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Visual panel

US5398436A · kind A · utility

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5Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 8, 1993
Grant dateMar 21, 1995
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Expiry dateApr 8, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09F13/0481
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

One visual panel 1 is allotted to each of two lanes 3 in such a manner as to cover and conceal from a competitor a lifting device portion of an apparatus for automatically aligning and arranging bowling pins 4 at a distal end of the lane 3 in a bowling alley 2. The visual panels 1 are disposed in a series by being supported by columns 5 rotatably in the direction of A. Each visual panel 1 comprises a frame 6; a flexible sheet 11 having swollen portions 9 and 10 at opposite edge portions 7 and 8; sheet stretching device 12 for slidably accommodating the swollen portions 9 and 10 at the opposite edge portions 7 and 8; and tension adjusting device 13 for adjusting the tension applied to the sheet 11.

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