History Of Sewing Machines

Maybe everyone is very impressed by the sewing machines used by their mothers or grandmothers in childhood. The cloth bags or skirts pressed out by the lilting loud machine always have a good vision for the machine and a pair of smart hands.

Nowadays, sewing machines are no longer a household item, so they have also become a kind of Vintage, which reminds us of those beautiful things.

And the good times of those childhood.

After the industrial revolution in the middle of eighteenth Century, the mass production of textile industry was promoted.

Invention and development.

In 1790, American woodworking Thomas Chait first invented the world's first single thread chain stitching hand sewing machine for punching holes, wearing thread and sewing leather shoes.

In 1841, French tailor B Barthelemy (Thimonnier) plated and invented and invented the chain stitch sewing machine with needle and hook for Battlemi Dimoniye.

In 1845, Elias Hao (also plated Elias Howe) also invented the sewing machine independently. Elias Hao 1851, the American mechanic I.M. SINGER [plated by Richard Merritt Merritt] invented the lock stitch sewing machine, and set up SINGER company.

Sewing machines in this period were basically hand-operated.

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In 1859, SINGER invented the foot sewing machine.

Invented by Thomas and Edison.

Then, in 1889, SINGER invented the motor driven sewing machine.

It created a new era of sewing machine industry.

In 1940, Elena, Switzerland invented the portable household sewing machine, which was made of tubular aluminum alloy casting housing and built-in motor.

Since 1950, household multifunctional sewing machines have been further developed.

SINGER, founded in 1851, was the first company in the United States to start sewing machines. The production of sewing machines was next to the clock.

In 1870, the United States produced 69 sewing machines, and in 1871, the annual output of sewing machines in the United States was 700 thousand.

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By 1891, SINGER had produced 10 million sewing machines.

It can be said that for a long time, SINGER basically monopolized the production of sewing machines worldwide.

After the two World War, the sewing machine industry in West Germany, Italy and Japan developed very fast. Besides the companies that still produce high-grade traditional household sewing machines, most enterprises in Europe started producing industrial sewing machines.

In the late 90s, private enterprises began to rise, and the large readjustment of industrial structure promoted the development of the industry. In general, 6 major producing areas and bases were established in Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shaanxi, Tianjin and Guangzhou.

As of 2004, China's sewing machine manufacturing plant reached more than 600, with more than 1000 spare parts manufacturers, with an annual output of 14 million 8 thousand units, with a total production value of about 28 billion yuan and nearly 1000 varieties. It has become one of the world's main sewing machine producing countries.