Compound archery bow with bilateral cable cams

In a compound archery bow which includes a handle riser and first and second longitudinally extending limbs attached thereto, the improvement comprising,

• a pair of similarly dimensioned first eccentric projection means, each having a grooved circumferential rim for carrying a cable, and respectively mounted for rotation on a first lateral side of each of the two limbs, distally of the riser,
• a pair of similarly dimensioned second eccentric projection means, each having a grooved circumferential rim for carrying a cable, and respectively mounted for rotation on a second lateral side of each of the two limbs, distally of the riser,
• means interconnecting the first and second eccentric projection means on the respective limbs for common rotation of said first and second eccentric projection means,
• a bow string disposed in the grooved circumferential rim of the first eccentric projection means whose ends are secured to the respective ones of the first eccentric projection means,
• a first cable having a tie-off end and a free end, where the tie-off end is secured to the said second lateral side of the first limb, distally of the riser, and where the first cable is disposed in the grooved circumferential rim of the second eccentric projection means which is mounted on the second limb and whose free end is secured to the same eccentric projection means in whose grooved rim it is disposed,
• a second cable having a tie-off end and a free end, where the tie-off end is secured to the said second lateral side of the second limb, distally of the riser, and where the second cable is disposed in the grooved circumferential rim of the second eccentric projection means which is mounted on the first limb and whose free end is secured to the same eccentric projection means in whose grooved rim it is disposed.

In a compound archery bow having two limbs attached to a bow handle and where the limbs each have first and second lateral sides, the improvement comprising,

• first and second bow string cams, each having cable carrying peripheral rims and rotatably mounted on the first lateral side of the respective two limbs,
• first and second power cable cams, each having cable carrying peripheral rims and mounted on the second lateral side of the respective two limbs, each to be rotatable with the bow string cam which is mounted on the same limb,
• first and second cable anchor means disposed on the second lateral side of each of the respective limbs,
• a bow string carried in the rims of the bow string cams, where the terminal ends of the bow string are attached to the respective first and second bow string cams,
• a first power cable having one end attached to the first cable anchor means and run to the distal end of the opposing limb, where the other end thereof is carried by the rim of the second power cable cam and is then attached to the second power cable cam, and
• a second power cable having one end attached to the second cable anchor means and run to the distal end of the opposing limb, where the other end thereof is carried by the rim of the first power cable cam and is then attached to the first power cable cam.

A compound archery bow comprising,

• a pair of flexible limbs interconnected by a handle portion,
• first and second rotatable input drive means carried by and disposed on a first lateral side of each of the respective limbs,
• a bow string attached at each of its two ends to the respective first and second input drive means for rotating the input drive means when the bow string is drawn,
• first and second output drive means, carried by and disposed on a second and opposing lateral side of each of the respective limbs, and operatively connected to the respective input drive means,
• cable means interconnecting each of the output drive means and the opposing limb, for drawing the distal ends of the limbs toward one another when the bow string is drawn.