- Brunswick gsx pinsetter touch up paint manual#
- Brunswick gsx pinsetter touch up paint series#
Brunswick gsx pinsetter touch up paint series#
Deck (Brunswick A series only) – a fixed sheet-metal enclosure, usually fastened to the spotting table's framework and diagonal forward frame edges, that provides secondary protection (in addition to the sweep bar) for the spotting table system from improperly thrown balls and flying pins, and covers the pin chutes used to transfer the pins from the characteristic, cage-like Brunswick-design rotating pin storage turret above the table downwards into the deck for transfer onto the pin deck. Brunswick gsx pinsetter touch up paint manual#
Table (also used in pre-automated manual units, often as their sole mechanical device) – places the pins onto the lane for the next frame, then lifts the remaining pins for the sweep bar to remove fallen pins for the bowler's next roll.
In most pinsetters, the sweep bar is triggered as soon as the ball enters the pit, usually via an optical sensor that detects the ball motion. It may also stay lowered throughout the pinsetter operating cycle, to act as the primary physical protective barrier against improperly thrown balls.
Sweep bar – removes fallen and leftover pins from the pin deck. Part descriptions common to nearly all pinspotting units include: For example, bowling-game variants may use different sizes, shapes, and weights of pins and balls, and require equipment specifically made to handle them. The designs of automatic pinsetters vary, depending on each company's hardware implementations, and on a particular bowling sport's playing rules and specifications. While many pinsetters have a manual reset button in case the pinsetter does not automatically activate at the correct time, other types have no automatic tracking of the state of the game – especially in candlepin and duckpin bowling sports, which use smaller balls – and are manually activated.Ĭommon terms and design features While humans usually no longer set the pins, a pinchaser, or in slang "pin monkey", is often stationed near the equipment to ensure it is clean and working properly, and to clear minor jams.īeginning in the 1970s, modern pinsetters were integrated with electronic scoring systems of varying sophistication. 
Pinsetting machines have largely done away with pinsetting as a manual profession, although a small number of bowling alleys still use human pinsetters. The first mechanical pinsetter was invented by Gottfried (Fred) Schmidt, who sold the patent in 1941 to AMF. Prior to the machine's invention, pinsetters were originally boys or young men ( pin boys) stationed at bowling alleys to manually reset pins and return the ball. In bowling, a pinsetter or pinspotter is an automated mechanical device that sets bowling pins back in their original positions, returns bowling balls to the front of the alley, and clears fallen pins on the pin deck. The stated objects of the Brunswick pinsetter included controlling the rake (pin sweeper) when an off-spot pin was encountered-inhibiting sweeping unless a first-ball foul was detected.
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