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US3238609A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Machine for applying bands to bowling pins

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1962-05-14
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Granted: 1966-03-08
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Expires: 1982-05-14
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Edgar B Nichols

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-24 22:29
CPC Classifications
B; B29; B29C; B29C65/00; B29C65/66; A; A63; A63D; A63D9/00; B29C63/00; B29C63/18; B29C66/00; B29C66/50; B29C66/51; B29C66/53; B29C66/532; B29C66/5324; B29C66/80; B29C66/81; B29C66/816; B29C66/8161; B29C66/83; B29C66/832; B29C66/8322; B29C66/01; B29C66/05; B29C66/10; B29C66/12; B29C66/124; B29C66/1244; B29C66/12441; B29L; B29L2031/00; B29L2031/52; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/49826; Y10T29/49863; Y10T29/4987; Y10T29/49876; Y10T29/53; Y10T29/53657

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 97 words
AN APPARATUS FOR APPLYING BONDS TO BOWLING PINS COMPRISING A BASE PLATE HAVING AN ANNULAR OPENING OF GREATER DIAMETER THAN THE END OF THE BOWING PINS, SECTORSHAPED MEMBERS MOUNTED ON SAID BASE PLATE FOR RADIAL MOVEMENT WITH RESPECT TO THE AXIS OF SAID OPENING, THE INNER ENDS OF SAID MEMBERS BEING CURVED TO FORM, WHEN IN THEIR INNERMOST POSITIONS, AN ANNULAR OPENING OF A DIAMETER GREATER THAN THE END OF THE BOWLING PIN BUT SMALLER THAN THE DIAMETER OF THE BAND, THE CURVED SURFACES OF SAID MEMBERS CONVERGING AXIALLY, AND MEANS FOR RESILIENTLY BIASING SAID MEMBERS INWARDLY.
Claim 2
Independent Claim 97 words
AN APPARATUS FOR APPLYING BONDS TO BOWLING PINS COMPRISING A BASE PLATE HAVING AN ANNULAR OPENING OF GREATER DIAMETER THAN THE END OF THE BOWING PINS, SECTORSHAPED MEMBERS MOUNTED ON SAID BASE PLATE FOR RADIAL MOVEMENT WITH RESPECT TO THE AXIS OF SAID OPENING, THE INNER ENDS OF SAID MEMBERS BEING CURVED TO FORM, WHEN IN THEIR INNERMOST POSITIONS, AN ANNULAR OPENING OF A DIAMETER GREATER THAN THE END OF THE BOWLING PIN BUT SMALLER THAN THE DIAMETER OF THE BAND, THE CURVED SURFACES OF SAID MEMBERS CONVERGING AXIALLY, AND MEANS FOR RESILIENTLY BIASING SAID MEMBERS INWARDLY.

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