WHO HAS PATENTED IT FIRST

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A MACHINE TO THE SEWING OF TWO PIECES OF CLOTH TOGETHER, WITHOUT THE AID OF HAND LABOUR

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ZIG ZAG

Daniel  C. Ambler  obtained  a  patent  on  the  7th  of  November, 1854, (US  11.884).     

... "I would further state that I do not claim as of my invention a shuttle whose throw is perpendicular to the general direction of the seam; but  what I do claim as of my own-invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is: 1. The method substantially as herein described of  sewing a felling down or zigzag seam by means of vibrations in a line perpendicular to the seam, or nearly so, imparted either to the needle or to, the cloth, substantially in the manner herein described". 

"Jean Lobstein obtained a patent on the 24th of November, 1855, (GB 2.649-1855) for a machine wherein a vertical needle and a shuttle are employed, in conjunction with peculiar arrangements of parts for holding, feeding and guiding the fabric, so as to admit of articles being sewed whether flat or tubular, closed or not at one end, with the sewing in straight, zig zag, or curved lines. Means are also employed for actuating shuttles of various lengths in one machine; for regulating the tension of the thread and for varying the length of the stitch". 

from The Practical Mechanic Journal (April, 1860)

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WALKING FOOT

... "What I claim as my invention, to secure by Letters Patent, is: 1. In sewing machines using a needle feed, the application and use, in combination with the needle-bar and needle, of the needle, assistant, or helper bar G, for keeping the cloth smooth and preventing its gathering or bunching as the feed takes place, such bar being placed before the needle and so arranged as to move up and down upon its fulcrum and operating substantially as and for the purposes Set forth. 2. The combination of such helper bar with the pressure bar, so arranged in respect to each other that as one descends the other rises and vice versa and operating substantially as and for the purposes set forth. 3. The arrangement of the slot m in the helper bar and the pin f upon the pressure bar, or their equivalent, so that the descent of the needle-bar or its equivalent will force down the helper-bar and elevate the pressure bar, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. 4. Operating the helper and pressure bars, substantially as described, from or by means of the needle-bar or its equivalent, substantially as and for the purposes set forth".

JOB A. DAVIS  

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VIBRATING SHUTTLE

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PRESSER FOOT

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SPRING PRESSER FOOT

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STRAIGHT NEEDLE

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NEEDLE BAR MOVING VERTICALLY

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HORIZONTAL TABLE

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FEED MOTION

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EYE POINTED NEEDLE

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ORNAMENTAL MACHINES

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