miriam

Well, I got the slide plate from the drawer - it has a patent date of 1896 - hhmmm might not be 1892 eh? Serial number is 11080326 anybody got a clue?

miriam

I dug out a Dressmaker I have hours in - it has a spot that sticks when you turn it some times - so I plugged it in and ran it a while then I put a needle and thread to it and she breaks thread - needle jams - short stitches instead of long - argh.

ThayerRags

Maybe they had a patent that they figured might get approved in...oh....probably 1896, so they went ahead and put it on the plate. (Ok, maybe not.)

I’ve spent the past couple of days putting a “mini” Speed Reducer on Randy the Singer 31-15. It cut his speed by about half, so I’m happy with it.


CD in Oklahoma

ArchaicArcane

Replacement slide plate?
Bring your kid to work day and someone changed the number on the patent date stamper?

Singer says it's a 1892: http://mysingerstory.com/ so does Ismacs...

miriam

It's what I thought, too but the slide plate has a patent of 1896 on there. mysingerstery

ArchaicArcane

I bet it's the simple explanation - original plate was lost, this is a replacement.

miriam

It sure does match the needle plate

ArchaicArcane

Well back in 1896, it was still probably a Singer supplied part, possibly off another machine in the dealer's stock. The quality should be the same and 4 years use, assuming it wasn't the machine that was originally scavenged from shouldn't make -that- much difference in appearance...

miriam

Who knows - it needs the spring on the back - somebody broke that off.

jlhmnj

What's the full 1896 patent date? We could search the patent record and see if it's present on your 11080326. 1892 date sounds pre 15-30 (1895?) and seems it should be a 15-1 if the Sn info is correct.

Jon