Cam-box for a jacquard flat knitting machine

Claim 1

IN AN AUTOMATIC JACQUARD FLAT KNITTING MACHINE OF THE TYPE HAVING A PAIR OF NEEDLE BEDS ARRANGED IN AN INVERTED V-SHAPE AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF INDEPENDENT TRANSFERKNITTING NEEDLES HAVING BUTTS THEREON, AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF MAIN JACKS FOR INDIVIDUALLY CONTROLLING THE NEEDLES AND HAVING BUTTS THEREON, AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF AUXILIARY JACKS AND LIFTERS FOR ALTERNATIVELY SELECTING EACH OF THE MAIN JACKS, EACH OF THE AUXILIARY JACKS HAVING BUTTS THEREON, AND HAVING A JACQUARD DEVICE HAVING A PRISM AND STEEL CARDS WITH TWO ROWS OF STAMPING THEREON FOR AIDING ACTUATION OF THE AUXILIARY JACKS AND LIFTERS; A CAM BOX THEREFOR, SAID CAM BOX COMPRISING A PAIR OF IDENTICAL CAM SETS EACH OF WHICH IS LOCATED OPPOSITE THE OTHER, EACH ONE OF SAID PAIR OF CAM SETS HAVING THREE DISTINCT GROUPS OF CAMS ARRANGED IN THREE DISTINCT PARALLEL ZONES, A FIRST GROUP OF SAID GROUPS OF CAMS HAVING A PLURALITY OF COMBINED SINKABLE TRANSGER CAMS BETWEEN A PAIR OF STITCH CAMS WHEREBY THE NEEDLE BUTTS MAY BE ACTUATED, A SECOND GROUP OF SAID GROUPS OF CAMS HAVING FIXED AND MOVABLE CAMS WHEREBY THE MAIN JACKS MAY BE ACTUATED, AND THE THIRD GROUP OF SAID GROUPS OF CAMS HAVING FIXED AND MOVABLE CAMS WHEREBY THE AUXILIARY JACKS MAY BE ACTUATED.