Vibration dampening device
OwnerPierre Pujosinventor
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Abstract
A stabilizer unit, or vibration dampening device, for hand-held implements, generally, and for archery bows, in particular. A closed container incorporated within or attached to the hand-held device is partially filled with a gelatinous mass which mass is attached to the interior of the closed container. A solid weight is suspended in the gelatinous mass. The resilient flexibility of the gelatinous mass allows relative movement of the suspended weight, providing a dampening effect on vibrations in the hand-held device
Claims20
A vibration dampening device affixed to a hand-held implement, comprising:
- a hollow container member having a unitary, rigid inner surface and an opposing outer surface, and defining a contained volume;
- a gelatinous mass having an external surface defining a lesser volume than that defined by the rigid inner surface of the container member and contained within the container member;
- a portion of the external surface of the gelatinous mass contacting the rigid inner surface of the container member;
- a means for affixing the portion of the outer surface of the gelatinous mass to the rigid inner surface of the container member across the area of contact;
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- a solid, weighted member of greater density than the gelatinous mass, suspended within the gelatinous mass.
A vibration dampening device for an archery bow, comprising:
- a hollow, cylindrical container member having a rigid, unitary, inner surface, and an opposing outer surface, said unitary inner surface defining a contained volume, and said cylindrical container member having a first end and a second end;
- a gelatinous mass having an external surface defining a lesser volume than that defined by the rigid inner surface of the container member;
- a portion of the external surface of the gelatinous mass continually contacting the rigid inner surface of the cylindrical container member about its inner circumference;
- a means for affixing the portion of the external gelatinous mass to the rigid inner surface of the cylindrical container member across the area of contact;
- a solid, weighted member, of greater density than the gelatinous mass, suspended within the gelatinous mass at proximately centered position;
- a first end cap member corresponding to the first end of the cylindrical container member;
- and a second end cap member corresponding to the second end of the cylindrical container member;
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- a means of attaching the device to an archery bow.
A vibration dampening device for an archery bow, comprising:
- a hollow, cylindrical container member having a rigid, unitary, inner surface, and an opposing outer surface, said unitary inner surface defining a contained volume, and said cylindrical container member having a first end and a second end;
- a gelantinous mass comprised of silicone gel having an external surface defining a lesser volume than that defined by the rigid inner surface of the container member;
- a portion of the external surface of the genatinous mass continually contacting the rigid inner surface of the cylindrical container member about its inner circumference;
- a means for affixing the portion of the external gelatinous mass to the rigid inner surface of the cylindrical container member across the area of contact;
- a solid, weighted member, of greater density than the gelatinous mass, suspended within the gelatinous mass at proximately centered position;
- a first end cap member corresponding to the first end of the cylindrical container member;
- and a second end cap member corresponding to the second end of the cylindrical container member;
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- a means of attaching the device to an archery bow.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.