Patents by Inventor Corneilius M. McCarthy

Corneilius M. McCarthy has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Energy conserving pinsetter with minimized pin overflow
    Patent number: 5372551
    Abstract: Overflow of bowling pins in an automatic pinsetter (26) having a distributor (44) for distributing pins to a plurality of pin positions (90) may be substantially reduced by utilizing additional switches (150) in pin spotting cells (120) at each pin position to provide indications of whether a pin is loaded in the associated spotting cell (120), which information may be processed by a CPU (108) and used to deenergize a relay (230) controlling power to the distributor (44), a pit conveyer (34) and a pin elevator (38) to halt operation of such components when pin delivery is not required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1994
    Assignee: Brunswick Bowling & Billiards
    Inventors: Corneilius M. McCarthy, Michael J. Katje, Ted E. Brim