US470023A

US470023A - Bowling-alley

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Publication number: US470023A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1892-03-01
Anticipated expiration: 1909-03-01

Description

2 Sheets'Sheet 1.

(No Model.) A. WARTH.

BOWLING ALLEY.

Patented Mar. 1, 1892'.

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BOWLING ALLEY.

Patented Mar. 1, 1892.

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ALBIN WVARTH, OF STAPLETON, NEW YORK.

BOWLING- ALLEY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 470,023,'dated March 1, 1892.

Application filed $eptember 10, 1891. Serial No. 405,294- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBIN W'ARTH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Stapleton, in the county of Richmond and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bowling-Alleys, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in bowling-alleys which are provided with movable setting-guides, said improvements being pointed out in the following specification and claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan or top view of that part of a bowling-alley on which the pins are set up and which I term the pin-platform. Fig. 2 is a side elevation when the setting-guides are adjusted for ten-pins. Fig. 3 is a similar elevation when the settin g-guides are adjusted for nine-pins. Figztis an inverted plan. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal vertical section in the plane 00 m, Figs. 1 and 2, when the ten-pin settingguides are in their active position. Fig. 6 is a similar section in the same plane when the nine-pin setting-guides are in their active position.

In the drawings, the letter A designates the pin-platform, which is perforated with two sets of holes Ct a a a a a, and beneath which are situated two carriers or frames B and 0, one of which carries the setting-guides b b b, which engage the holes a a a, while the other carries the setting-guides c c c, which engage the holes a a a. In the example shown in the drawings the numbers and positions of the holes a a a and setting-guides b b b are adjusted for ten-pins and the numbers and positions of the holes a a a and setting-guides c c c are adjusted for nine-pins; but it is obvious that the numbers of the holes and of the settingguides can be adjusted to different numbers of pins if it ever should be desirable to do so. The frame C is located beneath the frame 13. I V

The frames B O are controlled each by four levers cl d e e, respectively,the levers d d, which carry the upper or ten-pin frame 13, being mounted on the inner ends of rock-shafts d d, while the levers e e, which carry the lower or nine-pin frame 0, are mounted on the inner ends of rock-shafts e 6, so that when the rock-shafts cl cl are moved simultaneously in the same direction the frame 13 is raised or lowered uniformly, and in the same manner a uniform rising-and-falling motion can be imparted to the frame 0 by means of the rockand the levers d d on each side of the alley are connected by rods D D, while the levers e e are connected by rods E E.

F F are the actuating-levers, which can be thrown in gear either with the rods D D or with the rods E E by the following means: Said levers are firmly mounted on a rock-shaft f, which is situated behind the rear board U and has its hearings in brackets g, secured to the side timbers T of the alley. From the lower ends of the levers F F extend rods G G, the front ends'of which engage pins 71., which project from arms t. These arms are firmly mounted upon a rock-shaftj, which has its. bearings in the side timbers T and on which is firmly mounted a lever H. Then this lever is moved to the position shown in Fig. 2, the rods G G are raised and thrown in gear with the rods D D by means of notches 70, formed in the upper edges of the rods G G and with studs Z projecting from the rods D D, and when the lever H is moved to the position shown in Fig. 3 the notches k in the lower edges of the rods G G are thrown in gear with studs Z, projecting from the rods E E. Consequently if the lever H occupies the position shown in Fig. 2 the frame B, which carries the setting-guides b, is in gear with the actuating-lever F, and by moving this lever the frame B can be raised or lowered and the setting-guides can be moved into their active or inactive position, while the setting-guides c are not affected by the movements of the lever F, and if the lever H occupies the position shown in Fig. 3, the frame 0, which carries the setting-guides c, is thrown in gear with the actuating-lever F and the last-named setting-guides can be moved into their active or inactive position, while the setting-guides b Z) are not affected by the movements of the lever F. In the side timber T are secured studs V, which assist in guiding the rods D E.

The lever H can be locked either-in the position shown in Fig. 2 or in that shown in Fig. 3 by means of a stop on, which is inserted in one of the holes m in the timber T. The actuating-lever F is locked in the position shown in Figs. 2 and 3 by a stop n, which is secured to the board U, and in order to retain it in this position the shaftfslides in its bearings and is subjected to the action of a spring 0, which has a tendency to force it in the direction of arrow 1, Fig. 1. In order to release the lever F from the stop or, the shaft fmust be moved against the action of the spring 0 until the lever F clears the stop.

The setting-guides b c are yielding, being set upon springs 19, which are secured to the frames B C, so that when either set of setting,- guides is raised to its active position and a ball or pin or other heavy article is dropped down upon them they can give and the setting-guides or their frames are not liable to become injured. The pins intended to be used on this bowling-alley are provided with sockets to engage the setting-guides.

I do not claim in this application for a patent anything shown and described in an application for a patent filed by me May 2,1891, Serial No. 391,386.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with the pin-platform and with two sets of setting-guides, of an actuating-lever and means for throwing the lever in gear with either set of setting-guides, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the perforated pin-platform, of aframe carrying the elastically-supported setting-guides, and means for raising and lowering these settingguides through the perforations in the pin-platform, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALBIN WARTH.

Witnesses:

WM. 0. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER.