Bowstring drawing device for a crossbow

• US 7,100,590 B2
• Filed: 01/28/2005
• Issued: 09/05/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Poe Lang Enterprise Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Poe Lang Enterprise Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Chang, Chu-Wei
• Primary Examiner(s): Ricci, John A.
• Application Number:
  US11/043,927
• Publication Number:
  US 20060169258A1
• Time in Patent Office: 585 Days
• Field of Search: 124/25
• US Class Current: 124/25
• CPC Class Codes: F41B 5/123 Compound crossbows
• CPC Class Codes: F41B 5/1469 Bow-string drawing or releasing devices F41B5/1473 takes precedence

Abstract

A bowstring drawing device for a crossbow has a mounting base, a reeling device and a hook. The mounting base has a rail. The reeling device has a casing with a bottom face and a rail recess defined in the bottom face of the casing to slidably engage with the rail of the mounting base. A wheel assembly is accommodated inside the casing and a crank arm connected to drive the wheel assembly. A clutch is operationally connected to the wheel assembly. The hook is retractably connected to the reeling device by a string. Because the reeling device and the mounting base are engaged with the rail and rail recess, detachment or engagement of the reeling device is convenient. Moreover, the crank arm and the wheel assembly also make the operation of the bowstring drawing device effort-saving.

Claims

1. A bowstring drawing device for a crossbow, the bowstring drawing device comprising:

a mounting base adapted to mount on a butt of the crossbow and having a rail;

a reeling device detachably attached to the mounting base and having

a casing with a bottom face having a rail recess defined in the bottom face to slidably engage the rail on the mounting base;

a wheel assembly accommodated inside the casing to reel a string;

a crank arm connected to and driving the wheel assembly; and

a clutch connected to and locking the wheel assembly; and

a hook retractably connected to the reeling device by the string.

2. The bowstring drawing device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mounting base (10) is a U-shaped frame and has

a top face;

two sidewalls extending from the top face; and

the rail (11) formed on the top face and being dovetail-shaped,

wherein the rail recess (222) on the casing (22) is dovetail-shaped to correspondingly engage the rail (11) on the mounting base (10).

3. The bowstring drawing device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the casing (22) is composed of a rectangular base and a curved cover and has a front face, a rear face, two side faces and a bottom face;

two through holes (224) are respectively defined in the front face near the two side faces to allow the string to extend through the two through holes (224); and

the wheel assembly (24) has;

a polygonal shaft rotatably secured inside the casing (22);

two string wheels (242) mounted on the polygonal shaft (241) respectively beside the two side faces of the casing (22);

a driven wheel (244) mounted on the polygonal shaft (241) beside one of the string wheels (242);

a unidirectional wheel (245) also mounted on the polygonal shaft (241) beside the other string wheel (242); and

a driving wheel (243) rotatably driven by the crank arm (26) and engaging the driven wheel (244),

wherein, the clutch (28) detachably engages the unidirectional wheel (245);

and

the string (35) has two ends respectively reeling on the two string wheels (242).

4. The bowstring drawing device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the clutch (28) has

an engaging end (282) engaging the unidirectional wheel (245);

a levering end (284) extending out of the rear face of the casing (22); and

a spring (286) clamped between the levering end (284) and the casing (22) to keep the engaging end (282) attaching the unidirectional wheel (245).

5. The bowstring drawing device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the hook (30) is U-shaped frame composed of two arms and a front edge and has

two distal ends;

a bottom face;

a string channel (32) defined through the whole U-shaped frame to allow the string (35) to extend through the hook (30) through the string channel (32) so as to connect the hook (30) and the reeling device (20);

two rollers (34) respectively attaching at the two distal ends of the U-shaped frame;

a barrel recess (36) defined at the bottom face at the front edge; and

two cutouts (38) respectively defined in the bottom face under the two arms.

6. The bowstring drawing device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the mounting base (10′

) is composed of two symmetrical shells.

7. The bowstring drawing device as claimed in claim 6, wherein the bowstring drawing device further has a backboard (40) detachably mounted on the casing (22) and adapted to mount on a butt of the crossbow.

8. The bowstring drawing device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the casing (22) is composed of a rectangular base and a curved cover and has a front face, a rear face, two side faces and a bottom face;

two through holes (224) are respectively defined in the front face near the two side faces to allow the string to extend through the two through holes (224); and

the wheel assembly (24) has;

a polygonal shaft (241) rotatably secured inside the casing (22);

two string wheels (242) mounted on the polygonal shaft (241) respectively beside the two side faces of the casing (22);

a driven wheel (244) mounted on the polygonal shaft (241) beside one of the string wheels (242);

a unidirectional wheel (245) also mounted on the polygonal shaft (241) beside the other string wheel (242); and

a driving wheel (243) rotatably driven by the crank arm (26) and engaging the driven wheel (244),

wherein, the clutch (28) detachably engages the unidirectional wheel (245); and

the string (35) has two ends respectively reeling on the two string wheels (242).

9. The bowstring drawing device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hook (30) is U-shaped frame composed of two arms and a front edge and has

two distal ends;

a bottom face;

a string channel (32) defined through the whole U-shaped frame to allow the string (35) to extend through the hook (30) through the string channel (32) so as to connect the hook (30) and the reeling device (20);

two rollers (34) respectively attaching at the two distal ends of the U-shaped frame;

a barrel recess (36) defined at the bottom face at the front edge; and

two cutouts (38) respectively defined in the bottom face under the two arms.