therefore switched in exactly the same manner and the same transfer action is therefore achieved in the knit transfer cam 18 for the respective needles i e transfer operation as has been described with the aid of the cam 17 of fig1 see lines x n y n and x s y s the situation is however different for the cams 18 39 and 22 39 in the rear carriage 12 39 of the rear needle bed there the cam parts 72 39 of the transfer receiving cam part 71 39 the leading end section 66 of the bridge like cam part 64 39 and the leading feeder cam part 68 39 in the jack cam 22 39 are switched in the inoperative position which means that the selected jacks arrive at the transfer receiving cam part 71 39 and are listed to the transfer receiving lobe line y 39 s this requires that in the knit transfer cam 18 39 the needles associated to the selected jacks for inoperative transfer receiving cam part 46 39 are handled as though the transfer receiving cam 46 39 were switched in its operable state thus causing a transfer movement lines y 39 n since the transfer receiving cam part 46 39 is inoperable however the respective needles associated to non selected jacks can pass over the transfer receiving cam part 46 39 and away in a straight line without being subjected to a transfer motion line x 39 n the draw down movement of the jacks and needles is accomplished according to the aforementioned tracks i e as in fig1 it is evident from the symmetrical layout and or design of the individual cams and or cam units that the transfer process does not just occur in the direction a.