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US 8,784,628 B2Granted
E-coating method for archery bow components
AssigneeGrace Engineering Corp.
InventorsLouis Grace, Jr., Nathaniel E. Grace
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Abstract
An archery bow is provided including an archery component such as a cable guard and/or cable guide that includes an e-coat film to minimize wear abrasion on a cable, bowstring or other element. A metal surface of an archery component optionally can be immersed in a bath of charged coating particles, and the metal surface can be caused to have an electrical charge. The charged coating particles can be electrodeposited on the metal surface to provide a coating.
Claims11
A method of transforming a cable guard for an archery bow, comprising:
- providing a cable guard including a riser end and a cable end, the riser end configured to join with an archery bow riser, the cable guard of a length sufficient to extend rearwardly from the archery bow riser and provide engagement with a cable of the archery bow when installed on the archery bow, the cable guard at least one of including and being joined with a metal cable facing surface including a rounded portion;
- immersing the metal cable facing surface in a bath of charged particles of at least one of an epoxy material and an acrylic material;
- causing the metal cable facing surface to have an electrical charge;
- electrodepositing the charged particles to provide a coating of the at least one of the epoxy material and the acrylic material on the metal cable facing surface;
- and
- curing the coating to provide an e-coat film on the metal cable facing surface, wherein the e-coat film is adapted to engage the cable of the archery bow when the cable moves to reduce at least one of abrasion and wear on the cable.
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A method for transforming an archery bow component, comprising:
- providing an archery bow component including a metal surface, the archery bow component selected from the group consisting of a cam, a cam axle, a cable guard, a cable guide and a riser;
- immersing the metal surface in a bath of charged coating particles;
- causing the metal surface to have an electrical charge;
- electrodepositing the charged coating particles on the metal surface to provide a coating on the metal surface;
- and
- curing the coating on the metal surface to provide an e-coat film on the metal surface, wherein the e-coat film is located in a region of potential abrasion or wear on the archery bow component.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.