An American inventor and businessman who did not invent the sewing machine, Walter Hunt and Elias Howe had both already patented machines before him, but who improved its design and built the industry around it, making it practical for home use and available on an installment payment plan. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Defining ContributionObtained US Patent 8294 for his improvements to the sewing machine on August 12, 1851, and built the manufacturing and installment-sales model that carried it into ordinary homes. 1 Connections
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Credited with the improvements and commercial model of 1851, built on patents Hunt and Howe already held, not with the original invention.
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Sewing, Crafts Isaac Singer refined the sewing machine's design and built the company that commercialized machine sewing worldwide.
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Isaac Merritt Singer (October 27, 1811 – July 23, 1875) was an American inventor, actor, and businessman.
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Singer was able to obtain US Patent number 8294 for his improvements on August 12, 1851.
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He made important improvements in the design of the sewing machine and was the founder of what became one of the first American multi-national businesses, the Singer Sewing Machine Company.
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