AUTOMATIC PINSETTER

摘要

An automatic pinsetter (12) employing magnetically bowling pins (50), an elevator mechanism (10) for retrieving bowling pins (50) from a pit area (14) adjacent an end portion of a bowling alley (16) and for transporting the same to a pin discharge station (A) above a transfer mechanism (18). The pins (50) are arranged in bowling array on a transfer mechanism (18) which is thereafter moved horizontally beneath a pinsetting mechanism (20). The pinsetting mechanism (20) employs magnetic means for elevating the pins (50), the transfer mechanism (18) is retracted from beneath the pinsetting mechanism (20), and the latter thereupon deposits the pins (50) on the bowling alley (16) in bowling array. The pinsetting mechanism (20) is also adapted to pick-up and replace remaining upright pins (50) after a first ball has been thrown whether the pins (50) reside in "on spot" or "off spot" positions.