Energy conserving pinsetter with minimized pin overflow
US5372551A · kind A · utility
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20Claims
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 21, 1993 |
| Grant date | Dec 13, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 21, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63D5/09
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
Overflow of bowling pins in an automatic pinsetter (26) having a distributor (44) for distributing pins to a plurality of pin positions (90) may be substantially reduced by utilizing additional switches (150) in pin spotting cells (120) at each pin position to provide indications of whether a pin is loaded in the associated spotting cell (120), which information may be processed by a CPU (108) and used to deenergize a relay (230) controlling power to the distributor (44), a pit conveyer (34) and a pin elevator (38) to halt operation of such components when pin delivery is not required.
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