Apparatus for selectively deenergizing the rear end motor of a pin spotting mechanism

Claim 1

IN A BOWLING PIN SPOTTING MACHINE INCLUDING PIT CONVEYOR MEANS, PIN ELEVATOR MEANS, PIN DISTRIBUTOR MEANS AND BALL DELIVERY MEANS ALL DRIVEN BY A FIRST MOTOR, PIN SWEEP MEANS DRIVEN BY A SECOND MOTOR, TABLE MEANS FOR AT LEAST ACCEPTING PINS FROM SAID PIN DISTRIBUTOR MEANS AND SPOTTING SAID PINS DRIVEN BY A THIRD MOTOR, SAID PIN DISTRIBUTOR MEANS CYCLICALLY MOVING FROM A HOME POSITION TO PLACE PINS RECEIVED FROM SAID PIN ELEVATOR MEANS INTO RECEPTACLES IN SAID TABLE MEANS, FIRST SWITCH MEANS FOR INDICATING WHEN SAID PIN DISTRIBUTOR MEANS IS OFF SAID HOME POSITION, PIN COUNTER MEANS FOR COUNTING THE NUMBER OF PINS TRANSFERRED FROM SAID PIN ELEVATOR MEANS TO SAID TABLE MEANS BY SAID PIN DISTRIBUTOR MEANS, SECOND SWITCH MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID PIN COUNTER MEANS FOR INDICATING THAT LESS THAN TEN PINS HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED DURING A DELIVERY CYCLE, MASTER CONTROL MEANS FOR CONTROLLING THE CYCLES OF SAID PIN SPOTTING MACHINE, PIT SWITCH MEANS OPERABLE BY A BOWLING BALL FOR ACTIVATING SAID MASTER CONTROL MEANS TO STEP THROUGH AN OPERAITNG CYCLE AND A SOURCE OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY, IN COMBINATION, A RELAY INCLUDING A NORMALLY OPEN CONTACT, A NORMALLY CLOSED CONTACT, A MOVING CONTACT AND A COIL, A CONTROL ELEMENT IN SAID MASTER CONTROL MEANS ACTIVATABLE DURING A GIVEN PORTION OF A CYCLE OF A MASTER CONTROL MEANS AND HAVING AN INPUT CONNECTED TO SAID SOURCE OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY AND AN OUTPUT MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID NORMALLY CLOSED CONTACT AND TO SAID SECOND MOTOR, MEANS FOR CONNECTING SAID SOURCE OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY TO SAID NORMALLY OPEN CONTACT, MEANS FOR CONNECTING SAID MOVING CONTACT TO SAID FIRST MOTOR, MEANS FOR CONNECTING SAID FIRST SWITCH MEANS TO SAID COIL FOR ENERGIZING SAID COIL WHEN SAID FIRST SWITCH MEANS INDICATES SAID PIN DISTRIBUTOR MEANS IS OFF THE HOME POSITION, MEANS FOR CONNECTING SAID SECOND SWITCH MEANS TO SAID COIL FOR ENERGIZING SAID COILL WHEN SAID SECOND SWITCH MEANS INDICATES THAT LESS THAN TEN PINS HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED DURING A DELIVERY CYCLE, AND OVERRIDING SWITCH MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY CONNECTING SAID FIRST MOTOR DIRECTLY TO SAID SOURCE OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY.