. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure 47.—The squirrel machine was another interesting design patent. S. B. Ellithorp had received a mechanical patent for a two-thread, stationary-bobbin machine on August 26. 1857. That same month he published a picture of his machine, shown here as republished in the Sewing Machine News, vol. 7. no. 11. November 1885. The machine was designed in the shape of "the ordinary gray squirrel so common throughout this country— an animal that is selected as a type of provident care and forethought, for its habits of frugality and for making
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure 47.—The squirrel machine was another interesting design patent. S. B. Ellithorp had received a mechanical patent for a two-thread, stationary-bobbin machine on August 26. 1857. That same month he published a picture of his machine, shown here as republished in the Sewing Machine News, vol. 7. no. 11. November 1885. The machine was designed in the shape of "the ordinary gray squirrel so common throughout this country— an animal that is selected as a type of provident care and forethought, for its habits of frugality and for making provision for seasons of scarcity and want in times of plenty—and the different parts of the animal are each put to a useful purpose; the moving power being placed within its body, the needle stock through its head, one of its fore feet serving to guide the thread, and the other to hold down the cloth while being sewed, and the tip of its tail forming a support to the spool from which the thread is ; Although the design patent was not secured until June 7, 1859, the inventor was reported to have been perfecting his machine for manufacture in 1857. Ellithorp planned "to place them in in irket at a price that will permit families and individuals that have heretofore been deterred from purchasing a machine by the excessive and exorbi- tant price charged for those now in use, to possess ; Patent rights were sold under the name of Ellithorp & Fox. but the machine was never manu- factured on a large scale, if at all. No squirrel machines are known to have survived. (Smith- sonian photo 53112.) 51. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Pr
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