who was Elias Howe and what did he invent
it was invented by Elias Howe.
Elias Howe
he invented the lock switch sewing machine
The sewing machine was invented in the year 1868
He patented it in 1846.
He invented the Zipper. :) im currently doing a project on Elias Howe so... yeah
a much improved sewing machine.
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Elias Howe obtained the patent for the first sewing machine to use a lockstitch. He won a 6-year court case against Isaac Singer, and earned considerable royalties from Singer and others for having sold his invention. Elias went on to invent the zipper.
Neither Howe nor Singer *invented* sewing machines, although they did make improvements to them in an effort to bolster the sewing industry and create more reliable, effective means of mechanical sewing. In fact, Singer was even found to have stolen some of his own machines' features from Howe - as decided when Howe's patent was upheld in an infringement case in 1854.
The first functional sewing machine was invented by the French tailor, Barthelemy Thimonnier, in 1830. In 1846, the first American patent was issued to Elias Howe for "a process that used thread from two different sources."