Bowling Alley Pin Resetting Machine (Patent No: 532157)

Inventor: Scherzinger, Bruno (assignor)

Location: Calgary

Comments: N/A

Description: The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:

1. 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 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.

3. A pin holding mechanism as claimed in Claim 2, wherein said means for moving apart the supports are so arranged as to move said supports outwardly by equal amounts.

4. 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, a pair of levers each pivoted at its upper end to said framework, means to hold the same together, a second pair of levers each pivotally mounted on one of the first pair of levers, the lower ends of said second levers having inwardly projecting portions adapted to form supporting seats for the pin and the upper ends of said second levers having inwardly projecting fingers adapted to embrace the upper part of the pin and maintain the same erect, and means for moving apart the lower ends of the/first levers whereby to move outwardly the pivotal points of the second levers and therewith the seats for the pin formed thereon to allow such 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 falling 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.

6. 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, 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 co-operating with one another to provide a substantial complete annulus contractible from an outer position defining al passageway of diameter at least as great as the maximum diameter of the pin, to an inner position in which they engage the neck of the pin.

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.