Design arrangement for knitting machines

A design arrangement for a knitting machine having a needle bed with a plurality of needles arranged with a predetermined pitch, the design arrangement comprising

• a plurality of carriages movable along a needle bed;
• a design wheel arranged on each of said carriages;
• a plurality of plate bars arranged on each of said design wheels in correspondence with a pitch of needles for actuating the latter and movable between a plurality of selectable positions, each of said plate bars having a foot;
• a selector and a time signal generator arranged on each of said carriages, said selector having a plurality of staggered selection pieces which are electromechanically bringable in two positions and cooperate with said feet of said plate bars to select the latter;
• a movable information storage which is moved by said carriages and an immovable storage arranged to supply information to said selectors so as to actuate the latter;
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• a disk having a side facing toward said plate bars and provided at said side with arresting formations arranged to arrest said plate bars upon their selection by said selection pieces and until their running over the needles, said arresting formations including a wedge extending over substantially half of a disk periperhy and a counter guide.