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In 1877 the world's first crochet machine was invented and patented by Joseph M. Merrow, then-president of what had started in the 1840s as a machine shop to develop specialized machinery for the knitting operations. This crochet machine was the first production overlock sewing machine.n 1804, a sewing machine was built by the Englishmen Thomas Stone and James Henderson, and a machine for embroidering was constructed by John Duncan in Scotland. An Austrian tailor, Josef Madersperger, began developing his first sewing machine in 1807. He presented his first working machine in 1814.
  Nathaniel Briggs of New Hampshire received the first United States issued patent for a washing machine in 1797. There is very little known of this machine because a fire destroyed the records of it.   In 1799 a Frenchman by the name of Pochon invented the first hand cranked dryer.  In 1843 John E. Turnbull of Saint John, New Brunswick patented the first wringer washer. He called it the Clothes Washer with Wringer Rollsâ.   In 1851 James King patented the first washing machine that used a drum. Nathaniel Briggs of New Hampshire received the first United States issued patent for a washing machine in 1797. There is very little known of this machine because a fire destroyed the records of it.   In 1799 a Frenchman by the name of Pochon invented the first hand cranked dryer.