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US Patent: 4,750
Sewing Machine
Patentee:
Elias Howe, Jr. (exact or similar names) - Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

USPTO Classifications:
112/194

Tool Categories:
household : sewing machines

Assignees:
None

Manufacturer:
Unknown

Witnesses:
Thomas P. Jones
George Fisher

Patent Dates:
Granted: Sep. 10, 1846

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Wikipedia entry for Elias Howe Jr.
Patent Model of Sewing Machine
Description:
Despite his efforts to sell his machine, other entrepreneurs began manufacturing sewing machines. Howe was forced to defend his patent in a court case that lasted from 1849 to 1854 because he found that Isaac Singer with cooperation from Walter Hunt had perfected a facsimile of his machine and was selling it with the same lockstitch that Howe had invented and patented. He won the dispute and earned considerable royalties from Singer and others for sales of his invention.

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