Thread feeding arrangement for knitting machines

Claim 1

IN A KNITTING MACHINE, IN COMBINATION, A FEEDING ARRANGEMENT FOR FEEDING A THREAD TO THE KNITTING NEEDLES OF THE MACHINE, COMPRISING FIRST OPERATING MEANS MOVABLE BETWEEN A NORMAL POSITION FOR GUIDING A THREAD TO THE NEEDLES AND AN OPARATIVE POSITION FOR CAUSING CLAMPING OF THE THREAD; SEVERING MEANS FOR THE THREAD DISPOSED TO ENGAGE THE CLAMPED THREAD FOR SEVERING THE SAME; SECOND OPERATING MEANS INCLUDING HOOK MEANS TURNABLE ABOUT AN AXIS AND RECIPROCABLE ALONG SAID AXIS BETWEEN AN INOPERATIVE POSITION AND AN OPERATIVE POSITION, AND BEING DISPOSED RELATIVE TO SAID FIRST OPERATING MEANS TO CATCH A CLAMPED THREAD DURING AXIAL MOVEMENT FROM SAID INOPERATIVE POSITION TO SAID OPERATIVE POSITION, AND TO DRAW THE CAUGHT THREAD DURING TURNING MOVEMENT TO A POSITION ADAPTED TO BE ENGAGED AND KNITTED BY THE NEEDLES OF THE KNITTING MACHINE; AND CONTROL MEANS FOR MOVING SAID FIRST AND SECOND OPERATING MEANS IN TIMED RELATION BETWEEN SAID POSITIONS OF THE SAME.