Patents by Inventor Steven W. Stuart

Steven W. Stuart 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).

  • Apparatus and method for selectively metering dressing onto a bowling lane surface
    Patent number: 5641538
    Abstract: An apparatus applies dressing fluid to a bowling lane surface in a desired lane dressing pattern laterally across a plurality of zones on the bowling lane and longitudinally along a predetermined length of each of the zones. Each zone may be the width or a selected fractional width of one board across the bowling lane so that different discrete amounts of lane dressing can be applied to each board along a predetermined length. The apparatus includes a plurality of metering devices which supply lane dressing to corresponding lane dressing dispersion units which in turn supply lane dressing directly to an applicator. The applicator applies the lane dressing to the bowling lane according to the desired lane dressing pattern. A method is provided to supply discrete amounts of bowling lane dressing at desired incremental locations laterally across and longitudinally along a bowling lane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 24, 1997
    Assignee: AMF Bowling, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen F. Caffrey, Ronald L. Smith, Leonid Feldman, Steven W. Stuart