Automatic pinsetter with baffle at elevator entrance
US5569092A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 15, 1995 |
| Grant date | Oct 29, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 15, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63D5/08
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
In an automatic pinsetter having an elevator mechanism for receiving bowling pins seriatim at a lower entrance portion from a pit area at a rear end of a bowling alley and for transporting the same upwardly for discharge at an upper end portion, a frutso-concial baffle is provided and is suspension mounted forwardly of the elevator mechanism and above a rearwardly moving conveyor. Fallen bowling pins in indiscriminate arrangement proceed rearwardly on the conveyor beneath a bridge which obstructs rearward ball movement and passes prone bowling pins only. Left and right hand guides cooperate with the baffle to define left and right hand entry passageways for the bowling pins in rearward movement to the entrance of the elevator mechanism. The passageways are insufficient in width to accommodate the side-ways passage of bowling pins. The baffle is also free to move in any direction over a limited degree of movement. The elevator mechanism receives bowling pins on forwardly open shelves with the bowling pins in a side-ways attitude and the shelves are equally adapted for the accommodation of bowling pins with their "butt" end portions disposed leftwardly or rightwardly.
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