Apparatus for cleaning and dressing bowling lanes

• US 3,150,396 A
• Filed: 06/26/1962
• Issued: 09/29/1964
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/1962
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Victor Unterbrink
• Original Assignee: Victor Unterbrink
• Inventors: VICTOR UNTERBRINK
• Application Number:
  US04/205,434
• Time in Patent Office: 826 Days
• US Class Current: 15/98
• CPC Class Codes: A63D 5/10 Apparatus for cleaning balls, pins, or alleys

Claims

1. APPARATUS FOR CLEANING AND DRESSING A BOWLING LANE COMPRISING, A FRAME STRUCTURE INCLUDING SPACED END PLATES, ROLLERS SUPPORTING SAID FRAME STRUCTURE FOR MOVEMENT ON SAID LANE, DRIVE MEANS FOR AT LEAST SOME OF SAID ROLLERS, MOUNTING PLATES REMOVABLY MOUNTED ONE ON EACH END PLATE, AN AXLE JOURNALLED AT ITS ENDS IN SAID MOUNTING PLATES, A TAKE UP SHAFT JOURNALLED AT ITS ENDS IN SAID MOUNTING PLATES, A ROLLER JOURNALLED AT ITS ENDS IN SAID MOUNTING PLATES, A WEB OF FABRIC MATERIAL CARRIED BY THE AXLE AND TRAINED OVER THE ROLLER AND THEN AROUND THE TAKE-UP SHAFT, SPRING MEANS TO URGE THE MOUNTING PLATES DOWNWARDLY TO MAINTAIN THE WEB IN CONTACT WITH THE LANE, A HOLLOW ROLLER JOURNALLED AT ITS ENDS IN SAID END PLATES AND HAVING SURFACE CONTACT WITH THE LANE, SAID HOLLOW ROLLER HAVING A LONGITUDINAL SLOT THEREIN, A ROLL OF MATERIAL ENCLOSED IN SAID HOLLOW ROLLER AND HAVING ITS WEB EXTENDED THROUGH SAID SLOT AND WRAPPED AROUND THE CIRCUMFERENTIAL SURFACE OF SAID HOLLOW ROLLER, AND DRIVE MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID HOLLOW ROLLER AND TAKEUP SHAFT.