Wide-body arrow having tapered tail
First Claim
1. A method of manufacturing an arrow shaft, comprising:
- providing a mandrel having a first cylindrical portion having a first diameter and a second cylindrical portion having a second diameter;
wrapping carbon fiber about said mandrel to form an arrow shaft with a tip end and a fletching end having a first internal diameter adjacent said tip end and a second internal diameter adjacent said fletching end, wherein said first internal diameter has said first diameter and said second internal diameter has said second diameter;
impregnating said arrow shaft with an epoxy resin;
removing said arrow shaft from said mandrel; and
forming a taper on said fletching end of said arrow shaft by removing material from said fletching end.
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Abstract
A cylindrical carbon fiber arrow shaft formed with an increased external diameter of 0.380 inches. This arrow shaft is formed with an axial bore which has a first internal diameter throughout a substantial portion of the shaft length, and a second, smaller, internal diameter throughout the fletching end of the arrow. The second internal diameter corresponds to the internal diameter of standard arrows having external diameters of 0.295 inches. Using this standard internal diameter at the fletching-end of the arrow, standard nooks may be used without the need for any spacer or insert, thereby decreasing fletching-end weight significantly and providing for the proper and more desired location of the center of gravity forward on the arrow.
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11 Claims
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1. A method of manufacturing an arrow shaft, comprising:
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providing a mandrel having a first cylindrical portion having a first diameter and a second cylindrical portion having a second diameter; wrapping carbon fiber about said mandrel to form an arrow shaft with a tip end and a fletching end having a first internal diameter adjacent said tip end and a second internal diameter adjacent said fletching end, wherein said first internal diameter has said first diameter and said second internal diameter has said second diameter; impregnating said arrow shaft with an epoxy resin; removing said arrow shaft from said mandrel; and forming a taper on said fletching end of said arrow shaft by removing material from said fletching end. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of manufacturing an arrow shaft, comprising:
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providing a mandrel having a first cylindrical portion having a first diameter and a second cylindrical portion having a second diameter; wrapping carbon fiber about said mandrel to form an arrow shaft having a uniform external diameter with a tip end and a nock end, a first internal bore having said first diameter adjacent said tip end, and a second internal bore having said second diameter adjacent said fletching end; impregnating said carbon fiber with an epoxy resin; heating said carbon fiber, epoxy resin and mandrel; cooling said carbon fiber, epoxy resin and mandrel; removing said carbon fiber and epoxy resin from said mandrel; and removing material on said fletching end of said arrow shaft to form a taper on said fletching end of said arrow shaft. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A method of manufacturing an arrow shaft, comprising:
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providing a mandrel having a first cylindrical portion having a first diameter and a second cylindrical portion having a second diameter; wrapping carbon fiber about said mandrel; impregnating said carbon fiber with an epoxy resin; removing said carbon fiber with said epoxy resin from said mandrel; and removing material from said carbon fiber and said epoxy resin to form a tapered end. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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