Abstract: Mechanism for adjustably supporting needle cams on knitting machines, particularly on circular knitting machines. The mechanism provides simple means for adjusting the cams both in the direction of the knitting stroke of the needles in the slots of the needle cylinder, i.e. in the direction of height, and in the direction transverse to this knitting stroke in the horizontal plane along the periphery of the cam assembly frame plate, that is, in a lateral direction for the lateral adjustment of the cams and thus to eliminate the manufacturing deviations in the angular distribution of the knitting feeds. In accordance with the invention, the cam assembly is provided with a prismatic recess, in which there is mounted a block which is slidable laterally, that is, in a direction tangential to the needle cylinder, such lateral adjustment being provided by a spring and a screw with a conical end or by an eccentric pin.

Abstract: A shockless needle for circular knitting machines, wherein the needle is slidably mounted in a trick and is provided with a butt which periodically engages a needle-sliding cam. The butt extends radially from the needle in a direction at least substantially at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the needle. The needle or jack of the invention is provided at the location of the butt with a relief in order to decrease the thickness and thus the stiffness of the needle and also simultaneously increase the clearance between the butt portion and the confronting thick walls. In another embodiment, the walls of the trick of the knitting machine at the location confronting the needle butt are recessed in order to increase the clearance between the butt portion and trick walls and to provide space for the sidewise deflection of the needle when the needle is momentarily bent when its butt is engaged by the needle-sliding cam.

Abstract: A shockless needle for circular knitting machines wherein the needle is slidably mounted in a trick, and is provided with a butt which periodically engages a needle-sliding cam. The butt extends laterally from the needle in a direction at least substantially at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the needle, the needle being pre-sprung in the location of the butt so that the opposite sides of the needle at such location engage the corresponding confronting sides of the trick.