Mechanical Drawing for the Development of the Bowling Pin Setting Machine
Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- Mechanical drawing labeled "229" 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.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Keith Schmidt
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- ID Number
- 1997.0306.04.12
- accession number
- 1997.0306
- catalog number
- 1997.0306.04.12
- Object Name
- drawing, mechanical
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 22 1/2 in x 26 in; 57.15 cm x 66.04 cm
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
- web subject
- Sports
- name of sport
- Bowling
- level of sport
- recreational
- web subject
- Invention
- Record ID
- nmah_1764424
