Patent ID: 9354015
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: F41B

Claim Text:
1. A crossbow, comprising: a central portion comprising a down-range side and an up-range side; first and second flexible limbs attached to the central portion; a first string guide mounted to the first bow limb and rotatable around a first axis, the first string guide comprising a first draw string journal having a first plane of rotation perpendicular to the first axis, and a first helical power cable take-up journal extending in a direction perpendicular to the first plane of rotation of the first draw string journal; a second string guide mounted to the second bow limb and rotatable around a second axis, the second string guide comprising a second draw string journal having a second plane of rotation perpendicular to the second axis, and a second helical power cable take-up journal extending in a direction perpendicular to the second plane of rotation of the second draw string journal; a draw string received in the first and second draw string journals and secured to the crossbow in a reverse draw configuration with the draw string adjacent the down-range side of the string guides in a released configuration, wherein the draw string translates from the down-range side toward the up-range side and unwinds between the first and second string, guides to a drawn configuration; a first power cable received in the first helical power cable take-up journal; and a second power cable received in the second helical power cable take-up journal, wherein as the bow is drawn from the released configuration to the drawn configuration the first and second power cables wrap onto the first and second helical, power cable take-up journals and are displaced along the first and second axes away from the first and second planes of rotation of the first and second draw string journals, respectively.