Crossbow Having A Halo-Type Cable Hub
AssigneeBarnett Outdoors, LLC
InventorDavid A. Barnett
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Abstract
The crossbow preferably includes a rail, a riser, two energy storing components, (such as two limbs), two cams, and a bowstring harness. The bowstring harness is operably coupled with the cams. A halo-type cable hub is operably coupled with the bow riser or rail. The bowstring harness is operably coupled with the halo-type cable hub. The halo-type cable hub has a first side and a second side, an upper portion and a lower portion, and is of a material that is stronger than the material of the riser and rail. The first and seconds sides are preferably built as mirror images of each other at a centerline of the rail.
Claims6
A crossbow comprising:
- a riser and a rail, said riser and the distal end of said rail are coupled together within a bore in said riser, said bore is internally sized to encompass and receive said rail and at least the cross-sectional diameter of an arrow and externally sized to receive a halo-type cable hub;
- the halo-type cable hub having an inner surface sized to encompass and receive the external surface of the bore of said riser;
- a first upper and lower cable anchor, and a second upper and lower cable anchor coupled with said halo-type cable hub;
- a bowstring harness having a bowstring and at least one cable;
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- a first 3-track cam and a second 3-track cam, wherein the bowstring harness is operably coupled with said first and second 3-track cams and said halo-type cable hub.
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A crossbow comprising:
- a riser and a rail, said riser and the distal end of said rail are coupled together within a bore in said riser, said bore is internally sized to encompass and receive the distal end of said rail and at least the cross-sectional diameter of an arrow and externally sized to receive a halo-type cable hub;
- the halo-type cable hub having an upper portion and lower portion that are sized to encompass and couple with the external surface of the bore of said riser;
- a first upper and lower cable anchor, and a second upper and lower cable anchor coupled with said halo-type cable hub;
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- a launch string, a first cable coupled with a first 3-track cam and a second cable coupled with a second 3-track cam, each one of said first and second 3-track cams include a string track, an upper cable track and a lower cable track, said string track is located between said upper and lower cable tracks, wherein said launch string having a first segment retained in said string track of said first 3-track cam and a second segment retained in said string track of said second 3-track cam, the first end of said first cable is coupled to a first upper cable anchor and the second end of said first cable is coupled to a first lower cable anchor, the first end of said second cable is coupled to a second upper cable anchor and second end of said second cable is coupled to a second lower cable anchor.
A crossbow comprising:
- a riser and a rail, said riser and said rail are coupled together;
- a halo-type cable hub operably coupled with said rail, the halo-type cable hub having an inner surface sized to encompass and receive an external surface of said rail and cross-sectional diameter of an arrow;
- a first upper and lower cable anchor, and a second upper and lower cable anchor coupled with said halo-type cable hub;
- a bowstring harness having a bowstring and at least one cable;
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- a first 3-track cam and a second 3-track cam, wherein the bowstring harness is operably coupled with said first and second 3-track cams and said halo-type cable hub.
A crossbow comprising:
- a riser and a rail, said riser and said rail are coupled together;
- a halo-type cable hub operably coupled with said rail, the halo-type cable hub having an inner surface sized to encompass and receive the external surface of the rail and cross-sectional diameter of an arrow;
- a first upper and lower cable anchor, and a second upper and lower cable anchor coupled with said halo-type cable hub;
- a first 3-track cam and a second 3-track cam, a launch string, a first cable coupled with said first cam and a second cable coupled with said second cam, each one of said first and second 3-track cams include a string track, a upper cable track and a lower cable track, said string track is located between said first and second cable tracks, wherein said launch string having a first segment retained in said string track of said first 3-track cam and a second segment retained in said string track of said second 3-track cam, each of said first and second cables have a first end, a second end and a mid-segment, said mid-segment of said first cable is retained in a first cam portal, said mid-segment of said second cable is retained in a second cam portal, said first end of said first cable is coupled to a first upper cable anchor and a second end of said first cable is coupled to a first lower cable anchor, said first end of said second cable is coupled to a second upper cable anchor and a second end of said second cable is coupled to a second lower cable anchor,
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