1852 - John G. Bradeen's Patent Model of a Sewing Machine
date: label: model constructed
content: before 1852-11-02
label: patent date
content: 1852-11-02
name: label: inventor
content: Bradeen, John G.
notes: label: Description
content: Sewing Machine Patent Model
label: Description
content: Patent No. 9,380, issued on November 2, 1852
label: Description
content: John G. Bradeen of Boston, Massachusetts
label: Description
content: John G. Bradeen notes in his patent specification that his sewing machine operates and forms a similar stitch to that of Frederick R. Roberson’s sewing machine of December 10, 1850 (Patent No. 7,824.) Roberson’s machine sewed with a running stitch or basting stitch.
label: Description
content: The mechanisms of Bradeen’s patent model are mostly made of brass and the model sits on a simple wooden box. He furnished six pages of drawings depicting his improvements, whereas most sewing machine inventors limited their submissions to fewer drawings. Bradeen claims for his improvements “two rotating draft-hooks . . . separate from the needle, in combination with the two needles and two threads-guides; . . . the arrangement of each needle and its thread-guide, respectively, on opposite sides of the cloth . . . and the combination of the rocking thread-lifter or its equivalent with the needle and presser . . . .”
label: Description
content: It is not known if any sewing machines were manufactured based on Bradeen’s patent.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: classified
content: Patent Models
label: classified
content: Invention
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Patent Models, Sewing Machines
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content: Sewing Machines
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content: Textiles
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content: Patent Models
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Janssen, Barbara Suit. Patent Models Index
label: Related Publication
content: Cooper, Grace Rogers. The Sewing Machine: Its Invention and Development
label: Related Web Publication
content: http://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollections/HST/Cooper/CF/view.cfm
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T08634
label: catalog number
content: T08634.000
label: patent number
content: 009380
label: accession number
content: 89797
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sewing machine patent model
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (mechanisms material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (base material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 in x 10 in x 10 in; 22.86 cm x 25.4 cm x 25.4 cm