Thimonnier (August 19, 1793 in L'Arbresle, Rhône - July 5, 1857 in Amplepuis) was the oldest of seven children. He studied in Lyon, before going to work as a tailor in Panissières. In 1823, he settled in a suburb of Saint-Étienne and worked as a tailor there.
In 1829, he invented the sewing machine and signed a contract with Auguste Ferrand in 1830, a mining engineer, who made the requisite drawings and submitted a patent application. The patent for his machine was issued on 17 July 1830 in the names of both men, supported by the French government. The same year, he opened the first machine-based clothing manufacturing company in the world. It was supposed to create army uniforms. However, the factory was burned down, reportedly by workers fearful of losing work following the issuing of the patent.
Thimonnier's machine used only one thread and a hooked needle that made the same chain stitch used with embroidery.
However there were 3 more key figures in perfecting the sewing machine...
WALTER HUNT- America's sewing machine (1834)
Hunt's machine could only sew straight seams
ELIAS HOWE -patented the sewing machine (1846)
Howe's machine had a needle with an eye at the point, and help create the 'lock stitch'.
ISSAC M. SINGER- invented the Singer sewing machine (1851)
THE SEWING MACHINE - 1830Thimonniers machine
another Thimonnier's machine
Elias Howe 1846
Issac M. Singer's Singer sewing machine
and Issac Merritt Singer himself 1869
some other sewing machines from mid 19th century!
Knitting machine from mid 19th century.
COTTON GIN-1794
Eli Whitney (1765-1825) an American inventor and engineer. Whitney invented the cotton gin and the idea of interchangeable parts. He patented the cotton gin , which revolutionized the cotton industry in 1794. The cotton gin is a machine that cleans cotton, removing its many seeds. Previously, this tedious job had been done by hand, using two combs. The cotton gin made much of the southern United States very rich, but cotton plantation owners rarely paid Whitney for the use of his invention, and Whitney went out of business. He never patented his later inventions (like his milling machine). Whitney also helped modernize the musket industry (and mass production in general) by introducing the idea of interchangeable parts in a manufacturing system.
RAYON-1864
Invented in 1855 by the Swiss chemist Georges Audemars; the process was refined in 1864 by the French chemist and industrialist Comte (Count) Hilaire Bernigaud de Chardonnet (1839-1924). Rayon is a cellulose-based fiber that is made from wood pulp or cotton waste. It is used as a substitute for silk. Although rayon never replaced silk as first anticipated, manufacturers have tried and perfected various methods of production and even though it is considered a manufactured fiber, it is actually made from tree cellulose. Rayon was originally named artificial silk or wood silk, but the name rayon was created in 1924.
Cotton Gin machine
THE ZIPPER-1890
Whitcomb L. Judson was an American engineer from Chicago, Illinois, who invented a metal zipper device with locking teeth in 1890. Judson patented his "clasp-locker'' on Aug. 29, 1893. He never succeeded in marketing his new device. The zipper was improved by the Swedish-American engineer, Gideon Sundbach, and was named by the B.F. Goodrich company in 1923. Judson died in 1909, before his device became commonly used and well-known.
SAFETY PIN-1849
The safety pin was invented by Walter Hunt in 1849. Hunt 1795-1859) patented the safety pin on April 10, 1849 (patent No. 6,281). Hunt's pin was made by twisting a length of wire. Hunt invented the safety pin in order to pay a debt of £9; he eventually sold the rights to his patent for £255.
ELECTRIC MOTOR-1834
Thomas Davenport (July 9, 1802 -July 6, 1851) was an American blacksmith and inventor who established the first commercially successful electric streetcar. Davenport, from Vermont, invented an electric motor in 1834 and began a small electric railway in 1835. He patented a device for "Improvements in propelling machinery by magnetism and electromagnetism" in 1837 (his electric railway).
The electric motor later was interpreted into the modern day sewing machine.
*THE BATTERY-1800
*ELECTRIC LIGHT-1800
*DUTCH CHOCOLATE-1828
*BRAILLE-1829 reading and writing for the blind.
*LAWN MOWER-1830
*KINDERGARTEN-1837 children starting school sooner.
*RUBBERBAND-1845
*LEVI'S JEANS-1873
*THE IRON-1882
*COCA-COLA-1886
*CANDY FLOSS-1897
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