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Isaac Singer
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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.
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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 Cross-Tradition 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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