Sheet metal pin table and respot actuator

A pin table and actuating assembly for a bowling pins spotting device having a moving mechanism for raising and lowering a pin table, the pin table and actuating assembly comprising:

• a substantially planar sheet forming a plurality of opening therethrough with each of said openings having a plurality of sides with at least one arcuate side, means including a plurality of pairs of rods attached to said substantially planar sheet and extending across each of the openings for releasably holding a plurality of bowling pins, means connected to the plurality of pairs of rods for increasing and decreasing a distance between the two rods of each pair of rods, said means for increasing and decreasing the distance between the rods of each of the pair of rods including;
• (a) a plurality of bellcranks, each bellcrank having a pivot body pivotally attached to said substantially planar sheet and first and second arms extending from the pivot body;
• (b) a plurality of link members, each link member connected to the first arm of one bellcrank and at least one pair of rods;
• and,
• (c) an actuating link connected to the second arm of all of the bellcranks;
• an actuating means including a cam link mechanism and a respot actuator crank arm having first and second respot actuator arms and an intermediate pivot fixed to and generally perpendicular to said substantially planar sheet, a first actuator arm connecting link connecting said first respot actuator arm to said cam link mechanism for rotating said respot actuator crank arm about said intermediate pivot in response to movement to said cam link mechanism, a second actuator arm connecting link connecting said second respot actuator arm to one of said plurality of bellcranks for increasing and decreasing the distance between said rods, and stop means for limiting the rotation of said respot actuator crank arms to thereby limit the movement of said rods.