US 7,611,583 B2
Apparatus and method for conditioning a bowling lane using precision delivery injectors
George W. Buckley, Barrington, Ill. (US); Roy A. Burkholder, Whitehall, Mich. (US); Richard A. Davis, Mequon, Wis. (US); Steven J. Gonring, Slinger, Wis. (US); Mark H. Meade, Muskegon, Mich. (US); Patrick J. Mitchell, Muskegon, Mich. (US); and Troy A. Recknagel, Muskegon, Mich. (US)
Assigned to Brunswick Bowling & Billiards Corporation, Lake Forest, Ill. (US)
Filed on Jan. 09, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/328,370.
Application 11/328370 is a continuation of application No. 10/934005, filed on Sep. 02, 2004, granted, now 7,014,714.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/500222, filed on Sep. 05, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2006/0107894 A1, May 25, 2006
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B05B 3/00 (2006.01); B05B 13/02 (2006.01); B05C 1/08 (2006.01); A47L 11/02 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 118—323  [118/305; 118/304; 118/300; 118/206; 118/684; 118/665; 15/98] 35 Claims
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1. A bowling lane conditioning system comprising:
a housing;
at least one injector carried by the housing and comprising:
at least one opening; and
a valve;
wherein the at least one injector is positioned to output lane dressing fluid directly onto a bowling lane as the bowling lane conditioning system moves along the bowling lane; and
a cleaning fluid delivery and removal system carried by the housing, wherein the cleaning fluid delivery and removal system comprises:
a cleaning fluid reservoir;
at least one cleaning fluid delivery nozzle in communication with the cleaning fluid reservoir; and
a vacuum.