Needle selector for knitting machine, and needle selecting module finger

A needle selector for a knitting machine, characterized in that a plurality of needle selection jacks each having at least one butt projecting therefrom are swingably fitted in a plurality of vertical grooves in an outer surface of a knitting cylinder such that working needles in contact with said jacks move vertically,

• said needle selector comprises a module finger for selectively engaging with the needle selection jacks of the knitting machine so as to swing the needle selection jacks, and a driving member for pivoting said module finger on the basis of a predetermined knitting procedure,
• said module finger having
• a finger member having a butt abutting portion with a butt abutting surface at a tip thereof, and a support extending from the butt abutting portion, and
• a finger holding member having a connecting portion, at one end thereof, where part of the support of said finger member is mounted so the finger member can be positioned, an engaging portion, at the other end thereof, to be engageable with the driving member of the needle selector for the knitting machine, and a pivot support arranged between the two ends to provide a pivot support point for said module finger, and
• said finger member and said finger holding member being combined to each other so that a positioning state obtained by mounting part of the support of said finger member on the connecting portion of said finger holding member is maintained.