Graphite arrow and method of manufacture
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1. A fiber-reinforced archery arrow having an elongate shaft, a fletching portion at a first end of the shaft, and a tip portion at a second end of the shaft, the shaft comprising:
- (a) a plurality of first fibers longitudinally oriented along the shaft;
(b) a plurality of second fibers biased to the longitudinally oriented fibers;
(c) a binder holding together the first fibers and the second fibers;
(d) the shaft further comprising a parallel portion and a tapered portion; and
(e) wherein the parallel portion is adjacent the tip portion and the tapered portion is between the parallel portion and the fletching portion, wherein the diameter of the tapered portion gradually and continuously decreases from the parallel portion.
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A graphite archery arrow having an elongate shaft, a fletching portion at the end of the shaft, and a tip portion at the opposite end of the shaft, the shaft consisting of a number of graphite fibers longitudinally oriented along the shaft; a number of graphite fibers biased to the longitudinally oriented graphite fibers; and a binder holding together the longitudinally oriented graphite fibers and the biased graphite fibers. The arrow may also have a tapered portion and a parallel portion.
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1. A fiber-reinforced archery arrow having an elongate shaft, a fletching portion at a first end of the shaft, and a tip portion at a second end of the shaft, the shaft comprising:
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(a) a plurality of first fibers longitudinally oriented along the shaft;
(b) a plurality of second fibers biased to the longitudinally oriented fibers;
(c) a binder holding together the first fibers and the second fibers;
(d) the shaft further comprising a parallel portion and a tapered portion; and
(e) wherein the parallel portion is adjacent the tip portion and the tapered portion is between the parallel portion and the fletching portion, wherein the diameter of the tapered portion gradually and continuously decreases from the parallel portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A fiber-reinforced archery arrow having an elongate shaft, a fletching portion at a first end of the shaft, and a tip portion at a second end of the shaft, the shaft comprising:
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(a) a plurality of first fibers longitudinally oriented along the shaft;
(b) a plurality of second fibers biased to the longitudinally oriented fibers at an angle from about 10 degrees to about 90 degrees;
(c) a binder holding together the first fibers and the second fibers; and
(d) the shaft further comprising a parallel portion and a tapered portion, wherein the parallel portion is adjacent the tip portion and the tapered portion is between the parallel portion and the fletching portion, and wherein the diameter of the tapered portion gradually and continuously decreases from the parallel portion. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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