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Bowstring releases

  • US 5,937,842 A
  • Filed: 01/05/1998
  • Issued: 08/17/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/05/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A bowstring release comprising a handle body, said handle body supporting:

  • a jaw release housing and associated jaws actuable by means of a firing pin extending into an interior portion of the handle body;

    a hammer bar including a hammer head engagable with said firing pin and movable to a cocked position by means of a cocking trigger portion of said hammer bar, said cocking trigger extending outside said handle body;

    a firing trigger assembly including a firing trigger outside said handle body and a trigger actuating arm located within said handle body; and

    a roller sear housing having one end engageable with said trigger actuating arm, said roller sear housing rotatable supporting a roller sear engageable with said hammer head;

    wherein, when said hammer head is seated in said roller sear housing in a cocked position, pressure applied to said firing trigger causes said roller sear housing to release said hammer head for firing engagement with said firing pin.

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