Dual-feed single-cam compound bow
DCFirst Claim
1. A dual-feed single-cam compound bow comprisinga pair of flexible resilient bow limbs forming first and second outer bow limb ends with a handle connecting inner ends thereof,a single drop-off cam journaled at the first outer bow limb end and having eccentric peripheral groove portions,a pulley concentrically journaled at the second outer bow limb end and having peripheral concentric groove portions,an elongated cable, having an intermediate portion trained around the concentric pulley to form two cable sections extending between the pulley and the cam, one section forming a bowstring having feed-out end portions at both ends thereof and the other section forming a take-up portion at the pulley end thereof and a feed-out portion at the cam end thereof, both received in eccentric peripheral groove portions of the cam in a manner to provide a pair of feed-out sections extending from the cam toward the pulley,the ends of the two cable sections being positively anchored to the cam to produce the desired drop-off rotation of the cam when the bowstring is drawn, andan anchor cable extending between the two limbs with one end thereof fixed to the second bow limb end and the other anchor cable end fixed to the cam and trained in a take-up groove portion of the cam to produce controlled flexing of the bow limbs during the drawing of the bowstring.
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Abstract
A cam is eccentrically journaled at one end of a compound archery bow and a pulley is journaled at the other end of the bow. A cable passes around the pulley to form a bowstring section and a second cable section, both sections forming a dual feed single cam compound bow. The amount of feed out to both ends of the bowstring is approximately the same. One embodiment of the cam provides a large radius cam groove and a smaller radius cam groove which are designed to synchronize the rate of cable feed out at both ends of the bowstring section during the drawing operation. An anchor cable is provided to tie the two limbs of the bow together during the flexing of the bow.
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1. A dual-feed single-cam compound bow comprising
a pair of flexible resilient bow limbs forming first and second outer bow limb ends with a handle connecting inner ends thereof, a single drop-off cam journaled at the first outer bow limb end and having eccentric peripheral groove portions, a pulley concentrically journaled at the second outer bow limb end and having peripheral concentric groove portions, an elongated cable, having an intermediate portion trained around the concentric pulley to form two cable sections extending between the pulley and the cam, one section forming a bowstring having feed-out end portions at both ends thereof and the other section forming a take-up portion at the pulley end thereof and a feed-out portion at the cam end thereof, both received in eccentric peripheral groove portions of the cam in a manner to provide a pair of feed-out sections extending from the cam toward the pulley, the ends of the two cable sections being positively anchored to the cam to produce the desired drop-off rotation of the cam when the bowstring is drawn, and an anchor cable extending between the two limbs with one end thereof fixed to the second bow limb end and the other anchor cable end fixed to the cam and trained in a take-up groove portion of the cam to produce controlled flexing of the bow limbs during the drawing of the bowstring.
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