Mechanical Drawing for the Development of the Bowling Pin Setting Machine
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Mechanical drawing, labeled "119" used in the development of the bowling pin setting machine developed by the donor's grandfather, Fred Schmidt. In the late 1930s, Schmidt patented "a method for picking up and re-setting bowling pins through the use of mechanical suction cups." Schmidt first went to the Brunswick Corporation but was turned away. Without financial backing, Schmidt sold the rights to his invention and American Machine (AMF) bought the patents. It took them until 1951 to perfect the design and create the first pin setting machine based on Schmidt's patented design.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Bowling
label: level of sport
content: recreational
label: web subject
content: Invention
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Keith Schmidt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1997.0306.04.05
label: accession number
content: 1997.0306
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0306.04.05
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drawing, mechanical
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 1/2 in x 31 in; 41.91 cm x 78.74 cm