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Events on Thursday 10 September 1846 1
1846Elias Howe patents the lock-stitch sewing machineKey invention for mechanised sewingElias Howe received a US patent for a sewing machine using an eye-pointed needle and a shuttle to form a lock stitch. He later won royalties from Isaac Singer and other manufacturers in patent suits.