Combination of arrow having nock means and arrow release mechanism
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1. A hand-held arrow release mechanism and an arrow having an arrow nock coupled thereto which nock is received on a bowstring, the combination comprising:
- an arrow having an arrow nock coupled thereto, said nock having a cam surface thereon which cam surface faces the forward tip of said arrow, diverges outwardly from the longitudinal axis of said arrow and extends rearwardly of said arrow along the longitudinal axis thereof; and
a release mechanism comprisinga central body member having a hand grasping portion;
a pair of opposed jaws, each having a recess on facing sides thereof, the forward portion of each recess being in the form of a cam follower surface corresponding to part of said cam surface on said nock;
means for pivotally mounting said jaws to said body member;
means for biasing said opposed jaws toward each other into a grasping position in which said cam surface portion of said nock contacts said cam follower surfaces of the recesses;
locking means for locking said jaws together in the grasping position thereby locking said nock between said jaws; and
manually activated means, coupled to said locking means, for releasing said locking means thereby allowing said nock cam surface to move forward along said cam follower surfaces under the influence of the bowstring pulling on said nock so said jaws are pivoted outwardly of the grasping position by the moving nock cam surface, thereby releasing said nock and arrow therefrom.
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Abstract
An arrow release mechanism having opposed pivotal jaws with substantially hemispherical sockets on facing sides for releasable reception of a substantially spherical arrow nock. One embodiment includes a pivotal trigger for locking and unlocking the jaws in their nock grasping position and a universally coupled handle. A second embodiment includes two linkage members for locking and unlocking the jaws.
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1. A hand-held arrow release mechanism and an arrow having an arrow nock coupled thereto which nock is received on a bowstring, the combination comprising:
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an arrow having an arrow nock coupled thereto, said nock having a cam surface thereon which cam surface faces the forward tip of said arrow, diverges outwardly from the longitudinal axis of said arrow and extends rearwardly of said arrow along the longitudinal axis thereof; and a release mechanism comprising a central body member having a hand grasping portion; a pair of opposed jaws, each having a recess on facing sides thereof, the forward portion of each recess being in the form of a cam follower surface corresponding to part of said cam surface on said nock; means for pivotally mounting said jaws to said body member; means for biasing said opposed jaws toward each other into a grasping position in which said cam surface portion of said nock contacts said cam follower surfaces of the recesses; locking means for locking said jaws together in the grasping position thereby locking said nock between said jaws; and manually activated means, coupled to said locking means, for releasing said locking means thereby allowing said nock cam surface to move forward along said cam follower surfaces under the influence of the bowstring pulling on said nock so said jaws are pivoted outwardly of the grasping position by the moving nock cam surface, thereby releasing said nock and arrow therefrom. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16)
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15. A hand-held arrow release mechanism for use with an arrow nock releasably received in the release mechanism, the arrow nock being coupled to an arrow received on a bowstring, the combination comprising:
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an arrow having an arrow nock coupled thereto, said nock having a protuberance thereon with a cam surface facing the forward tip of said arrow; and a release mechanism including a central body member having a hand grasping portion, a pair of opposed jaws, each having a recess on facing sides thereof, the forward portion of each recess being in the form of a cam follower surface corresponding to part of the cam surface on said nock, means for pivotally mounting said jaws to said body member, means for biasing said opposed jaws towards each other into a grasping position in which the cam surface portion of said arrow nock contacts the cam follower surfaces of said recesses, locking means for locking said jaws together in the grasping position thereby locking said arrow nock protuberance between said jaws, and manually activated means, coupled to said locking means, for releasing said locking means thereby allowing said nock cam surface to move forward along said cam follower surfaces under the influence of the bowstring pulling on said nock so said jaws are pivoted outwardly of the grasping position by the moving nock cam surface, thereby releasing said nock and arrow therefrom.
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