1862 London Exhibition: Catalogue: Class 7.: A. Mackenzie and Co

Machine, with table, and suited for all the purposes of an ordinary machine

Machine as used for cylindrical work, as boot legs, trousers, sleeves etc. Patented 7th February 1862

1653. MACKENZIE, ALEXANDER, and Co., 32 St. Enoch Square, Glasgow.

New double-action cylinder sewing machine.

MACKENZIE, ALEXANDER, and Co., 62 North Frederick Street, Glasgow.

New double action cylinder sewing machine, with specimens of work.

The continual demand for a machine capable of working in either direction at will, without the necessity of detaching and substituting other parts of machinery, which were in many cases laid aside, and always troublesome, led to the invention of this machine, where the same working parts operate in both actions.

This machine has a cylindrical arm, 15 in. long, and 2 in. diameter, enclosed in a brass tube; and at the will of the operator, can be made to sew either in the ordinary, or in the lateral direction from left to right, by simply turning the tube half-way round, and turning the presser (which is carried in a separate frame concentric with the needle) at right angles to its former direction.

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