Singer Improved Family
Encyclopedia
| type | home |
| manufacturer | Singer Manufacturing Company |
| material | fabric |
| stitch | lockstitch Lockstitch A lockstitch is the most common mechanical stitch made by a sewing machine. The term "single needle stitching", often found on dress shirt labels, refers to lockstitch.-Structure:... |
| power | treadle, handcrank, add-on electric |
| feed | drop Feed dogs Feed dogs are the critical component of a "drop feed" sewing machine. A set of feed dogs typically resembles two or three short, thin metal bars, crosscut with diagonal teeth, which move back and forth in slots in a sewing machine's needle plate... |
| needle(s) | one 15x1 |
The Improved Family, also known as the Model 15, is a sewing machine
Sewing machine
A sewing machine is a textile machine used to stitch fabric, cards and other material together with thread. Sewing machines were invented during the first Industrial Revolution to decrease the amount of manual sewing work performed in clothing companies...
produced by the Singer Manufacturing Company during the 19th century and into the 20th century. It utilizes an oscillating shuttle
Bobbin drivers
Throughout history, lockstitch sewing machines have used a variety of methods to drive their bobbins so as to create the lockstitch.-"Rotating shuttle":...
, but is otherwise quite similar to the Model 27-series
Singer Model 27 and 127
The Singer Model 27/127 is a model series of lockstitch sewing machines produced by the Singer Manufacturing Company around the end of the 19th century. They were Singer's first sewing machines to make use of "vibrating shuttle" technology. Millions were produced...
machines.