Patent ID: 8066579

Claim:
A pin setter applied to a bowling game machine in which a player rolls a ball toward a plurality of pins arranged in a standing manner on a lane thereby to knock down the plurality of pins arranged in the standing manner, the pin setter arranging the pins at predetermined positions on the lane comprising: a distribution shooter through which the plurality of pins are dropped in a sliding manner and guided to predetermined positions; and a pin lifter that lifts standing pins up onto the lane; and wherein the pin lifter is configured to include a plurality of cylindrically formed cylinder portions into which the pins are loaded in a standing manner, and an ascending mechanism that lifts up the cylinder portions, and wherein a piston is provided which is displaceable inside the cylinder portion, and when the cylinder portion and the piston move up in a unified manner by a predetermined amount, only the piston moves up so as to push up the pin onto the lane through a hole provided in the lane.