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in the 1940s. To get the cash to develop the invention, Patterson swapped AMF stock to acquire eight small companies with fast-selling products. After incorporating key features developed by Leslie L. LeVeque, the AMF Pinspotter was perfected and put on the market in 1952, and helped to turn bowling
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bender, an automatic baked pretzel-twisting machine that rolled and tied them at the rate of 50 a minute, more than twice as fast as skilled hand twisters. It then conveyed them through the baking and salting process. To expand its line of recreational equipment, AMF bought W. J.
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line of children's and youth bicycles from the
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equipment under the AMF brand. The gymnastics division was later spun off to form
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207:World War II
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49:Company type
1899:Gary Fisher
1749:Specialized
1689:Rhoades Car
1459:Diamondback
1449:Cycle Force
1389:Bike Friday
1243:, May, 1956
763:"AMF Reece"
702:Minneapolis
597:(including
503:Atlas ICBMs
387:Little Rock
317:AMF Atomics
172:diversified
128:AMF Bowling
2138:Categories
2023:Components
1914:Iron Horse
1879:Clark-Kent
1794:Van Dessel
1759:TerraCycle
1704:Santa Cruz
1694:Roadmaster
1414:Cannondale
1317:Catamarans
1058:Nucleonics
908:census.gov
856:. May 1956
724:References
635:gymnastics
623:scuba gear
599:exercycles
536:under the
417:Little 500
374:Roadmaster
289:scuba gear
269:exercycles
188:New Jersey
39:Trade name
2095:Speedplay
2040:Bontrager
1824:Yamaguchi
1809:Waterford
1684:Rivendell
1589:Milwaukee
1569:Litespeed
1549:K2 Sports
1519:Hutch BMX
1464:Dynacraft
1429:Co-Motion
1424:Centurion
1289:sailboats
1287:Monohull
1281:sailboats
1153:April 18,
860:April 17,
834:April 17,
691:regulator
678:in 1981.
672:Panasonic
587:Ben Hogan
540:program.
489:Ben Hogan
383:Cleveland
261:Ben Hogan
257:snow skis
168:AMF, Inc.
135:AMF Reece
121:Successor
2123:Category
2090:SureStop
2085:RockShox
2060:Fyxation
1999:Sterling
1929:Kogswell
1894:Fat City
1864:American
1819:Worksman
1734:Softride
1634:Priority
1594:Mongoose
1539:Italvega
1494:Fyxation
1444:Cruzbike
1434:Columbia
1404:Brooklyn
1399:Bohemian
1297:AMF 2100
1181:July 27,
1111:July 17,
1088:BioCycle
613:and the
564:monorail
522:Pakistan
442:and the
391:Arkansas
225:as "the
200:New York
192:Brooklyn
67:New York
63:Brooklyn
1994:Stelber
1984:Serotta
1974:Rambler
1964:Overman
1954:Monarch
1909:Indiana
1874:Chicago
1857:Defunct
1789:Univega
1769:Tommaso
1714:Schwinn
1709:Santana
1669:Redline
1644:Quality
1624:Pacific
1614:Nishiki
1559:Kestrel
1499:Gendron
1474:Electra
1439:Cortina
1419:Catrike
1394:Bilenky
1377:Current
1330:Trac 16
1325:Trac 14
1206:May 29,
1133:. 2007.
885:May 29,
704:-based
661:Decline
611:Sunfish
480:pretzel
211:Bicycle
178:History
103: (
95:Defunct
85:Founder
74: (
59:Founded
53:Private
2080:Lezyne
2045:Burley
2014:Wright
2004:Stover
1989:Shelby
1969:Pocket
1959:Murray
1949:Merlin
1934:LeMond
1804:Volagi
1774:Torker
1619:Novara
1409:Calfee
1307:Puffer
621:, and
607:mopeds
560:SAFEGE
440:Taiwan
287:, and
285:mopeds
205:After
2070:Hayes
2050:Coker
1944:Melon
1939:Lotus
1924:Klein
1889:Eagle
1799:Villy
1754:Surly
1724:Seven
1699:Salsa
1664:Razor
1609:Niner
1599:Moots
1579:Marin
1574:Magna
1544:Jamis
1514:Huffy
1454:Dahon
943:(PDF)
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915:(PDF)
904:(PDF)
687:Mares
69:(1900
2105:Zipp
2100:SRAM
2065:Giro
2030:Bell
1979:Ross
1839:Zigo
1834:Yuba
1829:Yeti
1779:Trek
1744:SOMA
1739:Solé
1659:Rans
1639:Pure
1629:Pope
1604:Next
1584:Masi
1564:Kona
1554:Kent
1524:Ibis
1509:Haro
1489:Fuji
1484:Felt
1469:DYNO
1208:2018
1183:2011
1155:2018
1113:2016
1044:.com
1023:2013
887:2018
862:2015
836:2015
805:Time
770:2014
749:2014
615:Hilu
591:Voit
579:Head
534:Iran
526:Iran
524:and
499:ICBM
485:Voit
425:Masi
335:and
265:Voit
113:Fate
105:1985
98:1985
76:1900
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2035:BTI
1919:JMC
1869:AMF
1654:R+E
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