US3550939A - Electronic scorer for bowling games - Google Patents

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US3550939A
US3550939A US612665A US3550939DA US3550939A US 3550939 A US3550939 A US 3550939A US 612665 A US612665 A US 612665A US 3550939D A US3550939D A US 3550939DA US 3550939 A US3550939 A US 3550939A
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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
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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
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  • a bowling scoring system having a single corn 2 U S Cl 273 s4 putation means for computing scores bowled on any of a plu- (5 1 e I I n s I s v s e a s s s a s s v a a I s n a 1, 51 I t Cl 5/04 system; (2) computes anew at the end of each frame a team I 1 4 C Sc e e t a y corrections m t bowleris [50] 0 51 scores, includes all pinfall actually earned by bowlers on the 3 1 6) team and will be for a discrete team frame whether or not all 56 R f c1 d bowlers on the team are bowling in the same frame; (3) is l 1 e 8 adapted to be selectively conditioned to score league

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United States Patent 1 1 3,550,939
[72] Inventor Jerome F- Walk 3,375,352 3/1968 House et al. 273/54(C)X Kirtland, Ohio 3,433,479 3/ 1969 l-luck et a1. 273/54(C) [21] Appl. No. 612,665 3,435,120 3/1969 Cornell et a1. 273/54(C) Filed FOREIGN PATENTS Patented Dec. 29, 19 Assignee Brunswick Corporation 742,108 9/1966 Canada 273/54(C) a corporation of Delawa e Primary Examiner-Anton O. Oechsle:
ELECTRONIC SCORER FOR BOWLING GAMES Attorneyl-lofgren, Wegner, Allen, Stellman and McCord 35 Claims, 49 Drawing Figs. ABSTRACT: A bowling scoring system having a single corn 2 U S Cl 273 s4 putation means for computing scores bowled on any of a plu- (5 1 e I I n s I s v s e a s s s a s s v a a I s n a 1, 51 I t Cl 5/04 system; (2) computes anew at the end of each frame a team I 1 4 C Sc e e t a y corrections m t bowleris [50] 0 51 scores, includes all pinfall actually earned by bowlers on the 3 1 6) team and will be for a discrete team frame whether or not all 56 R f c1 d bowlers on the team are bowling in the same frame; (3) is l 1 e 8 adapted to be selectively conditioned to score league bowling UNITED STATES PATENTS on all lanes, open bowling on all lane-s or league bowling on 3,399,297 8/1968 Miller 273/54(C)X some lanes and open bowling on other lanes; (4) includes 2,590,444 3/1952 Millman et a1... ...1(273/54(C)UX) logic which anticipates the nature of a subsequent readout and 3,124,355 3/ 1964 Mentzer et a1... 273/54(C) conditions a readout device for the readout in advance of the 3,295,439 1 l 967 Miller et al. 273/54(C)X operation; (5 incorporates a separate printer for readout for 3,295,849 III 967 Miller et a1. 273/54(C) each lane to be scored; and (6) is formed of a number of elec- 3,300,2l3 1/1967 Miller 273/54(C) tronic registers fabricated primarily of semiconductor com- 3,362,286 1/1968 Webb et a1 272/54(C)X ponents.
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Cited By (8)

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US3665494A (en) * 1970-03-02 1972-05-23 Controlotron Corp Golf computer
US3705722A (en) * 1970-06-09 1972-12-12 Digilux Corp Method and apparatus for automatic bowling scorekeeper
JPS4914239A (en) * 1972-05-19 1974-02-07
JPS4960148A (en) * 1972-10-06 1974-06-11
US3907290A (en) * 1973-06-22 1975-09-23 Rca Corp Electronic scoring system for bowling establishments
US3931966A (en) * 1970-06-22 1976-01-13 Brunswick Corporation Electronic scorer for bowling games
US4225924A (en) * 1978-08-30 1980-09-30 Trujillo Vito A Manual-entry semi-automatic electronic bowling scorer
US8825584B1 (en) 2011-08-04 2014-09-02 Smart Information Flow Technologies LLC Systems and methods for determining social regard scores

Cited By (13)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3665494A (en) * 1970-03-02 1972-05-23 Controlotron Corp Golf computer
US3705722A (en) * 1970-06-09 1972-12-12 Digilux Corp Method and apparatus for automatic bowling scorekeeper
US3931966A (en) * 1970-06-22 1976-01-13 Brunswick Corporation Electronic scorer for bowling games
JPS5624554B2 (en) * 1972-05-19 1981-06-06
JPS4914239A (en) * 1972-05-19 1974-02-07
JPS4960148A (en) * 1972-10-06 1974-06-11
US3907290A (en) * 1973-06-22 1975-09-23 Rca Corp Electronic scoring system for bowling establishments
US4225924A (en) * 1978-08-30 1980-09-30 Trujillo Vito A Manual-entry semi-automatic electronic bowling scorer
US8825584B1 (en) 2011-08-04 2014-09-02 Smart Information Flow Technologies LLC Systems and methods for determining social regard scores
US9053421B2 (en) 2011-08-04 2015-06-09 Smart Information Flow Technologies LLC Systems and methods for determining social perception scores
US10217050B2 (en) 2011-08-04 2019-02-26 Smart Information Flow Technolgies, Llc Systems and methods for determining social perception
US10217049B2 (en) 2011-08-04 2019-02-26 Smart Information Flow Technologies, LLC Systems and methods for determining social perception
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