Bowling ball return systems and methods

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5449327
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08032930

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Bowling balls are returned from the pit area of a bowling alley to a return shroud through a vacuum tube into a lift tube. A transporter assembly is contained within the shroud for decelerating the bowling balls. The shroud includes continuous rails for permitting a high volume of bowling ball storage. In order to reduce the area required for spacing between adjacent bowling alleys, the vacuum tube is installed underneath the plane of the alleys, with the bowling balls fed into the vacuum tube via a vertical tube extending upwardly behind the pin-setting equipment located in the pit area.

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HEDDON BOWLING CORPORATIONA CORP OF FL

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hagen, Robert S Orlando, FL 2 12
Heddon, Will Lake Wales, FL 19 106
McPherson, Bruce M Maitland, FL 4 20

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