Mechanical guns and projectors – Spring – Bow
Reexamination Certificate
2000-05-19
2001-01-23
Ricci, John A. (Department: 3712)
Mechanical guns and projectors
Spring
Bow
Reexamination Certificate
active
06176231
ABSTRACT:
TECHNICAL FIELD
This invention is concerned with the mounting of a cable guard on a compound archery bow.
BACKGROUND ART
Compound archery bows are those in which a cam or wheel is mounted at the free ends of the bow limbs and a cable is run back and forth over the cams or wheels. There are usually three runs of the cable all lying in the same plane. Only the rearmost cable run functions as a drawstring and means must be provided to position the other cable runs out of the path of the arrow. This means is referred to as a “cable guard”, or a “spreader”.
The cable guard is customarily mounted on the bow riser either above or below the handle and extends rearwardly to the forward cable runs. Most prior art guard mounting arrangements required threaded holes in the bow riser which were difficult to repair if damaged and frequently required replacement of the entire riser—an expensive repair.
There continues to be a need for a cable guard mounting arrangement which is simple, attractive and economical to repair.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
One end of the cable guard is housed in a smooth bore machined in the bow riser. The axis of the bore is substantially parallel to the plane of the drawstring. A transverse hole through the riser is provided to house two clamp members in positions to engage the housed end portion of the guard. A bolt extending through one of the clamp members is threadably received in the other clamp member and draws the clamp members toward each other and into frictional engagement with the housed portion of the guard. The outer surfaces of the clamp members are preferably flush with or recessed with respect to those surfaces of the riser in the vicinity of the hole.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4377152 (1983-03-01), Saunders
patent: 4452222 (1984-06-01), Quartino et al.
patent: 5433792 (1995-07-01), Darlington
patent: 5911215 (1999-06-01), Fisher
Cahill Sutton & Thomas P.L.C.
Precision Shooting Equipment Inc.
Ricci John A.
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