It is said that the sewing machine was invented at the end of18th century. There are many stories about its inventor, among which the most credible record is that Thomas Saint, a British furniture manufacturer, invented a circular sewing machine (a chain sewing machine with continuous lines) in 1790 and obtained the British patent number. 1764.83 1873, Newton Wilson, a machinery manufacturer in London, investigated the records and drawings of the patent office, successfully copied the sewing machine according to Thomas Saint's principle, and exhibited it at the World Expo held in Paris in 1878. Therefore, Thomas Saint first invented the sewing machine and spread it around the world.
On the other hand, according to American magazine 18 19, John Rauls, a mechanic, invented a sewing machine with the same principle as manual sewing. Later, several people invented sewing machines and applied for patents, but none of them were put into use. 1846, Liyalin Howe, a mechanical worker, won the fifth patent of American sewing machine, and his invention is the origin of sewing machine today.
1853 "black ship" appeared in other places (the name given to ships sailing from European and American countries at the end of the Japanese shogunate was named after the hull was painted black). The following year, Governor Perry, who came to Japan by boat, presented a sewing machine to the home of General 13. It is said that this is the first time that sewing machines have been introduced to Japan. Later, at 1870, as the interpreter accompanying Ambassador Wan Yan, John Manjiro brought back sewing machines and cameras from the United States.
In Japan, the popularity of sewing machines began with the introduction of Shengjia sewing machines in 1900. 188 1 year, Takzo Sasuke exhibited the domestic sewing machine No. 1 at the second Japan domestic consultation Expo, large sewing machine companies began to manufacture sewing machines from this time. After World War II, clothing became Japan's main import and export products. Since then, the technology of sewing machines has improved a lot and the demand has also increased greatly.