U.S. patient was issued 10 September 1846. Patent number 4750.
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Elias Howe, Josef Madersperger, Barthélemy Thimonnier,Walter Hunt, Isaac Singer:)
Walter Hunt was a mechanic. He invented the lock stitch sewing machine and the safety pin. He also invented the hard-coal-burning stove and street sweeping machinery.
First, Issac singer invented the sewing machine and that didnt work so Walter hunt recreated it and when he finished it, it worked but he did not patent it because he thought it would cause unenployment.
Walter Hunt invented the sewing machine to improve efficiency in garment construction and address the challenges of hand-sewing. He aimed to create a machine that could stitch fabric together quickly and consistently, which would revolutionize the textile industry. His invention was driven by the desire to enhance productivity and reduce labor costs in sewing, ultimately paving the way for modern mass production in clothing.
Walter hunt invented the saftey pin in 1849
Individual people were needed to sew things by hand, the sewing machine would reduce the amount of people it would take to sew items by hand.
Walter Hunt invented the safety pin in 1852
1849
Walter Hunt inventions included: a safety pin, a forerunner of the Winchester repeating rifle, a successful flax spinner, knife sharpener, streetcar bell, hard-coal-burning stove, artificial stone, road sweeping machinery, velocipedes, ice ploughs and mail making machinery. He is also well known for inventing a commercially unsuccessful sewing machine.
Walter Hunt was from the state of New York. He was the first to build a working sewing machine, but he didn't patent his invention. He did not want to cause seamstresses to loose their jobs. Elias Howe was from the state of Massachusetts and invented the first Automatic Sewing Machine. Howe obtained the first patent for the machine. Both are American inventors from the east coast of United States.
Walter Hunt invented many things. He invented the: fountain pen, safety pin, a non sucsessful sewing machine, flax, streetcar bell, hard-coal-burning stove, street sweep;ing machinery, velocipede, and ice ploughs.