MULTIPLE ALLEY BOWLING GAME SCORING SYSTEM INCLUDING LANE SEQUENCER

1,158,597. Bowling alleys; scoring. BRUNSWICK CORP. 12 Oct., 1966 [20 Oct., 1965], No. 45643/66. Heading G4D. When pinfall information is available from one or more of lanes L1-L4 an appropriate switch closes to energize a corresponding magnet STM1-STM4, Fig. 4, so that the associated pawl 95 halts a scanner 63. The scanner closes a circuit to connect the pinfall detectors to the computer 18. The bowler and team identities have previously been registered on a panel ID1-ID4 so that the score accruing from the ball is added to the memory of the individual bowler and his team. The scanner is then released to seek the next lane with pinfall information. Error correction can be effected in any lane by operating a switch CE1-CE4 to energize a corresponding magnet ETS1-ETS4, Fig. 4, to halt the scanner at an intermediate position and close appropriate switches MEC1- MEC4 (Fig. 5, not shown), whereupon the memory relating to the individual bowler is cleared. Corrected information is then entered by manually-operated selector switches (Fig. 9, not shown).