A string guide system for a bow, the string guide system comprising:
- a drawstring configured to move between a released configuration and a drawn configuration;
- a string carrier slidably coupled with a center rail of the bow, the string carrier including a pin, the string carrier configured to selectively engage the drawstring and move between a forward position and a retracted position;
- a retaining mechanism movably coupled with the center rail and configured to selectively engage with the pin of the string carrier to selectively retain the string carrier in the retracted position, wherein the retaining mechanism moves between a first position in which the retaining mechanism is engaged with the pin and a second position in which the retaining mechanism is disengaged from the pin;
- a release lever coupled with the retaining mechanism and actuatable to move the retaining mechanism between the first position and the second position, wherein an engagement between the retaining mechanism in the first position with the pin of the string carrier in the retracted position substantially prevents an actuation of the release lever to move the retaining mechanism to the second position, and wherein the string carrier is movable to a disengage position rearward of the retracted position to disengage the pin from the retaining mechanism such that, when the string carrier is in the disengage position, an actuation of the release lever moves the retaining mechanism from the first position to the second position;
- a string guide engaged with the drawstring, the string guide defining an axis of rotation and a plane of rotation about the axis of rotation, the string guide configured to couple to the bow;
- a power cable including an end portion and a second portion;
- a power cable attachment post coupled to the string guide and structured to secure the end portion of the power cable to the string guide, the power cable attachment post extending vertically from the string guide to position the end portion of the power cable a first distance from the plane of rotation;
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- a power cable journal extending vertically away from the plane of rotation along the axis of rotation and shaped to displace the power cable progressively farther away from the plane of rotation as the string guide system rotates about the axis of rotation as the drawstring moves from the drawn configuration to the released configuration;
- wherein as the drawstring moves from the released configuration to the drawn configuration, the power cable journal displaces the second portion of the power cable vertically away from the plane of rotation such that the second portion of the power cable is positioned a second distance from the plane of rotation with the drawstring in the drawn configuration, wherein the second distance is greater than the first distance, wherein the vertical displacement of the second portion of the power cable creates a gap between the second portion of the power cable and the plane of rotation;
- wherein as the drawstring moves from the released configuration to the drawn configuration, (i) the string guide rotates about the axis of rotation and (ii) the power cable attachment post and the end portion of the power cable move between the second portion of the power cable and the plane of rotation without contacting the second portion of the power cable.