Originally Posted by BoJangles
Originally Posted by vintagemotif
I have a free "Free" too. Serial #0240726, patent dates June 14 1910 Oct 10 1911, I hope that helps for dating.
I haven't used mine since I need to find the little ball bearings for the pitman rod.
Monica, this is interesting. So far
Playswithcolor has 031503 Free #5 bought at end of WW1 1918 or 1919?
Monica's Free 0240726 - is it a Free # 5?
Nana's Free 827313 - is it a Free #5?
My friend Deb's Free #5 - C76088
My Free #5 - C83642
Do you all have the Free #5? Does anyone else have one with pending patent dates written on the cabinet top?
Does anyone have a Free with patent dates on the slide plate? If so, what are the dates?
Nancy
Please make sure I have the correct serial numbers. I want to try and figure out why two of the serial number start with 'C'? Something to do with patent's still pending on those machines or a different factory?
My cabinet just says patent applied for, BUT..
I just found patent dates on my slide plate! It says:
PATENTED
FEB 11-02 SEP 15-09
" " " DEC 21-09
OCT 17-05 JAN 4-10
JULY 30-07 MAY 20-13
OTHER PATENTS
PENDING
NOTICE
TO
JOBBERS & DEALERS
THIS MACHINE IS SOLD
SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS
AND RESTRICTIONS AS
TO PRICE AT WHICH,
AND PERSONS BY
WHOM IT MAY BE
RESOLD, ASCERTAIN-
ABLE FROM THE
MANUFACTURER
UPON APPLICATION
The slide plate in the front has info concerning the 'number of cotton' 'size of needle' and 'number of silk'
So, it looks like mine is no older than May 20, 1913..that is 21 years older than my Dad.