Knitting machine with electromagnetic needle selection mechanism

Claim 1

IN A KNITTING MACHINE: (A) A FLAT NEEDLE SUPPORT; (B) A PLURALITY OF JUXTAPOSED NEEDLE MEANS ELONGATED IN A COMMON DIRECTION AND MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORT, EACH NEEDLE MEANS BEING LONGITUDINALLY MOVABLE ON SAID SUPPORT BETWEEN A PLURALITY OF POSITIONS, EACH NEEDLE MEANS INCLUDING A LIFTING BUTT; (C) PATTERN BUTT MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH NEEDLE MEANS AND MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORT FOR ABUTTING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID NEEDLE MEANS WHEN SAID PATTERN BUTT MEANS MOVES IN A DIRECTION OF LONGITUDINAL NEEDLE MOVEMENT; (D) A CAM SUPPORT ARRANGED FOR MOVEMENT RELATIVE TO SAID NEEDLE SUPPORT TRANSVERSELY OF THE DIRECTION OF ELONGATION OF SAID NEEDLE MEANS; (E) PATTERN CAM MEANS AND KNITTING CAM MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID CAM SUPPORT AND SPACED IN SAID DIRECTION, SAID PATTERN CAM MEANS BEING ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID PATTERN BUTT MEANS FOR SHIFTING SAID LIFTING BUTT IN SAID LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION INTO A POSITION OF ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID KNITTING CAM MEANS; (1) SAID PATTERN CAM MEANS INCLUDING FIRST AND SECOND HUMP MEANS, (2) SAID FIRST HUMP MEANS BEING EFFECTIVE, DURING SAID RELATIVE MOVEMENT OF SAID CAM SUPPORT AND SAID NEEDLE SUPPORT, TO GUIDE SAID PATTERN BUTT MEANS FROM AN OPERATIVE POSITION TO AN INOPERATIVE POSITION AND THENCE TO THE OPERATIVE POSITION, AND (3) YIELDABLY RESILIENT MEANS PERMANENTLY URGING SAID PATTERN BUTT MEANS INTO GUIDING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID FIRST HUMP MEANS, (4) SAID PATTERN BUTT MEANS WHEN IN SAID OPERATIVE POSITION BEING ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID SECOND