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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 1994
Filed:
Jun. 21, 1993
Corneilius M McCarthy, Muskegon, MI (US);
Michael J Katje, Spring Lake, MI (US);
Ted E Brim, Grand Haven, MI (US);
Brunswick Bowling & Billiards, Muskegon, MI (US);
Abstract
Overflow of bowling pins in an automatic pinsetter (26) having a distributor (44) for distributing pins to a plurality of pin positions (90) may be substantially reduced by utilizing additional switches (150) in pin spotting cells (120) at each pin position to provide indications of whether a pin is loaded in the associated spotting cell (120), which information may be processed by a CPU (108) and used to deenergize a relay (230) controlling power to the distributor (44), a pit conveyer (34) and a pin elevator (38) to halt operation of such components when pin delivery is not required.