that an
invention is . growth rather than an
inspiration, and the discussion on the
relative m er,ts OF inventors has been
both volumnous and acrimonious.
Examiners, commissioners, judges,
each in their turn have found il 4
very knotty question how TO appor-
ton the respective credits. 1t is no
small matter 10 conceive the need
and apply ones mind to the inttica-
cies Of the problem. Then came the
details. The original machine had a
simple needle, and made sruaai,sg
stitch; next we see 4 machine which
made succession of loops, forming a
crochet stitch; here the machine
paused a while.
A score of years vas passed in d.
vising modes of feeding, continuous
or intermirting. by various arrange
ments OF parts. The greatest advance
up to that time was the lock stitch,
invented by Hunt, an made by p $ :
ing a shuttle containing lower
thread through the loop of an upper
thread carried down through the
cloth by an eye-pointed nesdl-. This
was also the feature of the "Howe"
machine. Following this were miny
improvements, variations, and nice
adjustments, such AS A. b. wills ms
four-motion feed and rotating loop
ing-hook, the latter of which draws
down the needle thread, and drop,
through it the spool containing The
lower thread There is no room here
even to recite the prominent i'm
provements. Finally, the machine is
much indebted to the skill aud enter
prise OF the mechanics and tradesmen
in whose hands it has grown to the
wonderful proportions ii now ex-
hibits. Without impugning the
genius OF the earlier inventors, it may
still be said that the present proxi-
mate perfection Of the machine is due
to the men who took up the work
where Howe left il.
III original Howe machine had a
FSedeye-pointed needle attached
to Ne cnd OF vibrstinI lever, AMI
Carrying the upper bread. The
shdttle, carrying the lower thread be-
tween the needle and the upper
thread, was driven in its race bv
means of Two strikers carried on the
ends of vibrating arms work d by
two cams. The cl til Was attached
by pins on the edge 81 thin steel
rib called basterplate, which had
holes engaged by the tee h Of small
intermittingly moving pinion. THIS
was the feed, and clumsy enough.
About 1000 patents have been
granted in the United States Tor sew.
ing machines; one improvement after
another, until there seems to be no
end to the devices. Some have
reference to special parts, others are
adaptations Of the machine to new
uses and material to which it had
not before been accustomed.
II required to point out three me-
chanical contrivances upon which the
most extraordinary versatility OF in
vention has been expended, the
writer would most unhesitatingly in
stance the harvester, the breeeA- load
ing .tre-ar"., and the seriag.n,a-
ciin~. Each Of these has thousands
of patents, and each of them is the