Flat knitting machine having a transferring mechanism

A flat knitting machine having a transferring mechanism, said device comprising:

• a pair of needle beds facing each other to form an inverted V-shaped form in a side view with an aperture formed between adjoining end portions of said needle beds;
• knitting needles in needle grooves on said needle beds;
• a yarn feeder above said aperture between said needle beds;
• a carriage reciprocally movable on each needle bed of said pair of needle beds, and having a cam surface on a lower surface of said carriage for moving said knitting needles of said each needle bed forward and backward;
• A transferring jack bed supported by a supporting member above said each needle bed, said each needle bed and said transferring jack bed being movable relative to each other;
• a transferring jack having a transfer jack selected member movable forward and backward in a jack groove formed on each said transferring jack bed;
• said transfer jack selected member having a jack projecting upward and a return operation surface protruding downward at a tail portion of said transfer jack;
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• a transfer jack selecting means acting on said transfer jack selected member and arranged at an edge portion of each said carriage adjoining said aperture.