Lane maintenance machine having conditioner and/or cleaner mixing capability

摘要

A bowling lane maintenance machine is provided with separate reservoirs for constituent conditioning components to allow separate storage of the conditioning components and mixing of the conditioning components just prior to application to a surface of the bowling lane. One conditioning component may be a polar component such as a polyethylene glycol and another conditioning component may be a non-polar component such as a mineral oil based product. Separate reservoirs for constituent cleaning components are also provided so that the cleaning components may also be stored separately and then mixed together just prior to application to the bowling lane surface. Primary and secondary drive wheels are positioned on opposite sides of the machine forwardly of a conditioner application roller in the intended forward direction of travel of the machine so that they do not leave “tracks” on the conditioner after its application on the bowling lane.

主权项

1. In a lane maintenance machine that is operable to travel up and down successive generally parallel, elongated bowling lanes performing a maintenance operation on each lane, the improvement comprising:
a plurality of separate conditioning component reservoirs carried on the machine for separately storing constituent conditioning components; at least one conditioner dispensing head for receiving and the dispensing the constituent conditioning components; at least one pump associated with the separate conditioning component reservoirs and operable to pump the constituent conditioning components from the separate conditioning components reservoirs to the at least one conditioner dispensing head; a buffer for receiving the constituent conditioning components dispensed from the at least one conditioner dispensing head and applying the constituent conditioning components to a bowling lane in a preselected pattern; a cleaning liquid component reservoir carried on the machine for storing a cleaning liquid; at least one cleaning liquid dispensing head for receiving and then dispensing the cleaning liquid; a control system operably coupled with the at least one pump to cause the pump to concurrently pump the constituent conditioning components to the at least one conditioner dispensing head to allow concurrent dispensing of each of the constituent conditioning components onto the buffer; and a first mixing junction fluidically coupled with the separate conditioning component reservoirs for mixing together the constituent conditioning components and delivering the mixed constituent conditioning components to the at least one conditioner dispensing head.