US 4,542,732 AGranted

Compound archery bow assembly

OwnerVincent F. Troncosoinventor

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Abstract

The assembly includes a compound bow having a cable guard in the form of a plate secured to the bow handle and an arm extending rearwardly thereof to deflect laterally the pulley cables out of alignment with the arrow rest for improved arrow vane clearance. A cable slide guide bearing smooth, spaced cable-receiving side grooves is integrally or separately connected to the cable guard. A novel drawcheck is utilized wherein an indicator component thereof is a flexible clicker blade or a light assembly with switch, the switch arm of which is connected to and extends from the slide guide in the path of travel of an activator component thereof. The latter is a protuberance, such as a head, block, cylinder or the like secured to one of the cables. The activator component travels with the selected cable toward the indicator component as the bowstring is drawn and contacts and activates the indicator component when the bowstring is at full draw to turn on a light or cause an audible click by the blade on a tympanum near thereto. Arrow deflection by the clicker is thus avoided. The assembly provides improved shooting performance.

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Dependent claims

A compound archery bow assembly comprising, in combination:

a. a compound archery bow having
i. a pair of spaced bow limbs at opposite ends thereof,
ii. a handle with an arrow rest on one side thereof, said handle interconnecting said bow limbs,
iii. pulleys connected to said limbs,
iv. pulley cables trained around said pulleys and spanning said bow and,
v. a bowstring connected to said cables;
b. a cable guard secured to said handle and deflecting said cables laterally out of alignment with said rest to increase arrow vane clearance;
c. a cable slide guide connected to said cable guard and guiding said cables around said guard;
and,
d. an arrow drawcheck comprising
i. an activator component means for actuating a device to indicate to a user that the bowstring is at a proper draw, said activator component means being releasably connected to one of said bow cables adjacent said slide guide, said one of said cables being movable generally in a path toward said slide guide and toward at least one of said bow links during drawing of said bowstring, bearing said activator component with it and
ii. a drawcheck indicator component means connected to said slide guide and activatable by contact with said activator component to indicate to a user a predetermined full draw position of said bowstring.

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