![]() In 1852 Wheeler and Wilson patented a rotary hook system, and in 1854 they patented the 4 motion feed and both systems are still used to this day and are what make a modern sewing machine work as well as it does.ĭuring this time the patent wars were fierce some and the biggest players in the industry eventually came to together to form a consortium, to save on legal fees and to share idea. They relocated to Bridgeport Connecticut in 1856 and won many design awards. Wheeler was the investor that Wilson needed, and Allen Benjamin Wilson was a mechanical genius. Wilson (1823-1888) founded their sewing machine company in 1853, and Allen Wilson actually filed his first sewing machine patent on November 12th, 1850. ![]() Nathaniel Wheeler (1820-1893) and Allen B.
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