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Title: Old Bear archery memorabilia
Post by: Rick Enos on May 07, 2009, 06:13:00 PM

Just picked these arrows up.They were purchased ar Bear archery plant in Grayling at the big sale just before the move to Gainsville.The Bear-matic steel plate looks like maybe it went on a machine at the Bear plant.If anyone has pictures of the machinery at the Bear plant & can ID this Bear-matic plate I would appreciate it.It looks like maybe push buttons went in the larger holes to operate machinery.


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Title: Re: Old Bear archery memorabilia
Post by: reddogge on May 07, 2009, 07:23:00 PM

Would that be to install coins in risers?

Title: Re: Old Bear archery memorabilia
Post by: Rick Enos on May 07, 2009, 08:22:00 PM

Red dog I have no idea what it is.I thought it may be a plate for a pushbutton system on one of Bears machines.

Title: Re: Old Bear archery memorabilia
Post by: JavelinaHink on May 07, 2009, 09:50:00 PM

Rick,   I have some pictures of workers on different machines when Bear went to Grayling and I believe there from an early time frame then the one you have a cover plate for. It would be nice to see if someone else has some pictures from 1956 and later , Bear Matic rings a bell...but not a loud one.

Thanks for the post....    :archer:

Title: Re: Old Bear archery memorabilia
Post by: ckruse on May 07, 2009, 10:16:00 PM

Maybe it's a control panel from the Razorhead press? How cool would that be?   :saywhat:  CKruse

Title: Re: Old Bear archery memorabilia
Post by: Earl E. Nov...mber on May 09, 2009, 05:08:00 PM

I'm with Cam.. It looks like a control panel that was once loaded with push buttons or light.. Now if we just new what for,

Title: Re: Old Bear archery memorabilia
Post by: Snakeeater on May 10, 2009, 10:09:00 PM

Try contacting the company that made the plate.

Title: Re: Old Bear archery memorabilia
Post by: Rick Enos on May 24, 2009, 06:36:00 PM

I've tried that,With no luck.I was just hoping some of the wizards of Tradgang had maybe seen a picture or something.Rick...

Title: Re: Old Bear archery memorabilia
Post by: bearmagtd on May 24, 2009, 09:11:00 PM

Rick I think it is a push button plate for a arrowmatic target return machine. From back in the day when there was a lot of indoor target ranges. Arrowmatic was from Wisconsin and made machines for indor target type systems. I would have guessed that Bear had some systems with there name on them for sale to the Pro shops.I worked in a Bear service center as a kid and we had a number of things with Bear Archery on them in the shop.

Title: Re: Old Bear archery memorabilia
Post by: Rick Enos on May 24, 2009, 09:24:00 PM

OK,I haven't heard of arrowmatic arrow return system.I'm guessing that this came out of a archery range rather than Bear archery from Grayling.By any chance would you have a Picture of one of these systems.Do you now if the Company still exists.Thanks....

Title: Re: Old Bear archery memorabilia
Post by: TonyW on May 24, 2009, 10:58:00 PM

http://www.freepatentsonline.com/3770914.html  

More than you will ever want to know aboutREMOTE CONTROL TARGET APPARATUS Document Type and Number:United States Patent 3770914 Arrowmatic, Inc. (Manitowish Waters, WI)

Title: Re: Old Bear archery memorabilia
Post by: TonyW on May 24, 2009, 11:01:00 PM

These are the drawings for the Arrow-matic, or your "Bear-matic" from Wisconsin


 http://www.google.com/patents?id=mrc0AAAAEBAJ&pg=PA1&lpg=PA1&dq=arrowmatic+archery&source=bl&ots=0kK4nyuhGw&sig=ifJYttKsRm5cCyd04EHcJkgL0iE&hl=en&ei=AwgaSrKwK4GNtgfp8azqDA&sa=X&oi=  book_result&ct=result&resnum=9#PPA13,M1 (http://www.google.com/patents?id=mrc0AAAAEBAJ&pg=PA1&lpg=PA1&dq=arrowmatic+archery&source=bl&ots=0kK4nyuhGw&sig=ifJYttKsRm5cCyd04EHcJkgL0iE&hl=en&ei=AwgaSrKwK4GNtgfp8azqDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9#PPA13,M1)

Title: Re: Old Bear archery memorabilia
Post by: TonyW on May 24, 2009, 11:07:00 PM

United States Patent 1191

Larsen

[in 3,770,914

[45] Nov. 6, 1973

[54] REMOTE CONTROL TARGET APPARATUS

[75] Inventor: Henry A. Larsen, Manitowish Waters, Wis.

[73] Assignee: Arrowmatic, Inc., Manitowish Waters, Wis.

[22] Filed: Aug. 31, 1970