Clipping mechanism for circular knitting machines

Claim 1

IN A CIRCULAR KNITTING MACHINE FOR PRODUCING SEAMLESS FABRICS, SAID MACHINE HAVING A DIAL, A DIAL CAP, MEANS MOUNTING THE DIAL AND DIAL CAP FOR ROTATION RELATIVE TO ONE ANOTHER ABOUT AN AXIS, A CLIPPING MECHANISM COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF INDIVIDUAL CLIPPING SINKERS ARRANGED IN A PLANE TRANSVERSE TO SAID AXIS, MEANS ON THE DIAL MOUNTING THE CLIPPING SINKERS FOR SLIDABLE MOVEMENT WITH RESPECT TO THE DIAL IN DIRECTIONS RADIAL TO SAID AXIS, A MOVABLE CONTROL MEMBER, CAM MEANS CARRIED BY SAID DIAL CAP AND ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID SINKERS UPON RELATIVE ROTATION BETWEEN THE DIAL AND DIAL CAP, SAID CAM MEANS BEING MOVABLE BETWEEN AN OPERATIVE POSITION IN WHICH THE CLIPPING SINKERS ARE MOVED OUTWARDLY AND AN INOPERATIVE POSITION IN WHICH THE CLIPPING SINKERS REMAIN IN A MORE INWARDLY POSITION, A CLIPPING BLADE, MEANS MOUNTING SAID CLIPPING BLADE FOR MOVEMENT BETWEEN AN INOPERATIVE POSITION AWAY FROM THE PLANE OF THE CLIPING SINKERS AND A POSITION ADJACENT SUCH PLANE IN WHICH IT COOPERATES WITH AT LEAST ONE OF SAID CLIPPING SINKERS MOVED OUTWARDLY BY SAID CAM MEANS, AND MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTING SAID CAM MEANS AND SAID CLIPPING BLADE MOUNTING MEANS TO THE CONTROL MEMBER FOR FIRST MOVING SOME OF SAID CLIPPING SINKERS OUTWARDLY AND THEN MOVING SAID CLIPPING BLADE TO OPERATIVE POSITION WHEN SAID CONTROL MEMBER IS ACTUATED.