Device and systems for a semi-automatic crossbow
AssigneeLimin' Innovations LLC
InventorScott S. Blackstock
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Abstract
The disclosed technology includes a semi-automatic crossbow having a stock, a plurality of limbs, a drawstring, a bolt feeder, a barrel, a draw assembly, and a release. The draw assembly can be configured to automatically move the drawstring to a cocked position and the release can include a trigger and be configured to release the drawstring when the trigger is actuated. The disclosed technology can further include a truck configured to engage the drawstring and a bolt such that the bolt can be propelled forward by the truck when the drawstring is released by the release.
Claims14
A crossbow comprising:
- one or more limbs;
- a drawstring connected to the one or more limbs and configured to engage a bolt;
- a draw assembly configured to move the drawstring to a cocked position, the draw assembly comprising a truck configured to engage the drawstring and the bolt;
- a barrel configured to guide the bolt toward a target when the bolt is fired, the barrel defining a barrel channel configured to receive the truck;
- and
- a bolt magazine attachable to the crossbow and configured to hold a plurality of bolts, the bolt being one of the plurality of bolts;
- wherein the truck is configured to:
- extend at least partially into the barrel through the barrel channel to engage the bolt, and
- slide along a channel extending along a length of the crossbow parallel to the barrel, the truck extending from the channel and into the barrel channel.
A crossbow system comprising:
- a revolving cylinder configured to hold a plurality of bolts simultaneously, the revolving cylinder defining a plurality of revolving cylinder chambers, each revolving cylinder chamber configured to hold a bolt of the plurality of bolts and defining a chamber channel;
- and
- a draw assembly configured to automatically move a drawstring to a cocked position, the draw assembly configured to cause the revolving cylinder to rotate and position the bolt of the plurality of bolts in a firing position to be propelled by the drawstring, the draw assembly comprising a truck configured to engage the drawstring and the bolt of the plurality of bolts,
- wherein each chamber channel is configured to receive at least a portion of the truck such that at least a portion of the truck can pass through a revolving cylinder chamber of the plurality of revolving cylinder chambers to engage the bolt of the plurality of bolts.
A draw assembly for a crossbow, the draw assembly comprising:
- a cable;
- a truck configured to engage a drawstring of the crossbow;
- a hook attached to the cable and configured to engage the truck;
- and
- an electric motor, the electric motor configured to move the cable and the hook to engage the truck and move the truck with the drawstring to a cocked position,
- wherein the truck is configured to extend at least partially into a revolving cylinder chamber of a revolving cylinder to engage a bolt of a plurality of bolts, the revolving cylinder configured to hold the plurality of bolts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.