The Washington times., 1902-08-04
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thread between the needle and the up
per thread. was driven in its race be-
tween two strikers, carried on the end
of vibrating arms worked by cams. 1t
is not known that any of Howe's ma
chimes were ever put upon the market.
in his application for renewal of patent
he only claims to have built three ma
chimes, and one OF these was deposited
as model in the United States Patent
Office.
Not meeting with any success in Sc
curing capital in this country with which
to forward his plans, Mr.. Howe was
compelled to dispose OF his patent, and
with the proceeds went to England.
where his rights to a patent had been
sold to a corset manufacturer for about
one thousand dollars.
Worked for Small Salary.
"Mr. Howe engaged to work for this
manufacturer at a small salary. while
perfecting the machine. and adapting It
to the manufacture OF corsets. Failing
in this, he returned to the United States
in extreme poverty. and upon his arrival
at Boston. found that sewing machines
infringing on mis- patents had been man
ufactured. He succeeded In securing
half interest that had been conveyed
to his father before his departure for
England, and commenced suits In the
Boston and New York courts to enforc
his rights. In the long and bitterly
contested legal controversy which en-
sued, Mr.. Howe succeeded in establish
ing his claims, after which manufactur-
ers using his patents were compelled
by the inventor to pay the exorbitant
bounty of s25 for each machine manu-
factured.
Mr.. Singers Invention.
IN September. 1850, Isaac VI. Singer, a |
mechanic. OF New York. who had be-
come interested in sewing machine ex-
periments, and was familiar with one |
Of the machines then on the market, |
constructed a machine from a design OF
his owS which was a great improve
ment. in many ways, over previous ma
chimes. This was the first machine |
which had the rigid overhanging arm 10
guide the vertical needle, In combina-
tion with a shuttle, and what was called |
a wheel feed
How They Improved.
The sewing machines manufactured
prior to the Singer, and many of them
long after, used the vibrating arm for
mpa-tirg motion to the needle This
result was accomplished either by means
'f the vibratory arm actuating a needle
1ar carrying straight needle, or by
means of the vibratory arm and curved
needle
1T Is obvious that sewing machines
on either of these princi-
1les could not be enlarged or decreased
n size without destroying their effect
veness; on the one hand the lengthen-
ng Of the arm would naturally increase
both the power required to operate 1t,
ect the proper action of the needle;
IN the other hand, decreasing the size
Il the arm would necessarily increase
he curve OF the needle and contract the
pace for turning and handling the work
singers arrangement of the rigid over {
anging arm made II practicable to en- Z
arge the machine to any desired ex-
ent, and added great solidity and
trength to the machine, thus making it
vailable either for doing the heaviest {
inds OF work or for sewing the light 6
st fabrics. The general style of the
riginal Singer machine has been uni ,
ersally copied, and serves as a model ,,
actured.