Mechanical pin setter

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION WITH A TEN PIN BOWLING ALLEY; A PIN SETTING MECHANISM COMPRISING A FRAME STRUCTURE MOUNTED ACROSS SAID ALLEY OVER THE PIN SPOTTING AREA THEREOF, A CROSS-SHAFT MOUNTED HORIZONTALLY AND FOR OSCILLATION IN SAID FRAME STRUCTURE, MEANS OPERABLE FOR EFFECTING FORWARD AND REARWARD OSCILLATIONS THEREOF, A SUCCESSION OF LEVER ARMS, CORRESPONDING TO THE NUMBER PINS USED IN PLAY, FIXEDLY MOUNTED ON AND EXTENDING RADIALLY FROM SAID CROSS-SHAFT FOR SIMULTANEOUS OSCILLATION THEREBY BETWEEN FORWARDLY AND REARWARDLY LEANING LIMITS OF TRAVEL, A SECOND SUCCESSION OF LEVER ARMS, PAIRED WITH THE FIRST MENTIONED LEVER ARMS BUT FREELY PIVOTED ON SAID CROSS-SHAFT FOR INDEPENDENT OSCILLATION THEREON BETWEEN FORWARDLY AND REARWARDLY LEANING LIMITS OF TRAVEL, PIN RESETTING PULL LINKS CORRESPONDING TO AND PIVOTALLY ATTACHED AT THEIR UPPER ENDS TO THE FREE ENDS OF SECOND MENTIONED SUCCESSION OF LEVER ARMS TO DEPEND THEREFROM, EACH PULL LINK HAVING A LATCH BAR AT ITS TOP END AND A PIN RESETTING CORD ATTACHED TO ITS LOWER END AND EXTENDED THEREFROM TO THE UPPER END OF THE CORRESPONDING BOWLING PIN AS SPOTTED ON THE ALLEY FOR PLAY; EACH OF SAID CORDS BEING OF SUCH LENGTH THAT THE KNOCKING DOWN OF THE PIN TO WHICH IT IS ATTACHED WILL CAUSE THE PIN RESETTING PULL LINK TO WHICH IT IS ATTACHED TO BE SWUNG TO A POSITION AT WHICH A LATCHING CONNECTION OF THE LATCH BAR AT ITS UPPER END WITH THE UPPER END OF THE CORRESPONDING LEVER ARM OF THE FIRST MENTIONED SUCCESSION OF LEVER ARMS WILL BE EFFECTED WHEN THE LATTER IS ENERGIZED BY THE CROSS-SHAFT FOR REARWARD SWINGING FROM ITS FORWARD LEANING POSITION, THUS TO EFFECT THE LIFTING OF THE DOWNED PIN FROM THE SPOTTING AREA.