Bowling Alley Pin Resetting Machine (Patent No: 532156)

Inventor: Scherzinger, Bruno (assignor)

Location: Calgary

Comments: N/A

Description: 532,157

Issued October 23, 1956

Bowling Alley Pin Resetting Machine

Bruno Scherzinger, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, assignor to Mechanical Pin Reseller Co. Ltd., Calgary, Alberta, Canada Application July 10, 1956, Serial No. 710,834

Div'n of Appl'n No. 672,979, filed September 17, 1954 7 Claims

1. In a bowling alley pin resettling machine, a pin holding mechanism adapted to receive a pin falling from recharging apparatus, said mechanism comprising a framework, laterally movable supports mounted on said framework, means to hold said supports together, a pair of levers each pivotally mounted on one of said supports, the lower ends of said levers having inwardly projecting portions adapted to form seats for the pin and the upper ends of said levers having inwardly projecting fingers adapted to embrace the upper part of the pin and maintain the same erect, and means for urging apart said supports whereby to move outwardly the pivotal points of the levers and thereby allow the pin to move downwardly onto the surface of the alley.

2. In a bowling alley pin resetting machine, a pin holding mechanism adapted to receive a pin falling from recharging apparatus, said mechanism comprising a framework, laterally movable supports mounted on said framework, means to hold said supports together, a pair of levers each pivotally mounted on one of said supports, the lower ends of said levers having inwardly projecting portions adapted to form seats for the pin and the upper ends of said levers having inwardly projecting fingers adapted to embrace an upper part of the pin and maintain the same erect, and means for positively moving apart said supports by a predetermined amount whereby to move outwardly the pivotal points of the levers and thus allow the pin to move downwardly onto the surface of the alley.

5. In a bowling alley pin resetting machine, a pin holding mechanism adapted to receive a pin failing from recharging apparatus, said mechanism comprising a generally tubular framework, laterally movable supports mounted on said framework, and a pair of levers each pivotally mounted on one of said supports, the lower ends of said levers having inwardly projecting portions adapted to form seats for the pin and the upper ends of said levers controlling inwardly projecting fingers adapted to embrace an upper part of the pin and maintain the same erect, such fingers being movable on pivotal oscillation of said levers from an outer position in which the fingers define a passageway of diameter at least as great as the maximum diameter of the pin, to an inner position in which they define a passageway equal to the diameter of the pin at an upper part thereof, the fingers being of such lengths and dispositions that in no position do they afford a gap between one another through which the upper part of a pin lying obliquely in said tubular framework could pass.

7. In a bowling alley pin resetting machine, a pin holding mechanism adapted to receive a pin falling from recharging apparatus, said mechanism comprising a framework, laterally movable supports mounted on said framework, means to hold said supports together, a pair of levers each pivotally mounted on one of said supports and means for moving apart said supports whereby to move outwardly the pivotal points of the levers, the lower ends of said levers having inwardly projecting portions adapted to form seats for the pin and the upper ends of said levers each controlling a pair of fingers pivotally mounted about substantially vertical axes to be movable between an outer position in which they form a substantially complete annulus defining a passageway at least as great as the maximum diameter of the pin, and an inner position in which they closely embrace an upper part of the pin.