Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- Mechanical drawing, labeled "101" 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
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- Credit Line
- Keith Schmidt
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 30 1/2 in x 36 in; 77.47 cm x 91.44 cm
- Object Name
- drawing, mechanical
