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WILLCOX & GIBBS SEWING MACHINE

Overview
  • Total Patents
    240
About

WILLCOX & GIBBS SEWING MACHINE has a total of 240 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1898. It filed its patents most often in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Its main competitors in its focus markets textiles and paper, machines and packaging and shipping are JAGUAR INT CORP, INT BUTTON HOLE SEWING MACHINE and REECE BUTTON HOLE MACHINE CO.

Patent filings in countries

World map showing WILLCOX & GIBBS SEWING MACHINEs patent filings in countries
# Country Total Patents
#1 United States 144
#2 United Kingdom 56
#3 Germany 17
#4 France 13
#5 Switzerland 9
#6 Belgium 1

Patent filings per year

Chart showing WILLCOX & GIBBS SEWING MACHINEs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Merritt Arthur A 26
#2 Weis John P 15
#3 Borton Stockton 14
#4 Tamburro Francis P 10
#5 Backlin Clarence R 8
#6 Edward Louis Cucksey 8
#7 Zeier Frederick F 7
#8 Edwin Oscar Du Buis 7
#9 Cumfer Donald A 6
#10 Osterhout Garret B 6

Latest patents

Publication Filing date Title
US3431876A Single needle,three-thread edge stitch
US3380417A Cutting device for sewing machines
US3380416A Thread cutting device
US3328948A Donning device and article handling means therefor
US3164946A Doffing and donning mechanism
US3116587A Doffing mechanism
US3070949A Doffing device
US3077725A Doffing and donning machine
GB912733A Improved trimmer mechanism in a sewing machine
US3085330A Cutting device
US3097430A Cutter
US3129130A Labeling machine
US3085340A Grading machine
US3082723A Material work-feeding mechanism and control means therefor
US3175923A Excess adhesive removal from a moving belt
US3129313A Method and apparatus for rapid cutoff of oscillations
US3059600A Looper mechanism
US3024748A Trimmer mechanism
US3059602A Reinforced seam
US3000591A Rotary tension device for sewing machines