Returned bowling ball lifting apparatus
CA 1206988 A · Owner: Patentverwertungs- Und Finanzierungsgesellschaft Serania Ag · Inventors: Schmid, August
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In bowling establishments, the bowling balls being returned on a ball return race must be lifted to a higher level in the vicinity of the player's position. This is effected by means of a belt drive, which is seated on a pivotable ball lift mechanism (6). If a ball (3) is not engaged by the belt (9), a feeler causes the arm (12) of the pivotable mechanism (6) to be lowered as a result of, which the ball is engaged by the belt (9) and is transported obliquely upward along the return race (2). As a result of this upward movement of the ball (3), the pivotable ball lift mechanism (6) is pivoted in the direction of the arrow A and the latch arm (22) again locks into place behind the latch (32), …
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- Granted July 2, 1986. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended July 2, 2003.
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