Apparatus for monitoring the operation of a machine

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR MONITORING THE OPERATION OF A BOWLING PIN-SETTING MACHINE COMPRISING A FIRST ASSEMBLY ADAPTED TO BE MOUNTED ADJACENT THE PIN-SETTING MACHINE, SAID FIRST ASSEMBLY INCLUDING MEANS FOR CONNECTING THE PIN-SETTING MACHINE TO A SOURCE OF ENERGY, MEANS FOR ACTUATING SAID CONNECTING MEANS WHEN SAID ACTUATING MEANS IS ELECTRICALLY ENERGIZED AND DISPOSED IN A PREDETERMINED POSITION, AND SWITCH MEANS ACTUATED IN RESPONSE TO THE CYCLE OF OPERATION OF THE PIN-SETTING MACHINE; AND A SECOND ASSEMBLY ADAPTED TO BE MOUNTED REMOTELY WITH RESPECT TO THE PIN-SETTING MACHINE, SAID SECOND ASSEMBLY INCLUDING MEANS FOR ELECTRICALLY ENERGIZING SAID ACTUATING MEANS, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE ACTUATION OF SAID SWITCH MEANS FOR COUNTING THE CYCLES OF OPERATION OF THE PIN-SETTING MACHINE, CLOCK MEANS, AND MEANS FOR PRODUCING A RECORD OF THE COUNT OF THE CYCLES OF OPERATION FROM SAID COUNTING MEANS AND THE TIME OF DAY FROM SAID CLOCK MEANS, WHEREBY DATA RELATED TO THE OPERATION OF THE PIN-SETTING MACHINE IS ROCORDED IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF CYCLES OF OPERATION THEREOF AND THE TIME CORRESPONDING THERETO WHEN SAID PIN-SETTING MACHINE IS CONNECTED TO A SOURCE OF ENERGY BY SAID ACTUATING MEANS BEING ELECTRICALLY ENERGIZED AND DISPOSED IN A PREDETERMINED POSITION.