Knitting machine

Claim 1

A CIRCULAR KNITTING MACHINE COMPRISING: A NEEDLE CYLINDER, INDEPENDENT NEEDLES MOUNTED IN SAID CYLINDER, SAID NEEDLES COMPRISING THREE SUCCESSIVE GROUPS OF NEEDLES, TWO OF WHICH FLANK AN INTERMEDIATE GROUP, ELEMENTS COOPERATING WITH SAID NEEDLES FOR THE FORMATION OF STITCHES, INCLUDING MEANS FOR FEEDING YARNS AT AT LEAST TWO OFEED POINTS, AND MEANS FOR CONTROLLING SAID NEEDLES AND ELEMENTS, DURING A SINGLE ROUND OF KNITTING, TO CAUSE NEEDLES OF ONE OF SAID FLANKING GROUPS TO TAKE YARN AT ONLY A FIRST OF SAID TWO FEED POINTS AND DRAW SINGLE YARN STICHES, TO CAUSE THE NEEDLES OF THE OTHER OF SAID FLANKING GROUPS TO TAKE YARN AT BOTH THE FIRST AND THE SECOND OF SAID TWO FEED POINTS AND DRAW SINGLE YARN STITCHES AT EACH OF SAID FEED POINTS, AND TO CAUSE A PLURALITY OF ADJACENT NEEDLES OF THE INTERMEDIATE GROUP TO SEIZE YARN AT SAID FIRST OF SAID FEED POINTS AND FORM BIGHTS THEREOF WITHOUT CASTING OFF STICHES ALREADY HELD ON THE NEEDLES, SAID CONTROLLING MEANS COMPRISING A STITCH CCAM AND MEANS FOR MOVING SAID STITCH CAM RADIALLY, THE NEEDLES OF SAID INTERMEDIATE GROUP HAVING STEPPED BUTTS TO BE ACTED UPON BY SAID STITCH CAM TO EFFECT SELECTIVELY THE LAST MENTIONED ACTION OR MOVEMENT OF THE SAME NEEDLES TO CAST-OFF POSITION, THEN TO SEIZE YARN AT SAID SECOND OF SAID FEED POINTS, AND THEN TO DRAW BOTH OF SAID SEIZED YARNS TOGETHER THROUGH THE STITCHES ALREADY HELD ON THE NEEDLES TO FORM STITCHES CONTAINING BOTH OF SAID YARNS SO SUCCESSIVELY SEIZED.