He applied for patent on 1 July 1884 and received US patent 326821 on 22 September 1885. He then designed the sewing machine which would shortly become Singer's answer to the White machine. He proceeded to manufacture his own machines from about 1875 until 1883. Scottish immigrant Robert Whitehill (1 June 1845 – 24 November 1903 ), founder of the Whitehill Manufacturing Company, became interested in sewing machines and subsequently patented an improvement to the take-up arm. In the decade that followed, another gentleman applied his mind to advancing the state of the art. * A few older machines have moved their bobbin winders to the high position, but they will still have a mounting lug for it in the original lower position. Within the 27 series are seen the following differences between versions: Characteristic

Flat face plate, most are ornamented with grapevines but very early examples have a plain shiny finish.

Split slide plates running the entire depth of bed.

All machines in the 27 series (VS-1, VS-2, VS-3, 27, 28, 127, and 128) have the following distinguishing characteristics that can be used to differentiate them from other Singer machines: The many Vintage Singer sewing machine models look very similar. In company literature they were called 'the woman's faithful friend the world over'. Consequently many remain today, some in collections and others still in service. They are all steel and cast iron, and were built before the advent of planned obsolescence, and so they were designed to be repaired rather than replaced. They were Singer's first sewing machines to make use of ' vibrating shuttle' technology.

(The 27 and the 127 were full-size versions of the Singer 28 and later model 128 which were three-quarter size). The Singer Model 27 and later model 127 were a series of lockstitch sewing machines produced by the Singer Manufacturing Company from the 1880s to the 1960s. Series of lockstitch sewing machines Singer VS-1, VS-2, VS-3, 27, 28, 127, 128

Singer red eye 66 shuttle