Pinsetter
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pinsetter-163-40882
title:
Pinsetter
text:
In bowling, a pinsetter or pinspotter is an automated mechanical device that sets bowling pins back in their original positions, returns bowling balls to the front of the alley, and clears fallen pins on the pin deck. Prior to the machine's invention, pinsetters were boys or young men hired at bowling alleys to manually reset pins and returned balls to the player. The first mechanical pinsetter was invented by Gottfried (Fred) Schmidt, who sold the patent in 1941 to AMF. Pinsetting machines have
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Machine used to set bowling pins
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinsetter
date created:
2006-01-05T03:59:08Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T15:27:38Z
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