Patent ID: 7073355

Claim:
Knitting machine comprising: at least one carrier ( 1 ) provided with movable knitting tools ( 2 , 3 ), a cam mechanism ( 4 ) having a plurality of knitting points ( 71 ) for moving selected ones of said knitting tools ( 2 , 3 ) into a yarn pick-up position, a plurality of yarn changing devices, each knitting point being provided with one of said yarn changing devices ( 73 , 74 ) for selectively laying yarns ( 78 , 79 ) being fed from said yarn changing devices ( 73 , 74 ) into said knitting tools ( 2 , 3 ) being brought into said yarn pick-up position at said knitting point ( 71 ), and means for providing at least one of said knitting points ( 71 ) with at least two mutually adjacent ones of said yarn changing devices ( 73 , 74 ) for selectively laying yarns being fed from a first or at least a second yarn changing device ( 73 , 74 ) into selected ones of said knitting tools ( 2 , 3 ) being moved into said yarn pick-up position at said at least one knitting point ( 71 ), said second yarn changing devices preceding said first yarn changing devices in a knitting direction, said means including making inactive knitting points ( 71 ) to which are assigned said second yarn changing devices ( 73 ).