US3004759A - Pin and ball elevator release mechanism - Google Patents

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US3004759A
US3004759A US55206A US5520660A US3004759A US 3004759 A US3004759 A US 3004759A US 55206 A US55206 A US 55206A US 5520660 A US5520660 A US 5520660A US 3004759 A US3004759 A US 3004759A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63D—BOWLING GAMES, e.g. SKITTLES, BOCCE OR BOWLS; INSTALLATIONS THEREFOR; BAGATELLE OR SIMILAR GAMES; BILLIARDS
    • A63D5/00—Accessories for bowling-alleys or table alleys
    • A63D5/08—Arrangements for setting-up or taking away pins
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63D—BOWLING GAMES, e.g. SKITTLES, BOCCE OR BOWLS; INSTALLATIONS THEREFOR; BAGATELLE OR SIMILAR GAMES; BILLIARDS
    • A63D5/00—Accessories for bowling-alleys or table alleys
    • A63D5/02—Apparatus for trapping or lifting the balls; Separate devices for returning the balls

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  • This invention relates to a vertical elevator or conweyor for bowling ball, and pin handling mechanisms and more particularly to a conveying guide means which is effective to facilitate the. ejection of incorrectly carried halls. and pins thus eliminating elevator jam-ups.
  • The, guide means. are adapted, for use in; conjunction with theelevator shown and described in copending Canadian patent application Serial No. 746,820, F. E. King, and with, the mechanism of copending Canadian patent application Serial No. 804,- 207, J. A. Bond, provide a substantially trouble-free vertigal elevator system.
  • Each of the aforementioned applications are assigned to the assignee of the rights to the present invention.
  • a guide means is provided, according to the present invention, which is resiliently biased to turn outward to relieve the pressure, mentioned above, and assist in the ejection of improperly carried balls or pins.
  • improperly carried for the purpose of the present disclosure, includes balls and pins in excess of the wanted number as well as those improperly positioned on the elevator lifts.
  • FIGURE 1 shows a portion of the vertical elevator incorporating the mechanism of the invention
  • FIGURE 2 shows a sectional view of the elevator of FIGURE 1;
  • FZGURE 3 shows a view of one of the resiliently biased converging guide means
  • FIGURES 4 and 5 illustrate the normal and ejecting positions of the guide means.
  • FIGURES 1 and 2 there is shown a portion of a vertical elevator mechanism for a bowling pin and ball handling mechanism having a main frame 1.
  • the elevator is normally located directly to the rear of the bowling alley.
  • the vertical elevator comprises two sets of vertically running endless chains 12 and 13. Between the two chains of each set are carried lift bars 5 United States Patent 3,004,759 Patented Oct. 17, 196 .1
  • a partition 14 separates the upwardly moving parallel bar lifts from those moving downwardly at the rear of the elevator. The partition, also prevents balls and. pins from falling into thev rear portion of the elevator.
  • a horizontal or floor conveyor comprising an endless belt 3 on rollers 4, only one of which is shown, carries fallen. pins and. balls from the pit at the rear of, the alley deck to the vertical elevator.
  • the vertical elevator is narrower than the horizontal conveyor and converging guides 2 are employed to direct balls and pins thereto.
  • converging. guide menu bers 9, a plurality of which are employed, are hi'ngedly secured. to guide supporting walls 21.
  • the guidemembers'9 are spring. biasedfto maintain the position wherein they present. a. hat converging guiding surface or face to as shown.
  • Member 9a is shown in. a positionresulting from pressure being applied-thereto by pin 8 which is shown being, forced thereagainst by a pin '7 which is carried in horizontal. position therewith on the same pair of, lift bars 5, 6. 51311.6 to the. friction of the rubber bands 11, pin 7 does not freely slide to the left and. in.
  • the member 9a pivots outwardly as shown when a greater than a predetermined minimum pressure is applied allowing pin 8 to rotate as shown by the arrow (FIGURE 2) and fall off the elevator lift to the conveyor belt 3 located below.
  • the discharge from the elevator may be assisted by providing for rotation of bars 5 in an anti-clockwise direction as viewed from the righthand side of the elevator.
  • the guiding surfaces 10 of members 9 are highly polished to assist the outward slipping of a pin such as 8 when pressure is applied between it and the guiding surface.
  • Each guide member comprises a substantially flat guiding surface 10 with a portion 10a bent inwardly from the normal guide surface to facilitate movement of conveyed balls or pins from the preceding guide member.
  • a mounting member 16 secured, as by welding, to the rear and inner edge of guide member 9 is bent outward at each end and journalled to receive a hinge pin 15.
  • a plate 23, drilled at 19 for securement to guide wall 21, is provided with bearing members 17, 18 which allow for rotation of plate 23 about bolt 15.
  • A. helical spring 20, wound about bolt 15, biases the guide member 9 to the normal position shown in plan view in FIGURE 4.
  • a stop is provided by surface 24 contacting the inner surface of member 16, under spring pressure, in the position shown in FIGURES 3 and 4.
  • An elevator comprising a plurality of vertically spaced, horizontally elongated lifts each constituted by a 'pair of spaced parallel bars horizontally oriented and 'moving in a vertical direction, vertically elongated guide means located between said bars in their upward path of travel, converging in an upward direction and gradually restricting the effective carrying length of said lifts with upward movement, wherein at least one of said guide means is resiliently pivoted about an axis parallel to the length thereof to normally present a guiding surface su stantially at right angles to the direction of travel of the articles being conveyed and a horizontally outwardly diverging surface when a pressure, greater than a predetermined minimum, is applied to said guiding surface laterally ofi center with respect to said axis.
  • a substantially vertical elevator for a bowling ball and pinrhandling mechanism comprising, a plurality of horizontal orientated parallel bar lift pairs displaced to carry bowling balls and pins thereon from a lower feeding source to an upper discharge means, and elongated elevator guide means located between the paths of travel of the bars of each pair and converging in an upward di rection to restrict the efiective carrying length of said lift pairs, wherein said guide means are pivotable about an axis parallel to the guide length and resiliently biased to normally present a guiding surface at substantially right angles to the horizontal length of said bars and a horizontally outwardly diverging surface thereto when subjected to a greater than a predetermined pressure on said guiding surface and offset with respect to said axis.

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US3417992A (en) * 1963-11-11 1968-12-24 Seranina Ag Patentverwert Aligning and transport mechanism for cableless bowling pin setting machines
US4073379A (en) * 1974-06-27 1978-02-14 Patentverwertungs Und Finanzierungsgesellschaft, Serania Ag Bowling pin elevator for a bowling installation
CN105903178A (zh) * 2016-05-12 2016-08-31 哈尔滨若朋机器人有限责任公司 智能物体回位系统与保龄球瓶自动摆放系统

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US1557177A (en) * 1925-03-18 1925-10-13 Lorenz Charles Automatic pin setter
US1692796A (en) * 1925-04-02 1928-11-20 Brunswickbalke Collender Compa Automatic pin-setting machine
US2686053A (en) * 1948-06-23 1954-08-10 American Mach & Foundry Bowling pin elevating mechanism

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US1557177A (en) * 1925-03-18 1925-10-13 Lorenz Charles Automatic pin setter
US1692796A (en) * 1925-04-02 1928-11-20 Brunswickbalke Collender Compa Automatic pin-setting machine
US2686053A (en) * 1948-06-23 1954-08-10 American Mach & Foundry Bowling pin elevating mechanism

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3417992A (en) * 1963-11-11 1968-12-24 Seranina Ag Patentverwert Aligning and transport mechanism for cableless bowling pin setting machines
US4073379A (en) * 1974-06-27 1978-02-14 Patentverwertungs Und Finanzierungsgesellschaft, Serania Ag Bowling pin elevator for a bowling installation
CN105903178A (zh) * 2016-05-12 2016-08-31 哈尔滨若朋机器人有限责任公司 智能物体回位系统与保龄球瓶自动摆放系统
CN105903178B (zh) * 2016-05-12 2018-05-08 哈尔滨若朋机器人有限责任公司 智能物体回位系统与保龄球瓶自动摆放系统

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