Patterning apparatus for pile knitting machines, particularly for producing jacquard patterned knitted pile fabrics on crocheting galloon machines

A patterning device for pile knitting machines, particularly for producing jacquard-patterned knitted pile fabrics on crocheting galloon machines, comprising a row of slide needles, horizontally and vertically adjustable pile thread guides having a plurality of thread emerging openings parallel to the longitudinal axes of the needles for delivering patterning and non-patterning threads, a thread selecting sinker for each pile thread guide, means for disposing said sinker relative to said thread emerging openings of the respective pile thread guide, said sinker having a thread neck for the patterning pile thread, said disposing means including a vertically movable sinker bar whereon all thread selecting sinkers are hingedly disposed;

• characterized in that the thread selecting sinkers (9) are provided with at least one edge (11, 12) which positively diverts the non-patterning pile threads from the shaft of the needle (1).