CANADIAN PATENTS
(BEGINNING FROM JUNE 1824)
1st SERIES
June 1846 - August 1869
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1846
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CA 91 Jonas Philip Lee
Knitting Looms
of the town of Sherbrooke, in the district of St. Francis, Quebec, Manufacturer, for a new and useful improvement in the method of constructing Knitting Looms. In the common machines, such as have hitherto been used, the needles, which are cast into the metal girth, projected outwards at right angles from the girth or horizontal metal plate and the jacks or sinkers played up and down upon a horizontal bar or wire and by playing downwards between the needles, made a loop for the stitch. In the improved machine the needles are cast or fastened vertically into the girth or metal plate and horizontal sliding stitchers are substituted for the falling jacks or sinkers, diminishing the friction to a great extent and also lessening the chances of breakage, the falling jacks and sinkers being exceedingly liable to accidents. Another improvement characterizing this invention consists in the vertical arrangement of the needles, which are placed with their backs towards the face of the frame, the depressor being behind the needles under the stitchers, by which arrangement the work is elevated and exposed to the eye of the operator at all times. The horizontal sliding stitchers in the actual machine are about four and half inches long and their general width about three-fourths of an inch; these stitchers are cut in with square shoulders, so as to reduce them to half an inch in width, forming a recess in the stitcher, so as to admit a regulator or bar, which is about five-eighths of an inch less than the recess in the stitchers and serves to move the stitchers backwards preparatory to their being acted upon by the slur and to stop them correctly as they are thrown forward by it; this regulator is attached to the frame and stretches across the whole width of the machine, parallel with the line of the needles; this arrangement and combination of the regulator with the stitchers, so that by its vibration it will move the stitchers backwards and forwards by its action, in the manner above described, is one of the chief characteristics of the invention, as also the horizontal position of the stitchers, the vertical position of the needles, and the manner of combining the bar, as regulator, with them, rendering unnecessary the use of springs or other analogous devices for retracting the shoulders. The application of the power by means of a shaft does not differ in this from that which is used in the ordinary loom.
June 4, 1846
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1851
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CA 321 John Rourke
Self-acting Ribbed Warp Knitting Loom
of the city of Montreal, Quebec. This invention consists of a self-acting rib warp knitting loom, having two guide bars acting by cams on the main shaft, the guide bars traversing backwards and forwards by the action of level gears, attached to an upright shaft, worked from the main shaft and passing through the needles by a connecting rod worked by a cam on the main shaft, the needle bars being attached to the plungers or lifters, the front needle bar lifting the back sliding plate and the back needle bar the front sliding plate, the needle bars having alternate action and the work being taken over by the sliding plates, whereby the knitted work is produced much stronger, of better quality and more rapidly than by the ordinary hand loom, being made from a warp and not from a single thread as in the usual mode.
May 1, 1851
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1854
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CA 450 Jonas Philip Lee
Double Acting Knitting Machine
of Niagara, in the County of Lincoln, Manufacturer, for the invention of a new and useful improvements in a Machine for knitting plain Fabrics, such as Shirts, Drawers, Stocking &c., known as and called Double Acting Knitting Machine.
It consists in the construction of a rack, slur and carry needles attached so as to operate the jacks or levers and carry the yarn at the same time and by one combined motion. In the application of the rack, slur and carry needles to operate on two sets of jacks or levers and needles, by one and the same motion, knitting two webs or fabrics by the same motion on one machine. In the construction and application of jacks or levers, so formed and applied as to carry sufficient yarn between the needles to form a loop or stitch of the length required. In the cam 2, so arranged and applied as to work and vibrate the needle bars and needles, to draw through and throw off the stitches and tighten the fabric as knit. In tho level gear "a a" and shaft "c" and slur gear "G", (or cam gear) so arranged and applied as to carry the slur and knitting needles. In the construction of a machine for knitting two webs or pieces of fabric at the same time, by the same motion and with one thread to each web.
April 10, 1854
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CA 468 D'Arcy Porter
Sewing Machine
of the City of Hamilton, in the County of Wentworth (historic county), Ontario, Machinist. The invention consists in the general form and construction of the machine; in the principle of taking all the motions from the excentric shaft and in applying or using the curved needle with the shuttle.
Figure 1 represents the plan; figure 2 section and elevation; figure 3 and 4 sections on the linos A, B and C, D, respectively shown in figure two. "E" represents the fly-wheel; F the driving pulley; G the pulley which drives the spindle for winding the bobbin, which is placed on the top of the machine; the above described pulley and fly-wheel are fastened upon the crank shaft and driven by the foot by means of the treddle (treadle) shown in figure two and three. A belt from the pulley E, gives motion to the pulley and shaft M and H, called the excentric shaft, for giving the different motions for working, through the invention of levers and rocking shafts, the needle feeding the cloth through, &c. and motion to the shuttle. "I", the lever and rocking shaft, for working the needle and slackening the thread at certain intervals, worked by the cam excentric K. "L", the cam excentric for giving motion to the shuttle, by means of the slide and curved piece, which embraces the shuttle. The motion which is given to the feed wheel N, at intervals is by means of the friction lever O. The feed wheel N, is roughened on the circumference the better to draw the cloth, leather, &c., along; this lever O, upon the rocking shaft P, is moved by the arm Q, which presses upon the excentric R. "S", shows the spool containing the thread, which is pressed upon by a spring T, to produce the necessary tension for drawing the thread tight in the needle, which is curved to suit the radius of the needle lever. "U", the cloth presser containing a spiral spring, which may be raised up by the catch "V", while placing the cloth in the machine. The thread is seen passing through the guide W and the needle X. "Y", is the lever for guiding the thread to prevent its getting foul. The invention consists in the general form and construction of the machine; in the principle of taking all the motions from the excentric shaft and in applying or using the curved needle with the shuttle.
July 21, 1854
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1858
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CA 810 G. H. Lettore
of the City of Montreal, Quebec, for an improvement in Sewing Machines.
January 11, 1858
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CA 888 Lewis Nelson Soper
of the Town of Woodstock, in the County of Oxford, Ontario, for an Elastic Lock Stitch Sewing Machine.
November 3, 1858
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1860
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CA 1.048 Charles Elvidge
of Newmarket, in the County of York, Ontario, for a certain Sewing Machine.
March 7, 1860
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CA 1.072 Lewis Nelson Soper
of the Town of Woodstock, in the County of Oxford, Ontario, for an improved Sewing Machine.
April 19, 1860
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1861
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CA 1.181 Frederick Rodgers
of the City of Hamilton, in the County of Wentworth (historic county), Ontario, for an improved Cam for working the under needle or Catch Pin of Sewing Machines.
January 16, 1861
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CA 1.243 Paul T. Ware
of the City of Toronto, in the County of York, Ontario for an improved Sewing Machine.
August 9, 1861
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CA 1.311 Samuel S. Martin
of the City of Toronto, in the County of York, Ontario, Assignee of John Angell Cull, the Assignee of Edward Lefroy Cull, the inventor for Auxiliary Spring improvements for Sewing Machines.
December 27, 1861
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1862
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CA 1.325 Christopher Lockman
of the City of Hamilton, in the County of Wentworth (historic county), Ontario, for an improvement in Shuttle Sewing Machines, termed the "Family Shuttle Sewing Machine".
February 19, 1862
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CA 1.416 Fracis Cant
of the Town of Galt (Cambridge), County of Waterloo, Ontario, for an improved Cam for working the under-needle or catch-pin of Sewing Machines.
August 25, 1862
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CA 1.474 Warren Millar
of the City of Montreal, Quebec, for a new and useful Loop Check in Sewing Machines using a rotating hook.
December 16, 1862
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1863
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CA 1.570 William Berry
of the City of Montreal, Quebec, for an anti-friction loop stopper for Sewing Machines.
July 11, 1863
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CA 1.581 George Henry Meaking
of Belleville, in the County of Hastings, Ontario, for an improved Sewing Machine.
August 12, 1863
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CA 1.620 Christopher Lockman
of the City of Hamilton, in the County of Wentworth (historic county), Ontario, for an Attachment for Sewing Machines for ruffling.
November 21, 1863
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1864
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CA 1.690 Jonathan Hilton Haven
of the Town of Guelph, in the County of Wellington, Ontario, for a new and useful Chair, called "Haven's Sewing Chair".
May 2, 1864
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1865
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CA 1.891 Thomas Rogers
of the City of Toronto, in the County of York, Ontario, for a new and useful Binder for Sewing Machines.
September 6, 1865
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CA 1.896 D'Arcy Porter
of the City of Toronto, in the County of York, Ontario, for certain new and useful improvements in Sewing Machines.
September 19, 1865
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1866
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CA 2.100 Leon Moses Clench
of the Town of St. Mary's in the County of Perth, Ontario for an Elbow needle-bar, silent motion and oscillating feeding attachment for sewing machines, to be called "Clench's Elbow Needle-Bar", silent motion and oscillating feed attachment for Sewing Machines.
September 13, 1866
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CA 2.121 Robert Barclay
of the Town of Paris, in the County of Brant, for a certain new and useful improvement in Sewing Machines.
September 29, 1866
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1867
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CA 2.327 Robert Barclay
of the Town of Paris, in the County of Brant, for a certain new and useful improvement in the construction of Sewing Machines.
May 7, 1867
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CA 2.380 Christopher Lockman
of the City of Hamilton, in the County of Wentworth (historic county), Ontario, for a new and useful Sewing Machine.
June 27, 1867
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1868
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CA 2.550 Robert Barclay
of Paris, in the County of Brant, for a certain new and useful improvement in the construction of Sewing Machines.
April 1, 1868
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CA 2.748 Richard Thomson Gilpin
of the Town of St. Mary, in the County of Perth, Ontario, for a new and useful machine, namely, an attachment to Waxed-thread Sewing Machines for the purpose of keeping waxed-thread pliable by heat, to be called "Gilpin's Hot Air Waxed Thread Heater".
August 27, 1868
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CA 2.760 Norris Black
of the City of Toronto, in the County of York, Ontario, for a new and useful Hand Shuttle Sewing Machine, which he calls "Black's Sewing Machine".
September 7, 1868
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1869
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CA 3.133 Christopher Lockman
of Hamilton, Ontario, for an improvement on Sewing Machines.
April 9, 1869
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CA 3.233 J. D. Lawler
of Montreal, Quebec, for improvements in Sewing Machines.
July 2, 1869
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PATENTS ISSUED FOR FIVE YEARS
Under Patent Act of 1869
2nd SERIES
August 1869 - 1883
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1869
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CA 45 J. H. Osborne
of Guelph, Ontario, for an improvement in Sewing Machines.
September 11, 1869
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CA 94 W. Muir
of Montreal, Quebec, for improvements on Multiple Sewing Machine.
October 15, 1869
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CA 111 J. H. Osborn
of Guelph, Ontario, for an improvement on the Single Thread Sewing Machine for looping the Stitch.
October 21, 1869
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CA 130 G. W. Corbitt
of Toronto, Ontario, for a machine for applying treadle power to Sewing and other Machines.
November 1, 1869
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CA 142 C. Irvin
of Belleville, Ontario, for improvements on Sewing Machines.
November 12, 1869
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CA 184 J. D. Lawler
of Montreal, Quebec, for Sewing Machines.
December 12, 1869
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1870
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CA 245 J. Crowe
of Guelph, Ontario, for improvements in Sewing Machines.
February 9, 1870
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CA 346 Christopher Lockman
of Hamilton, Ontario, for Sewing Machines.
April 5, 1870
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CA 448 F. A. Gardner
of Hamilton, Ontario, for improvements on Sewing Machines,
May 31, 1870
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CA 465 J. Barett
of Belleville, Ontario, for Sewing Machines.
June 17, 1870
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CA 619 J. N. Tarbox
of Hamilton, Ontario, for improvements on Sewing Machines.
September 26, 1870
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CA 696 W. H. Hannam
of Whitby, Ontario, for improvement on Sewing Machines.
November 11, 1870
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CA 699 J. D. Lawler
of Montreal, Quebec, for improvements on Sewing Machines.
November 14, 1870
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CA 744 W. Thompson
of Woodstock, Ontario, for improved Sewing Machine Top.
December 10, 1870
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CA 753 F. A. Gardener
of Hamilton, Ontario, for improvements on Sewing Machines.
December 21, 1870
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1871
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CA 831 J. W. Abbott
of St. Catharines, Ontario, for improvement in the plate of Sewing Machines.
March 8, 1871
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CA 837 C. F. Mueller
of Hamilton, Ontario, for improvement in the art of ornamenting Sewing Machines and other articles of manufacture of Wood, Metal, Glass, &c, with gold, silver or metal leaf.
March 8, 1871
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CA 851 C. W. Coy
of Sherbrooke, Quebec, for improvements on Sewing Machines.
March 9, 1871
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CA 881 J. N. Tarbox
of Hamilton, Ontario, for improvements on Frillers for Sewing Machines.
March 16, 1871
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CA 937 C. S. Bell
of Morpeth, Ontario, for improvement on Sewing Machines.
April 18, 1871
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CA 983 J. Miller
of Perth, Ontario, for improvements in Sewing Machines.
May 11, 1871
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CA 993 R. Peters
of Hamilton, Ontario, for improvements on Sewing Machines.
May 25, 1871
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CA 1.092 J.D. Lawlor
Sewing Machine
August 7, 1871
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CA 1.104 C. G. C. Simpson
of Montreal, Quebec, improvements on Sewing Machines.
August 18, 1871
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CA 1.174 C. B. Gerow
of Port Perry, Ontario, for improvements in Rufflers and Plaiters for Sewing Machines.
October 11, 1871
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of Stanstead, Quebec, for improvement in Sewing Machines.
November 18, 1871
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CA 1.233 C. J. Appleton
of Hamilton, Ontario, for improvements in the Feed attachment of Sewing Machines.
November 24, 1871
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CA 1.241 C. J. Appleton
of Hamilton, Ontario, for improvements in Knitting Machines.
December 4, 1871
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CA 1.242 C. J. Appleton
of Hamilton, Ontario, for improvements on the Shuttle Motion of Sewing Machines.
December 4, 1871
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CA 1.245 J. N. Tarbox
of Hamilton, Ontario, for improvements in Frillers for Sewing Machines.
December 15, 1871
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CA 1.248 W. H. McElcheran
of Hamilton, Ontario, for improvement in the art of Ornamenting and Lettering Sewing Machines, Cars, &c.
December 15, 1871
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CA 1.257 N. R. Allen
of Montreal, Quebec, for improvement on Treadles of Sewing Machines.
December 15, 1871
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1872
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CA 1.311 R. Peters
of Hamilton, Ontario, for improvement in Sewing Machines.
January 26, 1872
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CA 1.128 George Young
of Trenton, Ontario, for improvements in Sewing Machines.
April 18, 1872
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CA 1.433 Charles Raymond
of Guelph, Ontario, for improvements in Sewing Machines.
April 18, 1872
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CA 1.462 W. Muir
of Montreal, Quebec, for improvements in Sewing Machines.
May 18, 1872
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CA 1.463 W. Muir
Sewing Machine
May 18, 1872
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CA 1.531 G. Webster Jr. & J. F. Webster
of Hamilton, Ontario, for improvements in Sewing Machines.
June 29, 1872
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CA 1.540 J. H. Osborn
of Guelph, Ontario, for improvement in Sewing Machines.
July 15, 1872
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CA 1.681 David Mc. C. Smyth
Sewing Machine
October 19, 1872
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CA 1.719 Alex Howie
Sewing Machine
October 25, 1872
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CA 1.778 Francis E. Mills
Sewing Machine
November 16, 1872
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CA 1.809 John D. Lawlor
Sewing Machine
November 21, 1872
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1873
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CA 2.010 James A. House
Sewing Machine
January 25, 1873
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CA 2.060 James F. Kellogg
Sewing Machine
February 12, 1873
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CA 2.575 Hugh Robertson
Sewing Machine
July 26, 1873
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CA 2.706 D'arcy Porter
Sewing Machine
September 10, 1873
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CA 2.902 Eugene Moreau
Embroidering and Stitching Button Hole
December 5, 1873
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CA 2.907 John L. Coles
Sewing Machine
December 5, 1873
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CA 2.908 John Miller
Sewing Machine
December 5, 1873
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CA 2.933 James H. Smith
Shuttle Sewing Machine
December 15, 1873
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1874
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CA 3.051 Ebenezer A. Goodes
Sewing Machine
January 21, 1874
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CA 3.054 J. H. Vermilya
Sewing Machine
January 23, 1874
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CA 3.187 Israel M. Rose
Embroidering Attachment for Sewing Machine
March 12, 1874
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CA 3.771 Johial H. Cleveland
Sewing Machine
August 22, 1874
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CA 3.824 William A. Springer
Sewing Machine
September 21, 1874
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1875
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CA 4.231 Richard M. Wanzer
Sewing Machine
January 7, 1875
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CA 4.390 James Laing
Overhead Sewing Machine
February 15, 1875
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CA 4.420 Lewis M. Becker
Sewing Machine
February 23, 1875
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CA 4.553 Henry Bland
Sewing Machine
April 1, 1875
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CA 4.679 Christopher Gullman
Sewing Machine
April 27, 1875
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CA 5.197 Gustav Kollmeyer
Sewing Machine
September 25, 1875
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1876
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CA 5.751 T.S.L. Howard
Sewing Machine
March 2, 1876
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CA 5.852 Charles F. Ritchel
Sewing Machine
March 21, 1876
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CA 5.947 Lyman L. Barber
Boot & Shoe
April 10, 1876
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CA 5.964 Richard M. Melluish
Sewing Machine
April 21, 1876
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CA 6.108 John C. Burton
Sewing Machine
May 23, 1876
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CA 6.359 Hugh Menown
Sewing Machine
July 21, 1876
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CA 6.548 Charles Schunoff
Sewing Machine
September 16, 1876
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CA 6.708 David M. Smyth & William Muir
Sewing Machine
October 30, 1876
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CA 6.841 William J. McMurty
Sewing Machine Shuttle
December 2, 1876
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1877
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CA 6.990 John McCloskey
Sewing Machine
January 22, 1877
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CA 7.263 Thomas A. Macauley
Sewing Machine
March 26, 1877
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CA 7.367 Andrew Wilson
Sewing Machine
April 19, 1877
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CA 7.392 William W. Whitcomb
Sewing Machine
April 27, 1877
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CA 7.393 Israel M. Rose
Sewing Machine
April 27, 1877
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CA 7.477 William Muir
Sewing Machine
May 18, 1877
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CA 7.491 John S. Hall
Sewing Machine
May 18, 1877
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CA 7.631 William Haslehurst
Sewing Machine
July 16, 1877
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CA 7.981 William Muir
Sewing Machine
October 5, 1877
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CA 7.982 William Muir
Sewing Machine
October 5, 1877
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CA 7.998 John Keats
Sewing Machine
October 15, 1877
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CA 8.018 Marshall H. Pearson
Sewing Machine
October 16, 1877
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CA 8.200 James F. Chamberlain & Richard M. Wanzer
Sewing Machine
December 10, 1877
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1878
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CA 8.458 Robert W. Park
Sewing Machine
February 23, 1878
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CA 8.506 Louis Cote
Sewing Machine
March 8, 1878
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CA 8.643 Ruben M. Rose
Sewing Machine
April 12, 1878
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CA 8.662 George E. Hart
Sewing Machine
April 24, 1878
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CA 8.786 Duncan H. Campbell
Sewing Machine
May 13, 1878
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1879
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CA 10.560 George Juengst
October 18, 1879
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1880
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1881
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1882
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1883
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CA 16.249 Duncan H. Campbell
Sewing Machine
February 2, 1883
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CA 16.250 Duncan H. Campbell
Sewing Machine
February 2, 1883
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CA 18.712 William Schott
Button Hole Attachment
Assignor to the Schott Button Hole Attachment Company
Patented in:
England, GB 2.313 January 29, 1884
Fiance, F 159.997 January 29, 1884
Belgium, B 63.985 January 9, 1884
United States, US 310.915 January 20, 1885
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Ontario sewing machine manufacturing entered its heyday during the early 1870s. Improved or refined technology resulted in well-constructed, durable machines that could be manufactured cheaply and sold at a price affordable by everyone. Favourable public reaction to this cheap, accessible, labour-saving device was reflected in the tremendous increase in demand during the 1870s. The manufacture of sewing machines clearly spelled opportunity and the decade witnessed the establishment of a wave of new companies and an enormous increase in registered Canadian sewing machine patents. It was also during the 1870s that the sewing machine became a leading Canadian export.
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Patents in this List were granted for the periods and under the Acts stated
1st SERIES
Nos. 1 to 165 grunted for 14 years.
Part in force in Lower Canada and part in Upper Canada under various acts.
Nos. 166 to 258 granted for 14 years.
In force in the Province of Canada, under the Act 7th Geo. TV, Cap. 25
Nos. 259 to 3.325 granted for 14 years.
In force in the Province of Canada, under the Acts 12th Vic., Cap. 24
and Con. Stat. Canada, Cap. 34.
2nd SERIES
Nos. 1 to 1.644 granted for 5 years.
In force in the Dominion of Canada, under "The Patent Act of 1869"
32nd-33rd Vic., Cap. 11.