QubicaAMF
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QubicaAMF Worldwide or QubicaAMF is a bowling equipment manufacturer and distributor. The company has U.S. headquarters in Richmond, Virginia and European headquarters in Bologna, Italy. It has a pin
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1) Ball approaches pins that strings have lowered into place.
2) Ball knocks pins into a pit and exits to a ball return mechanism.
3) Strings retract the pins from the pit so they can be lowered into place.
Pinsetter
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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
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…Emanuele Govoni to "bring amusement innovations to bowlers and center proprietors worldwide." In 2003, Qubica acquired the Mendes company, a maker of pinsetters, ball returns, and automated scoring systems. QubicaAMF Worldwide was formed in July 2005 when AMF Bowling Worldwide contributed the assets of its…
A 5-pin bowling pinsetter in use at a bowling alley in Toronto
Pinsetters in operation at a bowling alley as seen from behind the lanes
April 1910, 1:00 A.M.: Pin boys working in Subway Bowling Alleys, 65 South St., Brooklyn, New York. Lewis Hine photo.
This 1961 Brunswick patent shows a second set of pins is preassembled above the deck to be ready for the next frame.