Double cylinder cam arrangement

Claim 1

A LINKS AND LINKS KNITTING MACHINE, COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, FIRST AND SECOND ROTARY COAXIAL CYLINDERS HAVING ALIGNED AXIALLY EXTENDING SLOTS AND FORMING A CIRCULAR GAP BETWEEN EACH OTHER; FIRST AND SECOND JACKS MOUNTED IN SAID SLOTS OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND CYLINDERS FOR MOVEMENT IN AXIAL DIRECTION; CAM BOX MEANS INCLUDING FIRST CAM MEANS SURROUNDING SAID FIRST CYLINDER, AND SECOND CAM MEANS SURROUNDING SAID SECOND CYLINDER, SAID FIRST AND SECOND CAM MEANS ENGAGING SAID FIRST AND SECOND JACKS, RESPECTIVELY, FOR MOVING THE SAME IN SAID SLOTS DURING ROTATION OF SAID CYLINDERS, EACH CAM MEANS INCLUDING STITCH CAM MEANS CIRCUMFERENTIALLY STAGGERED HALF THE DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO CONSECUTIVE STITCH CAM MEANS OF THE RESPECTIVE OTHER CAM MEANS; NEEDLES MOUNTED IN SAID SLOTS FOR MOVEMENT FROM EACH SLOT IN ONE OF SAID CYLINDERS INTO THE ALIGNED SLOT IN THE RESPECTIVE OTHER CYLINDER AND ACROSS SAID GAP, EACH NEEDLE HAVING FIRST AND SECOND HOOKS AT THE ENDS THEREOF, RESPECTIVELY; FIRST AND SECOND CONTROL MEANS MOUNTED IN SAID CAM BOX MEANS FOR COUPLING SAID FIRST AND SECOND JACKS WITH SAID NEEDLES AND FOR DISENGAGING SAID FIRST AND SECOND JACKS FROM SAID NEEDLES SO THAT SAID NEEDLES ARE ALTERNATELY MOVED BY SAID FIRST JACKS UNDER CONTROL OF SAID FIRST CAM MEANS AND BY SAID SECOND JACKS UNDER CONTROL OF SAID SECOND CAM MEANS BETWEEN FIRST POSITIONS LOCATED IN SAID SLOTS OF SAID FIRST CYLINDER AND SECOND POSITIONS LOCATED IN SAID SLOTS OF SAID SECOND CYLINDER WITH SAID FIRST AND SECOND HOOKS OF SAID NEEDLES ALTERNATELY PASSING THROUGH SAID GAP; AND YARN FEEDING MEANS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF YARN CARRIES RESPECTIVELY CORRELATED WITH SAID STITCH CAM MEANS LOCATED BETWEEN SAID CYLINDERS IN THE REGION OF SAID GAP FOR INSERTING YARN IN TO SAID HOOKS.