(under the class definition) Subject matter drawn to an assemblage of devices or design arrays for storing information for use in a knitting machine with either advancement of a portion or all of the assemblage relative to an information retrieval device or retrieval of stored information.
(1) Note. The pattern system can include means for subsequent processing or mere routing of any or all of the retrieved information.
(2) Note. Apparatus specifically provided for in a prior subclass that is at least partially controlled by the retrieved, processed, or routed information is properly placed in such subclass.
(3) Note. See appropriate subclasses for pattern systems combined with other control or operating mechanisms for use with knitting machines of this class.
