YARN CHANGER FOR MULTI-FEED CIRCULAR KNITTING MACHINES

A yarn changer for use upon a multi-feed circular knitting machine to present yarns to the needles of the machine at each of two adjoining feeds thereof, the yarn changer having a set of pivotally mounted yarn guides and a related indexable yarn guide control drum for each of the feeds; the sets of yarn guides being disposed on opposite sides of a central base support and pivotally supported on a first common shaft supported by, and extending outwardly, from both sides of the base, and the yarn guide control drums being disposed on opposite sides of the base and rotatably supported on a second common shaft, supported by, and extending outwardly from, both sides of the base.