Cable guard
AssigneeIndian Industries, Inc.
InventorsPaul A. Head, James R. Allshouse, Martin L. Forbes
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Abstract
An improved cable guard for a compound archery bow having a riser, upper and lower limbs extending from the riser, pulleys mounted on the limbs, one or more cables trained around the pulleys and spanning the limbs, and a bowstring extending between the limbs. The cable guard has a one-piece construction including integrally joined mounting and cable guard portions. The cable guard portion extends rearwardly from the riser offset from the plane of the bow. To minimize lateral deflection caused by side loads generated by the deflected cables, the cable guard portion has a beam height which is increased at the mounting portion joint and continually decreases towards the free end of the cable guard.
Claims8
An improved cable guard for a compound archery bow having a riser, upper and lower bow limbs extending from said riser, pulleys mounted on said limbs, one or more cables trained around said pulleys and spanning said limbs, and a bowstring extending between said limbs, said cable guard comprising:
- a one-piece cable guard member having integrally joined mounting and cable guard portions, said mounting portion adapted to mount to said riser with said cable guard portion extending rearwarly from said riser offset relative to a plane defined by said bow limbs and said bowstring, said cable guard portion having a free end, said cable guard portion having a beam height which decreases from said mounting portion towards said free end.
A compound archery bow comprising in combination, a riser, upper and lower limbs extending from said riser, pulleys mounted on said limbs, one or more cables trained around said pulleys and spanning said limbs, a bowstring extending between said limbs, and a cable guard mounted to said riser, said limbs and said bowstring defining a plane of said bow, said cable guard being of a one-piece construction and including integrally joined mounting and cable guard portions, said mounting portion being mounted to said riser with said cable guard portion extending rearwardly from said riser and offset from said plane of said bow, said cable guard portion having a free end, and said cable guard portion having a beam height which decreases from said mounting portion towards said free end.
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