US3738652A - Automatic bowling score computing and display device - Google Patents

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US3738652A
US3738652A US00196039A US3738652DA US3738652A US 3738652 A US3738652 A US 3738652A US 00196039 A US00196039 A US 00196039A US 3738652D A US3738652D A US 3738652DA US 3738652 A US3738652 A US 3738652A
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  • ABSTRACT A bowling score computer having either manual keyboardor automatic pinfall sensing; input.
  • the computer is operative to record mark counts, totalize and display team scores, allow entry of handicap scores and automatically record pace-setter scores.
  • First and second pinfall values for each frame are recorded and the scoring cycle is modified in accordance with first and second ball pinfall.
  • the frame scores are printed on individual tablets which are thereafter manipulated to display positions.
  • the scores are printed on a moveably disposed scoresheet.
  • a device is provided for projecting the scores.

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A bowling score computer having either manual keyboard or automatic pinfall sensing input. The computer is operative to record mark counts, totalize and display team scores, allow entry of handicap scores and automatically record pace-setter scores. First and second pinfall values for each frame are recorded and the scoring cycle is modified in accordance with first and second ball pinfall. In a first embodiment the frame scores are printed on individual tablets which are thereafter manipulated to display positions. In a second embodiment, the scores are printed on a moveably disposed scoresheet. A device is provided for projecting the scores.

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[ 4] AUTOMATIC BOWLING SCORE COMPUTING AND DISPLAY DEVICE [75] Inventor: Eugene E. Reynolds, Richmond,
Calif.
.[73] Assignee: Brunswick Corporati0n,Chicago,Il1.
22 Filed: May 16,1962
21 .Appl. No.: 196,039
Related U.S. Application Data [63] Continuation of Ser. No. 697,632, Nov. 20, 1957,
abandoned.
[52] U.S. Cl. 273/54 C, 101/2, 235/92 GA [51] Int. Cl A63d 5/04 [58] Field of Search 273/41, 43, 43 A,
[5 6] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 866,923 9/1907 Eichenberger 273/54 C UX 2,682,995 7/1954 Carey et al. 235/60.33 1,091,810 3/1914 Cassidy 235/23 1,313,231 8/1919 Schoradt 235/60.18 2,059,277 11/1936 Rand 235/146 2,072,933 3/1937 Williams 273/54 UX 2,109,104 2/1938 Dahlberg.... 101/97 2,203,336 6/1940 Landsiedel..; 235/60.2 2,450,165 9/1948 Randall et a1 235/2 2,590,444 3/1952 Millman et a1 273/43 A 3,738,652 June '12, 1973 Primary ExaminerAnton O. Oechsle Attorney-Hofgren,Wegner,Allen,Ste1lman & McCord [57] ABSTRACT A bowling score computer having either manual keyboardor automatic pinfall sensing; input. The computer is operative to record mark counts, totalize and display team scores, allow entry of handicap scores and automatically record pace-setter scores. First and second pinfall values for each frame are recorded and the scoring cycle is modified in accordance with first and second ball pinfall. In a first embodiment the frame scores are printed on individual tablets which are thereafter manipulated to display positions. In a second embodiment, the scores are printed on a moveably disposed scoresheet. A device is provided for projecting the scores.
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1. In a device for calculating bowling scores and having means for setting up successive frame scores of 0-30 for individual bowlers, the combination, to wit: a plurality of registers, each register corresponding to an individual bowler and each register comprising at least three positionable, decimally ordered memory elements, each element having an initial zero position and a plurality of other positions representing decimal digits; a set of reciprocable entry members adapted to be operatively associated with the respective memory elements of any selected register and adapted, upon reciprocation thereof, to advance the associated memory elements to positions representing highervalued decimal digits; means including a shiftable carriage for associating said set of entry members with the memory elements of a selected register; means for reciprocating said entry members; a respective selectively operable stop mechanism controlled by said setting-up means for limiting the reciprocating movement of each of the two lowest-order entry members to thereby limit the advance of the associated memory elements; the lowest-order stop limiting reciprocating movement of the lowest-order entry member in the frame the stop is operated and the next order stop limiting reciprocating movement of the next order entry member in one or more succeeding frames when operated in the first of a series of frames; and tens carry mechanism interrelating each of the two lowest-order memory elements of the selected register and the next-higher-order entry members for incrementally altering the reciprocating movement of the latter in response to the advance of a memory element from a position representing a decimal digit 9 to a position representing a decimal digit 0.
2. The calculating device defined in claim 1 wherein the stop mechanism for the lowest-order entry member includes a plurality of lugs spaced in the direction of reciprocation of the lowest-order entry member, with: a respective solenoid for controlling each stop lug to move a lug into position for stopping said lowest-order entry member in response to energization of the corresponding solenoid; and electrical connections from said setting-up means to said solenoiDs for selectively energizing the latter in response to ball information.
3. The calculating device defined in claim 1, with: means cooperating with said registers for detecting the completion of an accumulated frame score; and mechanism operated by said detecting means for shifting said carriage in response to each completion of an accumulated frame score to thereby operatively associate successive registers with said entry members.
4. In a device for calculating scores of a bowling game wherein a maximum of two balls are bowled during each of a succession of scoring frames, the combination, to wit: a plurality of registers, each register corresponding to an individual bowler and each register comprising at least three decimally ordered memory elements adapted to be actuated for receiving and accumulating ordinal decimal values representing successive frame scores for said individual bowler; tens carry means interposed between the successive decimal orders of each register for transmitting carry-value actuations from one memory element to the next higher order memory element of the same register; cyclically operable ordinal actuating means for differentially driving the respective memory elements of a register that is operatively associated with said actuating means; shifting means for operatively associating said ordinal actuating means with the respective memory elements of successive registers; value entry means operable for differentially conditioning said actuating means in accordance with the scores attributable to the first ball of each scoring frame and to both balls of each scoring frame; a first cyclically operable programming device; means operable in response to each operation of the value entry means for cycling said first programming device; a second cyclically operable programming device serving to program the addition of completed frame scores into a corresponding register; means for determining the completion of a frame score; and means operable under control of said first programming device for cycling said second programming device in response to operation of said determining means upon the completion of a frame score to add the completed frame score into a corresponding register.
5. The calculating device defined in claim 4, wherein said value entry means includes a keyboard having a plurality of manually-depressable keys corresponding to the various possible scores.
6. The calculating device defined in claim 4, wherein said value entry means includes an electrical circuit, with: means for transmitting electrical signals representing the score attributable to only the first ball of a frame and the score attributable to both balls of a frame to said electrical circuit.
7. In an apparatus for calculating scores of a bowling game wherein a maximum of two balls are bowled during each of a succession of scoring frames, the combination, to wit: value-setting means for setting up a first score attributable solely to the first ball of a scoring frame and a second score attributable collectively to both balls of a scoring frame; a score register in said apparatus corresponding to a bowler and adapted to receive and store score values of an individual bowler; an actuator adapted to interconnect said value-setting means and said register and effective, upon operation thereof, for entering a score value from said value-setting means into said register; means for determining the first-ball or both-ball character of a score value set up by said value-setting means; and means controlled by said determining means and normally effective for operating said actuator only in response to the setting up of said second score.
8. The apparatus defined in claim 7, with: a plurality of additional score registers corresponding to respective additional bowlers; means for associating said value-setting means with successive ones of said score registers; and means selectively operable under manual control for clearing a predetermined score register and only said predetermined register.
9. The apparatus defined in claim 7, with: a plurality of additional score registers; and means, independent of said value-setting means and operable under manual control, for entering a value into a predetermined one of said score registers.
10. The apparatus defined in claim 7, wherein said value-setting means includes a keyboard having two sets of keys for setting up said first and second score, respectively.
11. The apparatus defined in claim 10, with: a plurality of indicator lamps associated with said keyboard, each indicator lamp corresponding to a respective one of said keys and bearing an indicium representing the significance of its corresponding key; and means operable, in response to depression of a key, for illuminating the corresponding indicator lamp.
12. The apparatus defined in claim 10, wherein a predetermined scoring circumstance requires said first score to be entered into said register, with: means for detecting the occurrence of said circumstance; and means operable under control of said detecting means for locking against operation the set of keys for setting up said second score.
13. The apparatus defined in claim 12, with: a plurality of additional registers, each corresponding to an individual bowler; a respective one of said determining means associated with each of said additional registers; and shiftable means for associating said determining means with successive registers.
14. The apparatus defined in claim 7, wherein a predetermined scoring circumstance requires said first score to be entered into said register, with: means connected to said value-setting means for temporarily storing a manifestation of said first score; means for entering the occurrence of said circumstance; and means operable under control of said entering means, in response to the entry of said circumstance, for operating said actuator to enter said first score from said temporary storing means into said register.
15. The apparatus defined in claim 14, wherein said actuator includes a yieldingly reciprocable member and wherein said temporary storing means includes a plurality of stop members positionable to block said reciprocable member at differential positions during its reciprocation and a locking member cooperating with said stop members for locking the latter in any set position, with: releasing means effective, upon operation thereof, for unlocking said locking member; and means for operating said releasing means.
16. The apparatus defined in claim 14, with: means normally effective, upon the setting-up of said second score, for changing said stored manifestation to correspond to said second score; and means operable under control of said entering means, in response to the entry of said scoring circumstance, for disabling said changing means.
17. The apparatus defined in claim 14, with: means for detecting the setting-up of said first score; and means operable by said last-named detecting means for locking said actuator-operating means unless said first score has been set up.
18. The apparatus defined in claim 7, wherein a predetermined scoring circumstance requires said first score to be entered into said register, with: a member having set and reset positions of operation for selectively controlling the entry of said first score into said register; means for detecting the occurrence of said scoring circumstance; and means operable by said detecting means, in response to the occurrence of said scoring circumstance, for moving said member from its reset state to its set state.
19. The apparatus defined in claim 18, with: an indicator having first and second states for indicating, respectively, the presence and absence of said scoring circumstance; and means controlled by said member, in response to the assumption of its first and second states, for causing said indicator to assume its first and second states, respectively.
20. The apparatus defined in claim 18, with: means for restOring said member to its reset state upon entry of said first score into said register; and means operable, in response to entry of a score of ten attributable to both balls of a scoring frame, for disabling said restoring means.
21. The apparatus defined in claim 18, wherein said means for reversing the member comprises a normally deenergized first solenoid effective, upon energization thereof, for reversing said member, with: a tens-stop device having a plurality of positions for controlling entry of multiples of 10, corresponding to the respective position of said tens-stop, by said actuator into said register; a normally deenergized second solenoid effective, upon energization thereof, for changing the position of said tens-stop to represent a next-higher multiple of ten; means operable by said value-setting means, in response to the setting up of a frame score of 10, for energizing said second solenoid; and means operable by said value-setting means, only in response to the setting-up of a frame score of 10 attributable collectively to both balls of a scoring frame, for energizing said first solenoid.
22. The apparatus defined in claim 18, wherein said predetermined scoring circumstance is a disqualification with respect to the first ball of a scoring frame.
23. The apparatus defined in claim 18, with: means for sensing the entry of a ninth-frame second score into said register; and means controlled by said sensing means for reversing said member from its set state to its reset state.
24. The apparatus defined in claim 18, wherein a maximum base frame score is ten and wherein a bonus frame score is awarded for a base frame score of ten, with: a plural-state device having states corresponding to respective multiples of 10; means for setting said plural-state member to a state representing 10n, where 10(n+1) > S > or = 10n, where n is an integer and where S is the total frame score including base score and bonus; and means operable, in response to the setting of said plural-state member to a state representing twenty or more, for setting said member.
25. The apparatus defined in claim 24, with: a plurality of additional registers, each corresponding to an individual bowler; a respective bistable device, a respective setting means, a respective plural-state device and a respective plural-state device-setting means, as defined, associated with each of said additional registers; and shiftable means for associating said value-setting means, actuator, determining means and detecting means with successive registers.
26. An apparatus as defined in claim 18 with means responsive to the set state of said member serving to cause entry of the next ball score into the corresponding register.
27. The apparatus defined in claim 7, with: a plurality of additional registers, each adapted to receive and store score values of respective additional bowlers; shift means for associating said actuator with successive ones of said registers; and means controlled by said actuator-operating means for operating said shift means.
28. The apparatus defined in claim 27, with: manually operable means for operating said shift means.
29. The apparatus defined in claim 27, with: means for sensing the setting-up of a score value of ten in the tenth scoring frame for a bowler; and means controlled by said sensing means for disabling said shift means.
30. The apparatus defined in claim 29, with: an indicator effective, upon operation thereof, for indicating the requirement of bowling an additional ball following the tenth scoring frame for a bowler; and means controlled by said sensing means for oeprating said indicator.
31. The apparatus defined in claim 7, with: a plurality of additional score registers, each corresponding to a respective additional bowler; means for associating said value-setting means with successive ones of said score registers; a totalizer register adapted to receive and accumulAte values; means for sensing the completion of a predetermined scoring frame for each of said bowlers; means controlled by said sensing means and normally effective, in response to the sensing of the completion of said predetermined scoring frame for a given bowler, for transferring into said totalizer register the value stored in the score register corresponding to said given bowler.
32. The apparatus defined in claim 31, with: selectively operable means for disabling said transferring means with respect to a predetermined score register.
33. The apparatus defined in claim 31, with: means for sensing the completion of said predetermined scoring frame by a predetermined bowler; and means controlled by said last-named sensing means for recording the value accumulated in said totalizer register and for clearing said totalizer register.
34. The apparatus defined in claim 31, with: selectively operable means for entering a value directly into said totalizer register under manual control and independently of said transferring means.
35. The apparatus defined in claim 34, with: means for setting-up said last-named value; and manually operable means for entering said set-up value into said totalizer register.
36. In an apparatus for recording scores of a bowling game wherein balls are bowled during each of a succession of scoring frames to earn cumulative scores based upon numbers of bowling pins downed by said balls and bonus values resulting from strikes and spares, the combination, to-wit a: score register for receiving and storing cumulative scores; means for entering into said apparatus values corresponding to pins downed; value-setting means controlled by said entering means for setting up frame scores based upon pins downed by said balls and bonus values resulting from strikes and spares; means controlled by said value-setting means for entering the frame scores into the register; means for supporting a printing medium providing a printing surface; and printing means controlled by said value-setting means for printing indicia, representative of said cumulative scores in said register when a frame score is entered, on said printing surface.
37. The recording apparatus defined in claim 36, wherein said printing means includes a respective printing face for each printable indicium; an inking surface; means controlled by said value-setting means for selectively engaging the printing faces of only the indicia-to-be-printed with said inking surface; and means for delaying said printing operation until the conclusion of said inking operation.
38. In an apparatus for recording scores of a bowling game wherein a maximum of two balls are bowled during each of a succession of scoring frames to earn scores based upon numbers of bowling pins downed by said balls, the combination, to wit: value-setting means for setting up said scores; means for supporting a printing medium providing a printing surface; printing means controlled by said value-setting means for printing indicia, representative of said scores, on said printing surface; projecting means for displaying said printed scores; and means for completely concealing said printing means from said projecting means to prevent any projection of the former by the latter.
39. The recording apparatus defined in claim 36, with: mark-setting means for setting up representations of circumstances environmental to said scores; and additional printing means controlled by said mark-setting means for printing indicia, representing said environmental circumstances, on said surface.
40. In an apparatus for recording scores of a bowling game wherein a maximum of two balls are bowled during each of a succession of scoring frames to earn scores based upon numbers of bowling pins downed by said balls, the combination, to wit: value-setting means for setting up said scores; means for supporting a printing medium providing a printing surface; printing means controlled by said value-setting means for printing indicia, representative oF said scores, on said printing surface; mark-setting means for setting up representations of circumstances environmental to said scores; additional printing means controlled by said mark-setting means for printing indicia, representing said environmental circumstances, on said printing surface; means for indicating the requirement for bowling of an additional ball following the tenth scoring frame; means for sensing the printing of a ninth-frame mark indicium; and means controlled by said sensing means for operating said indicating means.
41. The recording apparatus defined in claim 36, with: means for determining the completion of a frame score; and means, including said first-named controlling means, for delaying the printing of said score-representing indicia until the determination of the completion of a frame score.
42. The apparatus defined in claim 41, with means for visually displaying information printed in one printing operation prior to a subsequent printing operation.
43. The apparatus defined in claim 42, wherein the information relating to one scoring frame remains displayed during the printing and display of information relating to a subsequent scoring frame.
44. The apparatus defined in claim 42, with selectively operable means for removing from displaying position the printed information relating to a scoring frame.
45. The apparatus defined in claim 44, with: means for adjusting said value-setting means to correct an incorrectly set-up score.
46. The apparatus defined in claim 45, with: manually operable means for adjusting said mark-setting means to enter an omitted mark or correct an entered mark.
47. The apparatus defined in claim 41, wherein said printing surface is divided into two physical parts for receiving the printing of said score indicia and said mark indicia, respectively, with means for moving each part of said surface to respective display positions forthwith in response to the printing thereon.
48. The apparatus defined in claim 47, with: respective means at said display positions for receiving said parts of the printing surface; means for holding each of said parts at its respective printing position; and means, including said moving means, for releasing said parts to permit the latter to fall by gravity to their respective display positions.
49. The apparatus defined in claim 47, with: a 10th-frame programming device; means for sensing the presence of a ninth-frame score-print surface at its display position; and means controlled by said sensing means for operating said programming device.
50. The apparatus defined in claim 36 wherein said printing surface is physically divided into discrete pieces; display means comprising a plurality of receiving units for said pieces; and means for directing successively printed pieces into successive ones of said receiving units.
51. The apparatus defined in claim 50, wherein said value-setting means includes (a) value-entering means, (b) means for associating said value-entering means with successive ones of said registers, and (c) means for entering values from said value-entering means into the register associated therewith; and wherein said directing means is controlled by said associating means for directing said printed pieces to the receiving unit corresponding to the register which is associated with said value-entering means.
52. An apparatus as in claim 36 including a cyclically operable programming device for controlling tenth-frame operations; means for detecting the printing of the ninth-frame score; and means operable by said detecting means for cycling said programming device.
53. In an apparatus for recording scores of a bowling game wherein a maximum of two balls are bowled during each of a succession of scoring frames to earn scores based upon numbers of bowling pins downed by said balls, the combination, to wit: value-setting means for setting up a first score attributable solely to the first ball of a scoring frame and a second score Attributable collectively to both balls of a scoring frame; means for supporting a printing medium providing a printing surface; printing means effective, upon operation thereof, to print indicia representing a set-up score on said surface; means for determining the first-ball or both-ball character of a score value set up by said value-setting means; and means controlled by said determining means and normally effective for operating said printing means in response to the setting up of said second score.
54. The recording apparatus defined in claim 53, with: a tenth-frame programming device; means for detecting the ninth-frame operation of said printing means; and means operable under control of said detecting means for initiating operation of said programming means.
55. The recording apparatus defined in claim 53, with: mark-entry means for setting up representations of circumstances environmental to the respective first and second balls of a scoring frame; means effective upon operation thereof, and including a part of said printing means, for printing indicia, representing said circumstances, on said surface at respective positions that are distinguished as to first-ball and second-ball circumstances.
56. The apparatus defined in claim 55, with: means for displaying said printed indicia for viewing, wherein the display position for displaying a first-ball indicium is to the left of the display position for displaying a second-ball indicium as said indicia are viewed.
57. The apparatus defined in claim 55, with: an interchangeable rack adapted to hold said surface for displaying said indicia.
58. The apparatus defined in claim 55, with: means for holding said surface at a position for displaying said indicia; a viewing screen; and optical means interposed between said display position and said screen for rotating an image of said display position substantially 90* in its own plane and for rotating said plane substantially 90* for viewing on said screen.
59. The apparatus defined in claim 58, with: a single cabinet enclosing said optical means, said screen and said recording machine.
60. The apparatus defined in claim 58, with: a second viewing screen; and optical means interposed between said display position and said second screen for rotating the plane of an image of said display position substantially 90* for viewing on said second screen.
61. The apparatus defined in claim 60, wherein the respective optical means associated with said first and second screens include at least one optical element in common.
62. The recording apparatus defined in claim 53, wherein said printing means comprises a plurality of printing members and a movable carrier for supporting said printing members, with: means controlled by said value-setting means for differentially limiting the movement of said carrier.
63. The recording apparatus defined in claim 62, with: first detecting means for detecting the setting-up of a score of ten attributable solely to the first ball of a scoring frame; second detecting means for detecting the setting-up of a score of ten attributable collectively to both balls of a scoring frame; first and second stop members constituting parts of said limiting means, said stop members being mutually spaced in the direction of movement of said carrier and normally out of the path of said carrier; means operable by one of said detecting means for inserting both of said top members into the path of said carriers; and means operable solely by the other detecting means for inserting only the second stop member into the path of said carrier.
64. In an apparatus for recording scores of a bowling game wherein a maximum of two balls are bowled during each of a succession of scoring frames to earn frame scores based upon numbers of bowling pins downed by said balls and bonus values resulting from strikes and spares, the combination, to wit: means for entering in said apparatus pinfall values corresponding to pins downed; value-establishing means controlled by said entry means settable to a plurality of states to represent respective ones of said scores; a score register in said machine adapted to accumulate cumulative score values of an individual bowler based upon the number of pins downed and bonus values resulting from strikes and spares; means to interconnect said value-establishing means and said register and effective, upon operation thereof, for entering a score value from said value-establishing means into said register; means for operating said interconnecting means; means for supporting a printing medium providing a printing surface; printing mechanism controlled by said register for printing the accumulated score of each scoring frame on said printing surface; means for clearing said register; and means for operating said clearing means to clear said register at the end of a game.
65. An apparatus as in claim 64 with: a second register; means for transferring a value from the first register to said second register; means for clearing said first register; means for sensing the printing of the ninth-frame score; and means controlled by said sensing means for operating said transferring means and said clearing means.
66. An apparatus as in claim 64 with: a plurality of additional score registers corresponding to respective additional bowlers; means for associating said value-establishing means with various ones of said registers; a plurality of print-displaying receiving devices corresponding to respective ones of said registers; and means controlled by said associating means for moving the printed portion of said surface to the receiving device corresponding to the register that is associated with said value-establishing means.
67. The apparatus defined in claim 66, with: indicating means operable by said associating means for indicating which register is associated with said value-establishing means,
68. The recording apparatus defined in claim 66, wherein said associating means includes a manually operable knob mounted externally of said machine.
69. The recording apparatus defined in claim 66, wherein said associating means includes means for detecting the bowling of the last ball of a scoring frame.
70. The recording apparatus defined in claim 66, wherein said associating means includes: a one-cycle clutch; means driven by said clutch and adapted to associate said value-establishing means with a next successive register during one cycle of said clutch; first sensing means for sensing the association of said value-establishing means with a first predetermined one of said registers; means controlled by said first sensing means for associating said value-establishing means with a second predetermined and non-consecutive one of said registers; second sensing means for sensing the completion of a scoring frame; and means controlled by said second sensing means for initiating a cycle of said clutch.
71. The recording apparatus defined in claim 66, with: a totalizing register adapted to accumulate values entered therein; means for sensing the values standing in said score registers; and means operable under control of said sensing means for transferring said last-named values into said totalizing register.
72. The recording apparatus in claim 71, with: means including a part of said printing mechanism, for printing on said surface a value standing in said totalizing register.
73. The apparatus defined in claim 53 in which said means controlled by said determining means is normally effective for operating said printing means for printing first-ball indicia on one portion of said surface and for printing both-ball indicia on a second portion of said surface.
74. In an apparatus for computing scores of a bowling game wherein a maximum of two balls are normally rolled by each of a plurality of players on a team during each of successive scoring frames to earn cumulative score values based upon pinfall resulting from the rolling of said ballS including bonus values attributable to marks including strikes and spares, there being attributable to the strikes and spares made by the players of a team a predetermined mark count value, in combination, means for entering into the apparatus pinfall values including strikes and spares earned from the rolling of said balls, computing means controlled by said entry means for computing said cumulative scores, and means controlled by the entry means for totalizing player mark count values thereby to provide a running team mark count value indicative of the team score.
75. An apparatus as in claim 74 wherein said last-named means includes a counting device having an energizing input; first means for determining the occurrence of an isolated frame score of ten for a bowler; second determining means for determining the occurrence of frame scores of ten attributable solely to the first ball of each of two consecutive scoring frames of one bowler; first actuating means controlled by said first determining means for once energizing said input; and second actuating means controlled by said second determining means for twice energizing said input.
76. An apparatus for recording scores of a bowling game as in claim 36 with: a plurality of additional registers each corresponding to a bowler and adapted to receive and store score values of a corresponding bowler in which said means for entering completed frame scores transfers the scores into the register of the corresponding bowler and where said means for printing indicia representative of said cumulative score in said register when a frame score is entered in said register prints the frame score for the respective bowler at a corresponding location.
77. The apparatus as defined in claim 76 together with means for displaying the information corresponding to completed frames.
78. A calculating device defined in claim 4 wherein said value entry means includes an electrical circuit, with: means adapted to transfer signals attributable to the first ball of a frame and the score attributable to both balls of a frame to said electrical circuit.
79. A calculating device as in claim 78 wherein said value entry means also includes a keyboard having a plurality of manually operable keys corresponding to various possible pin information.
80. An apparatus as defined in claim 7 wherein said scores are achieved by downing bowling pins with balls, wherein said determining means includes an electrical circuit, wherein said value setting means includes a keyboard for controlling said circuit and includes means adapted to receive signals generated in response to each of said bowling pins downed to control said circuit and means for selectively associating either said keyboard or said signal receiving means with said actuator.
81. An apparatus for calculating scores of a bowling game wherein normally first and second balls are bowled to knock down pins during each of a succession of scoring frames comprising a plurality of registers each corresponding to a bowler and adapted to receive and store score values of a corresponding bowler, means for entering information representing pinfall for each of said first and second balls, means responsive to the entry of pinfall for at least one of said balls to cause the apparatus to undergo a cycle of operation, means operable during said cycle serving to add pinfall corresponding to a first ball to a preceding frame when a preceding frame score requires such addition, means operable during said cycle for adding the total pinfall corresponding to both balls to the preceding frame when a strike has been scored in the preceding frame, means operable during said cycle serving to condition the apparatus to add pinfall from succeeding frames when the score requires such addition, and means operable during said cycle to add pinfall during said frame if the pinfall is less than 10.
82. An apparatus as in claim 81 including additionally printing means responsive to said adding means on complEtion of a frame score value for printing the score value, and means operable during said cycle for controlling the printing means so that score values are printed in the proper position.
83. An apparatus as in claim 82 including means for displaying score values.
84. An apparatus as in claim 82 including printing means operable during said cycle for printing ball information, and means operable during said cycle for controlling the printing so that the ball and score representations are printed in the proper position.
85. An apparatus as in claim 81 including additionally counting means serving to count the frames bowled, and means controlled by said frame counting means serving to assure continuation of bowling for strikes and spares in the last frame.
86. An apparatus as in claim 81 including additionally a totalizer means serving to total the score values of selected registers, and means operable during said cycle and upon completion of a 10th frame score value to transfer the individual score value from the register into the totalizer means.
87. An apparatus as in claim 86 which additionally includes means for clearing the individual registers upon completion of a 10th frame score value.
88. An apparatus as in claim 87 additionally including means operable during said cycle for printing the score values of each frame.
89. An apparatus as in claim 88 including means for continuously displaying the score values of each frame.
90. An apparatus as in claim 81 including additionally means for counting marks, and means for displaying said mark count.
91. An apparatus as in claim 90 including means for displaying the score values.
92. An apparatus as in claim 90 including means for displaying representations corresponding to strikes, spares and splits.
93. An apparatus as in claim 92 including means for displaying representations corresponding to first and second ball pin count.
94. An apparatus as in claim 81 including means operable during said cycle for conditioning the apparatus to add ten and the pinfall of the first ball of the next frame to the preceding frame when a strike has been scored in the preceding frame and the first ball is a strike.
95. An apparatus as defined in claim 36 additionally including printing means for printing an indicium representative of ball information.
96. The apparatus defined in claim 7 with means for entering a disqualification with respect to the first ball of a scoring frame; means normally operable only in response to the setting-up of a score of ten attributable collectively to both balls of a scoring frame, for recording a score of said character; and means controlled jointly by said determining means and by said disqualification entry means for operating said recording means in response to the setting-up of a score of ten attributable solely to the second ball of a frame when a first ball disqualification is entered.
97. The apparatus defined in claim 7 with: means for entering disqualifications with respect to the first and second balls of a scoring frame; means for temporarily storing a first ball score; first recording means for recording an indication of a first ball disqualification; second recording means for recording an indication of a second ball disqualification and for recording a frame score; means operable upon entry of a disqualification and controlled by said determining means, in response to the entry of the first ball disqualification, for setting-up a first ball score of zero and for operating said first recording means; means operable by entry of disqualification and controlled by said determining means, in response to the entry of a second ball disqualification, for entering the first ball score from said storing means into said register and for operating said second recording means.
98. In an apparatus for calculating scores of a bowling game as in claim 44 including a predetermined number of score regisTers in said machine corresponding to a predetermined number of bowlers; said actuator adapted to interconnect said value setting means and said registers and effective, upon operation thereof, for entering a score value from the value setting means into a corresponding register.
99. An apparatus as in claim 98 including means selectively operable for bypassing a predetermined register.
100. An apparatus as in claim 98 wherein the score values are entered into successive registers including means selectively operable for associating said value setting means successively with less than said predetermined number of score registers.
101. In an apparatus for indicating scores of a bowling game wherein bowling balls are rolled during each of successive scoring frames to earn cumulative score values corresponding to completion of each of said frames and completion of said game based upon pinfall resulting from the rolling of said balls, in combination, means for receiving and indicating during the progress of the game concurrently at separate locations respectively successive cumulative score values for said frames attributable to said pinfall, means for accumulating score values, means for determining completion of a frame score, and means for controlling said receiving and indicating means in response to the determination of completion of a frame score to indicate the cumulative score values of said accumulating means for each of said frames at separate locations respectively during the remainder of the game.
102. An apparatus as in claim 101 wherein said indicating means includes means for recording at separate locations for each frame said cumulative score values.
103. An apparatus as in claim 101 including means for receiving and indicating during the progress of the game at separate locations respectively bonus marks attributable to said pinfall for each of said frames, means for entering into said apparatus bonus mark information, and means for entering bonus marks into said receiving and indicating means for indicating the bonus marks for each of said frames at separate locations.
104. An apparatus as in claim 103 wherein said indicating means includes means for recording at separate locations for each frame said cumulative score values and said bonus marks.
105. An apparatus as in claim 101 including means for receiving and indicating throughout the progress of the game at separate locations respectively pinfall attributable to each of said balls for each of said frames, means for entering into said apparatus said pinfall, and means for entering said pinfall into said receiving and indicating means for indicating the pinfall and bonus marks for each of said balls at separate locations for each of said frames.
106. An apparatus as in claim 105 wherein said indicating means includes means for recording at separate locations for each of said frames said cumulative frame scores and pinfall.
107. An apparatus as in claim 101 including means for receiving and indicating during the progress of the game at separate locations respectively marks attributable to said balls for each of said frames, and means for entering said marks into said receiving and indicating means for indicating the marks for each of said balls at separate locations for each of said frames.
108. An apparatus as in claim 107 wherein said indicating means includes means for recording at separate locations for each frame said cumulative frame scores and marks.
109. In an apparatus for recording scores of a bowling game wherein bowling balls are rolled during each of successive scoring frames to earn cumulative score values corresponding to completion of each of said frames and completion of said game based upon pinfall resulting from the rolling of said balls, in combination, means for receiving and recording at separate locations respectively successive cumulative score values for said frames attributable to said pinfall as the game progresses, means fOr accumulating score values, means for determining completion of a frame score, and means for controlling said receiving and recording means in response to the determination of completion of a frame score to record the cumulative score values of said accumulating means for each of said frames at separate locations respectively and maintain the same for at least the duration of the game.
110. An apparatus as in claim 109 wherein said recording means includes means for printing a record of the cumulative score values.
111. An apparatus as in claim 110 including additionally means for displaying said record.
112. An apparatus as in claim 109 including means for receiving and recording the progress of the game at separate locations respectively during bonus marks attributable to said pinfall for each of said frames, and means for entering bonus marks into said receiving and recording means to record the same.
113. An apparatus as in claim 112 wherein said recording means includes means for printing a printed record of said cumulative score values and bonus marks.
114. An apparatus as in claim 113 including additionally means for displaying said records.
115. An apparatus as in claim 109 including means for receiving and recording throughout the progress of the game at separate loctions respectively pinfall attributable to each of said balls for each of said frames, and means for entering said pinfall into said receiving and recording means.
116. An apparatus as in claim 115 wherein said recording means includes means for printing a printed record of said cumulative score values, and pinfall.
117. An apparatus as in claim 116 including additionally means for displaying said records.
118. An apparatus as in claim 109 including means for receiving and recording during the progress of the game at separate locations respectively marks attributable to said balls for each of said frames, and means for entering said marks into said receiving and recording means.
119. An apparatus as in claim 118 wherein said recording means includes means for printing a printed record of said cumulative score values, and marks.
120. An apparatus as in claim 119, including additionally means for displaying said records.
121. In an apparatus for computing and indicating scores of a bowling game wherein bowling balls are rolled during each of successive scoring frames to earn cumulative score values corresponding to completion of each of the frames and completion of the game based upon pinfall resulting from the rolling of said balls and bonus values resulting from strikes and spares, in combination, means for entering into the machine pinfall values earned from the rolling of said balls, means for computing from the pinfall values said cumulative score values, means for transferring pinfall values from said entry means to said means for computing, means for indicating during the progress of the game concurrently at separate locations respectively successive cumulative score values corresponding to said frames, and means for transferring said cumulative score values from the computing means into the indicating means frame by frame for indication during the remainder of the game.
122. An apparatus as in claim 121 wherein said indicating means includes means for recording said cumulative score values.
123. An apparatus as in claim 121 wherein said indicating means includes means for printing for each frame respectively a record of the cumulative score values.
124. An apparatus as in claim 123 including additionally means for displaying said record.
125. Apparatus as defined in claim 123 for computing and indicating successive cumulative frame score values for each of a plurality of players, wherein said computing means includes a plurality of individual player score value storage means respectively for storing player cumulative frame score values, and indicating means for successively associating said printing means with respective player scOre value storage means to transfer a particular player score value to the printing means for printing.
126. An apparatus as in claim 121 wherein said means for entering into the machine pinfall values includes additionally means for entering bonus marks earned from the rolling of said balls; said means for computing from said pinfall values computes additionally from the bonus marks said cumulative score values; said means for transferring pinfall values transfers additionally the bonus marks from said entry means to said means for computing, and said means for indicating during the progress of the game at separate locations respectively cumulative score values indicates additionally the bonus marks corresponding to each of the frames.
127. An apparatus as in claim 126 wherein said indicating means includes means for recording said cumulative score values and bonus marks.
128. An apparatus as in claim 126 wherein said indicating means includes means for printing at separate locations respectively a record of the cumulative score values and bonus marks.
129. An apparatus as in claim 128 including additionally means for displaying said record.
130. An apparatus as in claim 121 wherein said means for entering into the machine pinfall values includes additional means for entering marks earned from the rolling of said balls, said means for computing from said pinfall values computes additionally from the marks said cumulative score values, said means for transferring pinfall values transfers additionally marks from said entry means to said means for computing, said means for indicating during the progress of the game at separate locations respectively for each frame cumulative score values, indicates additionally marks and pinfall.
131. An apparatus as in claim 130 wherein said indicating means includes means for recording said cumulative score values, marks and pinfall.
132. An apparatus as in claim 130 wherein said indicating means prints at separate locations respectively a record of the cumulative score values, marks and pinfall.
133. An apparatus as in claim 132 including additionally means for displaying said record.
134. In an apparatus for recording the score of bowling games, the combination of value setting means for setting up scores, means connected to said value setting means to provide pinfall count thereto, printing means controlled by said value setting means for printing indicia representative of a score creditable to a player, means for delaying the printing of a score by said printing means after each pinfall count is received by said value setting means, and manual means for preventing the printing of an incorrect score during the delay of said printing.
135. In an apparatus for recording the score of bowling games, the combination of value setting means for setting up scores, means connected to said value setting means to provide pinfall count thereto, means for accumulating scores, means for entering scores from said value setting means into said accumulating means, printing means controlled by said accumulating means for printing indicia representative of an accumulated score creditable to a player, means for delaying the entry of a score into said accumulating means from the value setting means after each pinfall count is received by said value setting means, and manual means for preventing entry of an incorrect score from the value setting means into the accumulating means during the delay.
136. An apparatus as in claim 121 adapted to receive pinfall from a plurality of players including means for printing during the progress of the game at separate locations respectively for each player and each frame the cumulative score values corresponding to the frames and players, and means for transferring said cumulative score values from the computing means into the printing means.
137. In an apparatus for computing scores of a bowling game wherein bowlng balls are rolled during each of successive scoring frAmes to earn cumulative score values resulting from the rolling of said balls, in combination, value setting means for establishing score values attributable to the rolling of said balls, a cumulative score value storage means for storing cumulative score values, means for entering a correct cumulative score value at a selected frame, and means for entering correct pinfall values into the value setting means for succeeding frames to correct erroneous entries.
138. In an apparatus for indicating scores of a bowling game wherein bowling balls are rolled during each of successive scoring frames to earn cumulative score values corresponding to completion of each of said frames and completion of said game based upon pinfall resulting from the rolling of said balls and bonus values resulting from strikes and spares, in combination, means for accumulating and indicating during the progress of the game concurrently at separate locations respectively successive cumulative score values for said frames attributable to said pinfall, entry means for setting up pinfall values, and means controlled by said entry means for entering said pinfall values into the accumulating and indicating means.
139. In an apparatus for computing and indicating scores of a bowling game wherein bowling balls are rolled during each of successive scoring frames to earn cumulative score values corresponding to completion of the successive frames based upon pinfall resulting from the rolling of said balls, in combination, means for entering into the machine pinfall values earned from the rolling of said balls, means controlled by the entering means for computing from the entered pinfall values said cumulative score values, means for printing successive cumulative score values upon completion of each of the frames, means for supporting the printed cumulative score values at separate locations respectively, a viewing screen for displaying the printed cumulative score values, and an optical system for projecting the printed score values to the viewing screen during the progress of the game including a light source, means for directing light from the light source to the printed score values, and means for projecting an image of the printed score values to the viewing screen.
140. In an apparatus for computing and indicating scores of a bowling game wherein bowling balls are rolled during each of successive scoring frames to earn cumulative score values corresponding to completion of the successive frames based upon pinfall resulting from the rolling of said balls, in combination, means for entering into the apparatus pinfall values earned from the rolling of said balls, means controlled by the entering means for computing from the entered pinfall values said cumulative score values, means for supporting a score sheet having a plurality of areas in line for receiving successive printed cumulative score values, means for printing successive cumulative score values, and means mounting the printing means and score sheet supporting means for relative movement to register the printing means with successive frame areas on the score sheet.
141. The combination as defined in claim 140, wherein the score sheet supporting means is mounted for movement relative to the printing means to register the printer with successive frame areas on the score sheet.
142. The combination defined in claim 140, wherein the printing means comprises a plurality of slide bars corresponding respectively with the units, tens and hundreds digits of score values, each having a plurality of movable type slugs bearing respectively the digits zero to nine.
143. The combination as defined in claim 140 wherein the printing means and score sheet supporting means are mounted for relative movement in two directions at right angles to each other to register the printer with plural bowler lines parallel to each other on the score sheet and with successive frames in each line.
144. A combination as defined in claim 138, wherein said meanS for accumulating and indicating includes means for printing cumulative score values, means for supporting a media on which a score value is printed, and means for moving said media to a display position after printing.
145. In an apparatus for computing scores of a bowling game wherein bowling balls are rolled by each of a plurality of players on a team during each of successive scoring frames to earn cumulative score values corresponding to completion of each of the frames and completion of the game based upon pinfall resulting from the rolling of said balls, in combination, means for entering into the apparatus pinfall values earned from the rolling of said balls, player score computing means controlled by said entry means for computing said cumulative player scores, said player score computing means including cumulative score value storage means corresponding respectively to the players, and team score computing means for computing the team score from the total player game score in said cumulative score value storage means including means for adding completed player game score from said cumulative score value storage means player by player as each player completes his game thereby to provide player by player subtotal and total team scores.
146. A combination as defined in claim 145, including means for printing added player game scores player-by-player.
147. In an apparatus of the type described, means for establishing pinfall values attributable to the rolling of balls in successive scoring frames by a plurality of bowlers, means responsive to the value establishing means for computing frame-by-frame cumulative scores for each of the bowlers, printing means responsive to the computing means for printing the cumulative bowler frame scores, and an optical system including two viewing screens and means for projecting the printed score to each of the screens.
148. A combination as defined in claim 147 wherein one of said viewing screens is generally horizontally disposed and the other is generally vertically disposed.
149. In an apparatus for computing scores of a bowling game wherein bowling balls are rolled by a plurality of players who may bowl in random order during each of successive scoring frames to earn cumulative score values resulting from the rolling of said balls, in combination, value setting means for establishing score values attributable to the rolling of said balls, a cumulative score value storage means for each of a plurality of players, means for successively transferring score values attributable to successive players from said value setting means to the corresponding individual player score storage means, a manual bowler selector for controlling the transferring means to select at random the player score storage means with which the transferring means is to be associated comprising a plurality of manually operable switch means, one corresponding to each player, manually conditionable to the exclusion of the other switch means following completion of transfer of a score value to one storage means to selectively associate the transferring means with any other selected storage means and maintain association of said transferring means and said selected player storage means until a selected player''s switch means corresponding to another selected storage means is conditioned.
150. In an apparatus for computing scores of a bowling game wherein bowling balls are rolled by a plurality of players during each of successive scoring frames to earn cumulative score values resulting from the rolling of said balls, in combination, value setting means for establishing score values attributable to the rolling of sadi balls, a cumulative score value storage means for each of a plurality of players, means for successively transferrng score values attributable to successive players from said value setting means to the corresponding individual player cumulative score value storage means, and manually operable mean for correcting by increasing or decreasing tHe cumulative score value in a selected cumulative score value storage means.
151. An apparatus as in claim 101 including means for receiving and indicating during the progress of the game at separate locations respectively cumulative score values for each of a plurality of players for each of said frames.
152. An apparatus as in claim 109 including means for receiving and recording during the progress of the game at separate locations respectively cumulative score values for each of a plurality of players for each of said frames.
153. An apparatus as in claim 142 wherein said means for receiving and recording comprises means for printing said cumulative score values.
154. An apparatus as defined in claim 153 including mean for displaying the printed scores.
155. An apparaus as defined in claim 153 including means for projecting the printed scores to a viewing screen.
156. An apparatus as in claim 153 including means for totalizing the player scores and printing the totalized score.
157. A combination as defined in claim 153 including means for totalizing completed player game scores player-by-player and means for printing the player-by-player subtotal and total scores.
158. An apparatus as in claim 121 including means for computing cumulative score values for each of a plurality of players, and means for indicating during the progress of the game at separate locations respectively cumulative score values for each of said players corresponding to each of said frames.
159. An apparatus as in claim 138 including means for accumulating and indicating during the progress of the game at separate locations respectively cumulative score values for each of a plurality of players for each of said frames.
160. In an apparaus for computing scores of a bowling game wherein bowling balls are rolled by each of a plurality of players on a team during each of successive scoring frames to earn cumulative score values corresponding to completion of each of the frames and completion of the game based upon pinfall resulting from the rolling of said balls, in combination, means for entering into the apparatus pinfall values earned from the rolling of said balls, computing means controlled by said entry means for computing said cumulative scores, means for computing the team score from the player scores, and means for adding to said team score a handicap score or the average score of an absent bowler.
161. Apparatus as in claim 160 including means for recording said team handicap or average score of an absent bowler.
162. In an apparatus for computing scores of a bowling game wherein bowling balls are rolled by each of a plurality of players on a team during each of successive scoring frames to earn cumulative score values corresponding to completion of each of the frames and completion of the game based upon pinfall resulting from the rollng of said balls, in combination, means for entering into the apparatus pinfall values earned from the rollng of said balls, computing means controlled by said entry means for computing said cumulative scores, means for allowing a pace bowler to bowl and compute his score, means for computing the team score from the total player game scores, and means for inhibiting the entry of the pace bowler score into the team score computing means.
163. An apparatus for computing scores of a bowling game wherein a maximum of two balls are normally rolled during each of successive score frames to earn cumulative score values based upon pinfall resulting from the rolling of said balls, in combination, means for entering into the apparatus pinfall values earned from the rolling of said balls, computing means controlled by said entry means for computing said cumulative scores, cumulative score value storage means for each of said plurality of players, means for determining the completion of a game, means responsive to the determining means for providing an end of game signal, and means responsive to the end of game signal for clearing The respective player''s cumulative score storage means.
164. An apparatus as in claim 145 including means for determining the completion of a game, means responsive to the determining means for providing an end of game signal, said team score computing means being responsive to the end of game signal for controlling said means for adding completed player game score to add the total player score from said cumulative score value storage means.
165. Apparatus as in claim 164 including means responsive to said end of game sginal for conenecting said team score computing means to successive individual player cumulative score value storage means.
166. An apparatus for indicating pinfall of a bowling game wherein first and second balls are rolled during each of a succession of scoring frames, comprising means for indicating throughout the progress of the game a single value representataive of the actual numerical pinfall for each ball rolled for each frame, a plurality of signalling devices corresponding to pin positions and adapted in a first state to signal the presence of a corresponding pin and in a second state to signal the absence of a corresponding pin, means for interrogating said plurality of signallng devices to develop a signal for each device in one of said states to indicate the number of pins present or absent after the rolling of each ball, and totalizing means connected to receive said signals, totalize the same and energizing he indicating means.
167. Apparatus as in claim 166 wherein said indicating means includes means for recording during the progress of the game at separate locations respectively for each of said frames said pinfall values.
168. Apparatus as in claim 167 including means for receiving and recording throughout the progress of the game at separate locations respectively marks attributable to each of said balls for each of said frames, means for entering said marks, and means for transferring said marks from the entry means into the receiving and recording means.
169. Apparatus as in claim 168 wherein said means for receiving and recording includes means for printing said first and second ball pinfall and mark information at separate locations respectively for each frame.
170. An apparaus as defined in claim 167 including additionally a plurality of indicating lamps, each adapted to show a specific numerical value, responsive to said totalizing means.
171. An apparatus as in claim 170 wherein said means for recording comprises means for printing during the progress of the game at separate locations respectively the pinfall values for each of said frames, and including means for operating said indicating means and printing means to show the pinfall for each ball rolled.
172. Apparatus as in claim 166 wherein said indicating means includes means for printing the pinfall values for each of said frames.
173. Apparatus as defined in claim 150 wherein the correction means comprises means for clearing said selected score value storage means, and means for entering a corrected cumulative score value into said storage means.
174. An apparatus as in claim 7 including pin sensing means located adjacent a bowling lane pit position for sensing the number of pins remaining upright after each ball is bowled, and means controlled by said pin sensing means for communicating to a part of said value setting means a signal representing said number of pins.
175. The apparatus defined in claim 124 wherein said pin-sensing means includes: a plural-state device; and means controlled by said pn-sensing means for setting said plural-state device to a state representing the number of said pins down after the bowling of a ball.
176. The apparatus defined in claim 174 with: means located at said pit position for detecting the bowling of a ball; and means controlled by said ball detecting means for communicating to a part of said determining means a signal representing the bowling of a ball.
177. The apparatus defined in claim 176 with: means including said sensing means and operable, in response to the sensing of no upright pins following the bowling of the first ball of a scoring frame, for controlling said determining means to identify the next-bowled ball as the first ball of a scoring frame.
178. The apparatus defined in claim 176, wherein said pin-sensing means includes: a plurality of bistable devices corresponding to respective ones of said pins; controlled jointly by said pin-sensing means and by said ball detecting means for reversing the states of various ones of said bistable devices in accordance with the number of pins remaining upright after a ball is bowled; a plural-state device; means for scanning said bistable devices to determine the state of each device; and means controlled by said scanning mean for setting said plural-state device to a state representing the number of pins down after said last-named ball is bowled.
179. The apparatus defined in claim 178 with: means including a part of said determining means, for controlling said first-named communicating means to communicate said first-named signal to said part of the value-setting means after the bowling of a predetermined ball.
180. The apparatus defined in claim 178 with: means controlled by said ball detecting means for again reversing the state of said various bistable devices.
181. The apparatus defined in claim 178 with: score-recording and display means controlled by said register; and means controlled by a part of said score-recording and display means for resetting said plural-state device to an initial state.
182. The apparatus defined in claim 174 with: a second apparatus of the type defined, associated with a second pit position; a second pin-sensing means of the type defined, located at said second pit position; second communicating means normally interconnecting said second pin-sensing means with a part of the value-setting means in said second machine; and means for cross-connecting said first and second pin-sensing means with the first and second value-setting means, respectively.
183. The apparatus defined in claim 182 with: a plurality of additional score registers in each of said apparatus; respective means in each apparatus for associating the value-setting means of said machine with successive score registers thereof; means normally effective to disable said cross-connecting means; and means controlled by said associating means for rendering said disabling means ineffective when a predetermined register of each apparatus is associated with the value-setting means of the same apparatus.
184. The apparatus defined in claim 182 with switching means for disabling said cross-connecting means.
185. The apparatus defined in claim 182 with: control means for selectively operating said cross-connecting means.
186. The apparatus defined in claim 182 with: indicator means having two indicating conditions; and means controlled by said cross-connecting means for reversing the condition of said indicating means.
187. An apparatus as in claim 174 including means for detecting a disqualification with respect to the first ball of a scoring frame; means normally operable, only in response to the setting-up of a score of ten attributable collectively to both balls of a scoring frame, for recording a score of said character; and means controlled jointly by said determining means and said detecting means for operating said recording means in response to the setting-up of a score of ten attributable solely to the second ball of a frame when a first-ball disqualification is detected.
188. An apparatus as in claim 174 including means for detecting disqualifications with respect to the respective first and second balls of a scoring frame; means for temporarily storing a set-up first ball score; first recording means for recording an indication of a first-ball disqualification; second recording means for recording an indication of a second-ball disqualification and for recording a frame score; means opeRable by said detecting means and controlled by said determining means, in response to the detection of a first-ball disqualification, for setting up a first-ball score of zero and for operating said first recording means; means operable by said detecting means and controlled by said determining means, in response to the detection of a second-ball disqualification, for entering the first-ball score from-said second storing means into said register and for operating said second recording means.
189. The apparaus defined in claim 188, wherein said disqualification-detecting means includes: means for generating an output signal, means for automatically detecting the bowling of a ball; a light source; means ror receiving light from said source; and means controlled jointly by said receiving means and said bowling-detecting means and operable, only upon the concurrence of the detection of a bowled ball and the interruption of light to said receiving means, for operating said generating means, with output connections from said generating means to said first and second recording means.
190. In a machine for recording scores of a bowling game wherein a maximum of two balls are bowled during each of a succession of scoring frames to earn cumulative scores based upon the number of bowling pins downed by said balls, the combination, to-wit: score registers for receiving and storing cumulative score values, value-setting means for setting up said scores; means controlled by said value-setting means for entering completed frame scores into said registers; means for supporting a printing medium providing a printing surface; printing means controlled by said value-setting means for printing indicia representative of said cumulative scores on said printing surface; mark setting means for setting up representations of circumstances environmental to said scores; additional printing means controlled by said mark setting means for printing indicia representing said environmental circumstances on said surface; means for determining the bowling of a ball to which one of said environmental circumstances relates; and means for operating the additional printing means in response to said determination, to print the indicia representing said one environmental circumstance.
191. The recording machine defined in claim 190 with: means for determining the completion of a frame score; and means, including said first-named controlled means for delaying the printing of said score-representing indicia until the determination of the completion of a frame score.
192. The machine defined in claim 191, with means for visually displaying information printed in one printing operation prior to a subsequent printing operation.
193. The machine defined in claim 192, wherein the information relating to one scoring frame remains displayed during the printing and display of information relating to a subsequent scoring frame.
194. The machine defined in claim 192, with selectively operable means for removing from displaying position the printed information relating to a scoring frame.
195. The machine defined in claim 194 with: means for adjusting said value-setting means to correct an incorrectly set-up score.
196. The machine defined in claim 195 with: manually operable means for adjusting said mark-setting means to enter an omitted mark or correct an entered mark.
197. The machine defined in claim 192, wherein said printing surface is divided into two physical parts for receiving the printing of said score indicia and said mark indicia, respectively, with means for moving each part of said surface to respective display positions forthwith in response to the printing thereon.
198. The machine defined in claim 197 with: respective means at said display positions for receiving said parts of the printing surface; means for holding each of said parts at its respective printing position; and means, including said moving means, for releasing said parts to permit the latter to fall by gravity to their Respective display positions.
199. The machine defined in claim 197 with: a 10th-frame programming device; means for sensing the completion of a ninth-frame; and means controlled by said sensing means for operating said programming device.
200. An apparatus as in claim 36 wherein said entry means comprises means for detecting and totalizing pins downed and transmitting a signal corresponding to pins downed.
201. Apparatus as in claim 200 which additionally includes means for manually entering score values into said machine and for controlling the operation of the machine.
202. In a device for calculating scores of a bowling game as in claim 4, means for automatically detecting the bowling of a ball; and means operable by said detecting means for cycling the first programming device.
203. In a pinfall indicator, means for sensing the presence or absence of pins on a bowling lane after each ball is bowled, printing means for giving an indication representative of total numerical pinfall for each ball of a discrete playing frame, and means responsive to said sensing means for totalizing the numerical pinfall after each ball of a frame for controlling said printing means to print the total, numerical pinfall for each ball.
204. The combination as in claim 203 including means for indicating throughout the progress of a game at separate locations for each frame, the actual, numerical pinfall totals for each ball.
205. In an apparatus for indicating scores of a bowling game wherein bowling balls are rolled during each of successive scoring frames to earn cumulative score values corresponding to completion of each of said frames and completion of said game based upon pinfall resulting from the rolling of said balls, in combination, pin sensing means for sensing the pins which remain standing each time a ball is rolled, means for receiving and indicating throughout the progress of the game at separate locations respectively cumulative score values for each of said frames attributable to said pinfall, means for accumulating score values, totalizing means associated with said pin sensing means for totalizing the numerical pinfall and operative in response to the number of fallen pins after each ball of a discrete playing frame for entering the numerical pinfall into said accumulating means, means for determining completion of a frame score, and means responsive to the determination of completion of a frame score for transferring cumulative score values from the accumulating means to the indicating means to indicate the cumulative score values for each of said frames at separate locations.
206. An apparatus as in claim 205 wherein said apparatus includes means for recording at separate locations for each frame said cumulative score values.
207. An apparatus as in claim 205 including second means for receiving and indicating throughout the progress of the game at separate locations respectively bonus marks attributable to said pinfall for each of said frames, said sensing means including means for generating bonus mark information, and means for entering bonus mark information into said second receiving and indicating means for indicating the bonus marks for each of said frames at separate locations.
208. An apparatus as in claim 207 wherein said apparatus includes means for recording at separate locations for each frame said cumulative score values and said bonus marks.
209. An apparatus as in claim 207 wherein said second means for receiving and indicating throughout the progress of the game at separate locations respectively bonus marks attributable to each of said balls for each of said frames includes additionally means for indicating throughout the progress of the game at separate locations respectively pinfall.
210. An apparatus as in claim 209 wherein said apparatus includes means for recording at separate locations for each of said frames said cumulative frame scores, pinfall and marks.
211. An apparatus as in claim 206 wherein saiD apparatus includes means for printing at separate locations respectively a permanent record of the cumulative score values.
212. An apparatus as in claim 206 including additionally means for displaying said record.
213. An apparatus as in claim 109 including bowling pin detecting means, means associated with said detecting means for totalizing pinfall; and means for transferring pinfall from said totalizing means to said accumulating means.
214. An apparatus as in claim 213 wherein said recording means includes means for printing at separate locations respectively a printed record of said cumulative score values.
215. An apparatus as in claim 213 including additionally means for displaying said record.
216. An apparatus as in claim 213 including means for receiving and recording throughout the progress of the game at separate locations respectively pinfall and marks attributable to each of said balls for each of said frames, means associated with said detecting means for forming mark information signals, and means for entering said pinfall and mark information signals into said receiving and recording means.
217. An apparatus as in claim 216 wherein said recording means includes means for printing at separate locations respectively a printed record of said cumulative score values, pinfall and marks.
218. An apparatus as in claim 216 including additionally means for displaying said records.
219. In an apparatus for recording scores of a bowling game wherein bowling balls are rolled during each of a succession of scoring frames to earn cumulative score values, in combination, means for receiving and recording throughout the progress of the game at separate locations respectively for each of said frames first and second ball pinfall and bonus mark information, pin detecting means, means associated with said pin detecting means for deriving total pinfall and bonus mark information, and means for transferring said first and second ball pinfall and bonus mark information from said deriving means into the receiving and recording means to record and maintain the same for the duration of the game.
220. An apparatus as in claim 219 wherein said receiving and recording means includes means for printing said first and second ball pinfall and bonus mark information at separate locations respectively for each frame.
221. An apparatus as in claim 121 wherein said entering means includes pin detecting means, and totalizing means associated with said pin detecting means for totalizing the pinfall for each of said balls.
222. An apparatus as in claim 221 including means for recording said cumulative score values.
223. An apparatus as in claim 221 wherein said indicating means prints at separate locations for each frame respectively a record of the cumulative score values.
224. An apparatus as in claim 223 including additionally means for displaying said record.
225. An apparatus as in claim 221 in which said totalizing means includes means for generating bonus marks, said computing means computing from the pinfall values and the bonus marks the cumulative score, and said indicating means serving to indicate additionally the bonus marks.
226. An apparatus as in claim 225 wherein said apparatus includes additionally means for recording said cumulative score values and bonus marks.
227. An apparatus as in claim 225 wherein said indicating means prints at separate locations respectively a record of the cumulative score values and bonus marks.
228. An apparatus as in claim 225 including additionally means for displaying said record.
229. An apparatus as 1n claim 221 in which said totalizing means includes means for generating marks, said computing means computes from the pinfall values and marks the cumulative score, and said indicating means serves to indicate additionally the marks.
230. An apparatus as in claim 229 wherein said machine includes additionally means for recording said cumulative score values, marks and pinfall.
231. An apparatus as in claim 229 wherein said indicating means prints at separate locations respectively a record of the cumulative score values, marks and pinfall.
232. An apparatus in claim 229 including additionally means for displaying said record.
233. In a mechanism for indicating pinfall in a bowiing alley, a plurality of signalling mechanisms each for indicating an actual numerical pinfall total each time a ball is rolled, means responsive to the signalling mechanisms for displaying throughout the progress of the game the pinfall total for each ball, and totalizing means operative in response to the number of fallen pins after each ball of a discrete playing frame is rolled for selectively energizing one of said signalling mechanisms to indicate the total pinfall of each ball of each frame.
234. A mechanism as in claim 233 including means for indicating strikes and spares for each discrete playing frame.
235. The combination as in claim 233 including means for incapacitating said signalling mechanism whenever an illegal ball is rolled.
236. Apparatus as in claim 235 including means for detecting the rolling of an illegal ball and generating an illegal ball signal, said incapacitating means being responsive to said signal.
237. Apparatus as in claim 166 including means controlling the totalizing means to store information as to totalized pinfall pending completion of interrogation and totalization and then energize the indicating means.
238. Bowling scoring apparatus as in claim 237 in which said interrogating and storage means are electrical.
239. Bowling scoring apparatus as in claim 166 including additionally means operatively connected to said interrogating means and operative in response to the absence of standing pins determined by said interrogating means after a second ball of said frame is rolled for indicating to a bowler that a spare has been made.
240. Bowling scoring apparatus as in claim 166 including additionally means operatively connected to said interrogating means and operative in response to the absence of standing pins determined by said interrogating means after a first ball of said frame is rolled for indicating to a bowler that a strike has been made.
241. In combination with a bowling apparatus having first and second ball operating cycles for each discrete playing frame of a bowling game, a first signalling mechanism for indicating the actual, numerical pinfall for a discrete frame only, after the first ball of a frame is rolled, a second signalling mechanism for indicating the actual, numerical pinfall for said discrete frame only, after the second ball of said frame is rolled, a plurality of pin sensing means for detecting the presence or absence of standing pins after each ball of said frame is rolled, means associated with said sensing means for interrogating said sensing means one by one to determine the number of fallen pins after each ball of said frame is rolled, storage means actuated by said interrogating means during a first ball cycle for temporarily storing information as to the total number of fallen pins after a first ball of a frame is rolled and actuated by said interrogating means during a second ball cycle for temporarily storing information as to the total number of fallen pins after a second ball of a frame is rolled, and means operative during the first and second ball operating cycles for causing said temporary storage means to actuate said first signalling mechanism during said first ball cycle and said second signalling mechanism during said second ball cycle to visually indicate for said discrete frame only, the number of fallen pins during each cycle of said frame.
242. An apparatus for computing and indicating scores of a bowling game wherein bowling balls are rolled during each of successive scoring frames to earn cumulative score values corresponding to completion of successive frames based upon pinfall resulting from the rolling of said balls, comprising manually operable means for enteriNg into the apparatus numerical pinfall values earned from the rolling of said balls, means for detecting and totalizing pinfall and supplying pinfall values to the apparatus, means for computing cumulative score values from pinfall values, and means for manually selectively connecting or disconnecting said supply means relative to said computing means.
243. An apparatus as in claim 145 wherein said means for entering pinfall values includes means for detecting and totalizing pinfall and supplying pinfall values.
244. An apparatus as in claim 160, wherein said means for entering pinfall values includes means for detecting and totalizing pinfall and supplying pinfall values.
245. An apparatus as in claim 162 wherein said means for entering pinfall values includes means for detecting and totalizing pinfall and supplying pinfall values.
246. In an apparatus for recording the score of bow1ing games, the combination of value setting means for setting up scores, automatic pinfall detecting means connected to said value setting means to provide pinfall counts and manual pinfall count means connected to said value setting means to provide pinfall counts, printing means controlled by said value setting means for printing indicia representative of a score by said printing means after each pinfall count is received by said value setting means, and manual means for preventing the printing of an incorrect score during the delay of said printing.
247. In an apparatus for computing score values for a bowling game wherein bowling balls are rolled on a bowling alley during each of successive scoring frames to earn score values based at least in part on strikes and spares resulting from the rolling of said balls, there being attributable to the strikes and spares predetermined mark count values, in combination, means associated with the pit end of the alley for detecting strikes and spares, and means controlled by said detecting means for determining the mark count value attributable to each mark and for totalizing the mark count values
248. A combination as defined in claim 247 including means for visibly indicating the totalized mark count values.
249. In an apparatus for computing scores of a bowling game wherein bowling balls are rolled on a bowling alley by a plurality of players on a team during successive scoring frames to earn cumulative score values based upon strikes, spares, and pinfall less than ten, resulting from the rolling of said ball, there being attributable to the strikes and spares predetermined mark count values indicative of the team score, in combination, means associated with the pit end of the alley for detecting strikes, spares and pinfall less than ten, means controlled by said detecting means for computing cumulative score values for each of the players, and means controlled by said detecting means for determining the mark count value attributable to each mark and for totalizing the mark count values.
250. A combination as defined in claim 249 including means for visibly indicating the totalized mark count values.
251. In an apparatus for computing scores of a bowling game wherein bowling balls are rolled at bowling pins on a bowling alley during successive scoring frames to earn cumulative scores based upon pinfall resulting from the rolling of said balls, in combination, means associated with the pit end of the alley and responsive to the rolling of each ball for sensing the pin spot area of the alley to detect pinfall, means for storing successive cumulative scores corresponding to completion of each of the frames, means responsive to said sensing means for establishing cumulative scores in the storing means, manually operable means for clearing said storing means in the event of an error in the cumulative score therein, and manually operable means for supplying correct pinfall information to said establishing means to provide a correct cumulative score in the storing means.
252. An apparatus for indicating pinfall of a bowling game wherein firSt and second balls are rolled during each of a succession of scoring frames, comprising a plurality of sensing means one for each pin position having a first and second state serving to detect the presence or absence of corresponding pins, means for sequentially scanning said pin sensing means to develop a discrete signal for each of said sensing means in one of said states, and means responsive to said discrete signals for digitally totalizing the signals and indicating a single numerical value representative of the actual pinfall for each frame, including a digital totalizer for adding said discrete signals, and a separate indicating means responsive to the totalizer and including a plurality of separate indicators corresponding respectively to progressive pinfall values and selectively energizable under control of said totalizer.
253. An apparatus as in claim 252 wherein said separate indicators are a plurality of lamps corresponding respectively to pinfall values from one to 10.
254. In an apparatus for computing scores of a bowling game wherein bowling balls are rolled by a plurality of players during each of successive scoring frames to earn cumulative score value resulting from the rolling of said balls, in combination, means for detecting and totalizing pinfall to establish score values attributable to the rolling of said balls, a cumulative score value storage means for each of a plurality of players, means for successively transferring score values attributable to successve players from said value-setting means to the corresponding individual bowler score storage means, automatic bowler sequencing means responsive to completion of frame scoring for automatically successively associating said transferring means with successive score value storage means, and a single manually operable push button selectively operable and connected for successively associating the transferring means with successive score value storage means to override the automatic sequencing means.
255. An apparatus as in c1aim 149 wherein said value-setting means comprises means for detecting and totalizing pinfall to establish score values attributable to the rolling of said balls.
256. An apparatus as defined in cla1m 242 including manually operable means for correcting a cumulative score value in said computing means.
257. An apparatus as defined in claim 256 wherein said correction means comprises manually controllable means for clearing a cumulative score value from said computing means and manually controllable means for entering another cumulative score value into said computing means in place of the cleared value.
258. An apparatus as defined in claim 251 wherein said manually operable correction means includes manually controllable means for entering into said storing means a correct cumulative score for the last frame prior to an error and manually controllable means for supplying pinfall to said establishing means corresponding to each ball following the error.
259. In an apparatus for recording scores of a bowling game wherein two balls normally are bowled during each of a succession of scoring frames, such scores being based upon numbers of pins downed and bonus values resulting from strikes and spares, the combination of means for sensing numerical pinfall resulting from each of the balls bowled and for establishing a value corresponding thereto, means, including means responsive to such value establishment by said sensing means, for computing successive cumulative scores for each of said succession of frames based upon pins downed by said balls and bonus values resulting from strikes and spares, means for determining the completion of each frame score, means responsive to said determining means for printing corresponding one of said successive cumulative scores, means responsive to said sensing and value establishing means for printing a strike symbol or a spare symbol upon occurrence of a strike or spare respectvely, and means whereby said printed cumulatIve scores and said printed strike and/or spare symbols are disposed in adjacent relationship.
260. In an apparatus for recording scores of a bowling game wherein two balls normally are bowled during each of a succession of scoring frames, such scores being based upon numbers of pins downed and bonus values resulting from strikes and spares, the combination of a. means for establishing pinfall values resulting from each of the balls bowled, b. means, including means responsive to such value establishment, for computing successive cumulative scores for each of said succession of frames based upon pins downed by said balls and bonus values resulting from strikes and spares, c. means for determining the completion of each frame score, d. means responsive to said determining means for printing a corresponding one of said successive cumulative scores, and e. means whereby said printed cumulative scores are disposed in adjacent relationship.
261. A system for automatically tabulating bowling information comprising: pin-fall indicating means for providing a signal having a magnitude in accordance with the number of pins knocked down during the course of one frame and after each ball bowled in that frame, totalizing circuit means for providing a per frame indication of the bowling score and for recording and retaining said indication for each frame responsively to an output signal whereby the score accumulated in each frame will be preserved and can be obtained and means responsive to said signal from said pin-fall indicating means for providing said output signal to said totalizing circuit means after each ball bowled.
262. A system for automatically tabulating bowling information comprising: a. pinfall indicating means for providing a signal having a magnitude in accordance with the number of pins knocked down during the course of one frame and after each ball bowled in that frame, b. totalizing means for providing a per frame indication of the bowling score and for recording and retaining said indication for each frame responsively to an output signal whereby the score accumulated in each frame will be preserved and can be obtained, and c. means responsive to said signal from said pinfall indicating means for providing said output signal to said totalizing means after each ball bowled.
263. An apparatus as defined in claim 138 wherein the entry means comprises a manually operable keyboard for establishing pinfall values.
264. An apparatus as defined in claim 138 wherein the entry means comprises means for detecting pinfall and establishing pinfall values.
265. Apparatus as defined in claim 149 wherein said cumulative score value storage means comprises a plurality of separate registers corresponding respectively to the players.
266. Apparatus as defined in claim 149 wherein said selector comprises a manually indexable switch means including a series of stationary switch contacts corresponding respectively with the score storage means and a movable switch contact positionable to engage any selected stationary contact.
267. In an apparatus for computing the bowling scores for a plurality of bowlers bowling as a team and for computing a score of the team, the combination of: means for receiving pinfall information relative to each of said plurality of bowlers and for computing bowling scores thereform; and manually and selectively operable means for alternatively providing error correction information to said receiving and computing means for correcting an error in a bowling score computed thereby and for providing handicap information to said receiving and computing means whereby a handicap value will be included in a team score computed thereby.
268. In an apparatus for computing bowling scores for a plurality of bowlers, means for detecting pinfall on a bowling lane, computation means responsive to the detecting means for successively computing cumulative frame-by-frame score values for each of the bowlers and storing such values including cumulative score value storage means for each of the bowlers, means separate from the detection means and the computation means responsive to the detecting means and controlling the computation means for totalizing and storing pin down pinfall values subsequent to release of the information by the detection means and prior to use of the information by the computation means.
269. A method of recording scores of a bowling game, comprising the steps of a. computing cumulative frame-by-frame scores based on pinfall and bonus values attributable to strikes and spares, b. applying the scores in ink on contrasting supporting means an arranging the successive frame scores in adjacent positions on the supporting means, c. projecting the scores to a viewing screen during the progress of the game, d. applying the tacky side of an adhesive coated transparent tape to the scores on the supporting means to adhere at least some of the ink to the tape, e. removing the tape from the supporting means to lift the scores, and f. applying the tape to paper-like carrier for permanent record.
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