Wheeler & Wilson was an American company which produced sewing machines. . interest in the invention to Joseph N. Chapin, of North Adams, and with the proceeds took out his first patent, which bore the date November 12,
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Wheeler took the full charge. With such success he was seeking other branches of work to add when he was by accident introduced to the sewing machine invention. Wheeler to join in that enterprise. Wilson, Alanson Warren and George P. In , the company introduced the famous glass presser foot, patented on March 5 of that year by J.
The presser foot was made of metal but shaped like an open, into which was slid a small glass plate, with a hole for the needle descent. The glass allowed the seamstress to observe the stitching and to produce very close-edge stitching. It remained a favorite of many women for years. The first portable covers were bentwood but eventually they became much more 'square', often with the case handle recessed into the top. The Number 9 later, D9 was regularly supplied as a portable hand crank with several treadle versions also available; in tables with 1, 3, 5 or 7 drawers and several enclosed 'parlour' cabinets.
Wheeler & Wilson9/Singer 9W Serials
It threads from right to left and uses a x1 9W1 needle. To keep the overall height of the short-base down, the thread post is mounted behind the arm, rather than on top.
If the wooden base contains an accessory compartment, it measures 15"; though not all of them had this feature. David Best on his website www. In , the Wheeler and Wilson Co. The company immediately rebranded the machine as the Singer 9W1.
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Several other changes introduced by Singer for models 9W7 to 9W13 required another bobbin change and totally new castings; including a longer bed and new spacing for the hinge pins to be accommodated in standard Singer cabinets. By the end of production in though some maintain the s , Singer had scrapped the captive thread post in the centre of the arm, replacing it with a simple rod fixed to a re-designed, pear-shaped cover plate above the top of the pillar.
A modified version of which would later re-appear on the Though, inexplicably, I have a 9W manual dated as late as Not many class 9 machines seem to have survived which may be a clue to its popularity.
Wheeler & Wilson's D9 sewing machine
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Single thread post D9-H Lee King's stand-mounted hand crank. The above machine; rear view. Rose Sullivan's photos of her short base D9 with another version of the base.