Ten pin bowling method and apparatus

Ball bowling apparatus for bowling a ball onto a bowling lane, said apparatus comprising a drive roller upon which a ball may seat, said drive roller being mounted for rotation about a substantially horizontal axis, a pair of spaced apart freely rotatable rollers rearwardly of said drive roller, said rollers of said pair being mounted for rotation about a substantially horizontal axis and being adapted to engage and support the rear side of a said ball for locating said ball in a substantially fixed position seated on and located substantially above said drive roller, a drive motor coupled to said drive roller for rotatably driving said drive roller so as to impart rotation to said ball about a substantially horizontal axis whilst said ball is located in said substantially fixed position on said drive roller, and means for stopping or braking said drive motor and thereby said drive rollerto allow the rotation of said ball imparted by said drive roller to cause said ball to move from said drive roller and travel along said bowling lane.

Ball bowling apparatus for bowling a ball onto a bowling lane, said apparatus comprising an elongated guide member, said guide member having a longitudinal axis, a ball loading end at one end of said elongated guide member and a ball exit end at the opposite end of said elongated guide member, movable ball support means at said ball loading end for supporting and imparting a rotation to a said ball about a horizontal axis, means for engaging the rear side of a said ball to support said ball in a substantially fixed position seated on and located substantially above said ball support means, a drive motor for driving said ball support means so as to impart rotation to a said ball about a horizontal axis whilst said ball is located in said substantially fixed position on said ball support means, and means for stopping or braking said drive motor and thereby said ball support means to allow the rotation of said ball imparted by said ball support means to cause said ball to move from said ball support means onto said elongated guide member and travel along said guide member to exit from said exit end thereof onto said bowling lane.