Oversewing machine
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1928
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.0649.001
- MANUFACTURER
- OVERSEWING MACHINE CO.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Medford, Massachusetts, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- A455
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL/ SYNTHETIC & WOOD/ LEATHER BELT/ LINEN THREAD
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 93.0 cm
- Width
- 68.0 cm
- Height
- 146.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Bookbinding
- Category
- Sewing
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- OVERSEWING
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Massachusetts
- City
- Medford
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- C. 1928-1987
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO SEW BOOK SECTIONS TOGETHER, NEEDLES PASS OBLIQUELY THROUGH EACH SECTION, FORMING A LOCK STITCH WITH EACH SEPARATE SECTION & INDEPENDENT LOCK STITCHES ALL ALONG THE BACK - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- CAST INTO FRAME 'OVERSEWING MACHINE CO./ MEDFORD MASS./ USA'/ MFR'S PLATES 'Oversewing Machine Company/ of America, Inc./ Omcoa/ Medford, Mass. U.S.A.', 'MADE IN U.S.A. BY/ Oversewing Machine Co./ UNDER ONE OR MORE OF FOLLOWING PATENTS/ SERIAL NO. A455/ UNITED STATES PATENTS NO. 1,093,694 APR. 21, 1914; NO. 1,266,793 MAY 21, 1918; NO. 1,285,377 NOV. 19, 1918; NO. 1,483,521 FEB. 12, 1924; NO. 1,593,394 JULY 20, 1926; NO. 1,642,171 SEP. 13, 1927; NO. 1,658,518 FEB. 7, 1928; NO. 1,714,299 MAY 21, 1929; NO. 1,961,103 MAY 29, 1934/ CANADIAN PATENTS NO. 219, 552 JUNE 13, 1922; NO. 268,809 MAR. 8, 1927; NO. 258,101 FEB. 16, 1926/ GREAT BRITAIN PATENTS NO. 117,798 MAY 10, 1918; NO. 261,222 JAN. 25, 1926/ FRENCH PATENT NO. 609,096 MAY 3, 1926/ GERMAN PATENT NO. 461,551 JUNE 21, 1928"/ OTHER PLATE 'CANADIAN GOVERNMENT/ PRINTING BUREAU/ EQUIP. NO. 49102/ DO NOT REMOVE'/ STENCILLED ON SIDE '01.589.50'/ COMPONENTS INCLUDE 'ELECTRIC PASTER/ MANUFACTURED BY/ OVERSEWING MACHINE COMPANY/ MEDFORD, MASS./ LOS ANGELES, CALIF./ OMCO/ U.S.A./ TO OIL MOTOR USE FIVE DROPS OF SPECIAL/ MOTOR OIL IN EACH HOLE'/ Markings on motor include: ‘STERLING MOTOR/ STERLING/ ELECTRIC MOTORS INC./ LOS ANGELES/ C.S.A./ APPROVAL NUMBER/ [9862]/ MODEL C1817YC .../ H.P. ½ ..../ VOLTS 115/208-230 AMP 7.0/3.5/ .... CYC. 60 ....'; Plate on side of motor ‘M29023'.
- Missing
- From CA of 10/06/1994 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
- Finish
- PAINTED GREY/ BLACK & SILVER-COLOURED WORKING PTS/ VARNISHED WOOD
- Decoration
- N/A
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OVERSEWING MACHINE CO., Oversewing machine, circa 1928, Artifact no. 1988.0649, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.0649.001/
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