US Patent 4,750
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US Patent 4,750 is the landmark 1846 United States patent granted to Elias Howe for his pioneering lockstitch sewing machine, a key invention in the mechanization of garment production.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| US Patent 4,750 canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
United States patent
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sewing machine patent ⓘ |
| assignee | Elias Howe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedPerson | Elias Howe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Industrial Revolution in the United States
NERFINISHED
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history of textile manufacturing ⓘ |
| century | 19th century ⓘ |
| citedAs | landmark 1846 United States patent for a lockstitch sewing machine ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describes |
eye-pointed needle
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lockstitch mechanism ⓘ mechanized formation of a lockstitch ⓘ shuttle carrying a second thread ⓘ |
| enables |
faster sewing than hand stitching
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mechanized garment production ⓘ uniform lockstitch seams ⓘ |
| fieldOfInvention |
garment production
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sewing technology ⓘ textile machinery ⓘ |
| filingDate | 1846 ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
eye-pointed needle moving in a straight line
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mechanism to feed cloth forward ⓘ shuttle moving beneath the cloth ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
key invention in the mechanization of garment production
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landmark patent in sewing machine development ⓘ |
| influenced |
later industrial sewing machines
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mass production of clothing ⓘ |
| innovationType | lockstitch sewing machine ⓘ |
| inventionBy | Elias Howe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inventor | Elias Howe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| issueDate | 1846 ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | expired ⓘ |
| patentNumber | 4,750 ⓘ |
| patentOffice | United States Patent Office NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protects | exclusive right to make, use, and sell Howe’s lockstitch sewing machine ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
garment industry
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lockstitch ⓘ sewing machine ⓘ textile industry ⓘ |
| relatedEvent | early development of sewing machines in the 1840s ⓘ |
| subjectOf | lockstitch sewing machine ⓘ |
| technologicalArea | mechanization of sewing ⓘ |
| title | Improvement in Sewing Machines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfInvention | 1846 ⓘ |
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