Circular knitting machine

摘要

A circular knitting machine. The apparatus includes: a knitting cylinder; a bed for supporting the knitting cylinder; a plurality of cam blocks; a dial or double cylinder for forming a rib stitch; and a reduced height cam for forming a tuck stitch on the cylinder needle. Also, in the preferred embodiment, the present invention includes an actuator for selectively disengaging the second feed needle clearing cam. The present invention also includes a rib knit, tubular article having at least two rib stitches per cylinder stitch section.