Device for setting the adjustable traverse of the yarn feeders of a flat knitting machine

A device for use in a flat knitting machine having a needle bed, a cam carriage, a plurality of yarn feeders, and yarn feeder rails guiding said feeders during reciprocation of the cam carriage, said device comprising electromagnetic coupling devices located on the cam carriage of the flat knitting machine and acting upon the yarn feeders to effect their movement, a programmable control device comprising a position transmitter responsive to the position of the cam carriage in relation to the needle bed, at least one desired value/actual value comparator stage, at least two yarn feeder limit stops being provided for each yarn feeder rail, which stops are adjustable along the rail, at least one sensor/coupling member being associated with the control device, said stops co-operating with said sensor/coupling member, the latter being located on said cam carriage, and said control device having a computing stage responsive to the position of the yarn feeder limit stops as a reference value.