Patent ID: 6666202
Filing Date: 2003-12-23
Classification: F41B,Y10S

Abstract:
A single-cam compound archery bow that comprises:a bow handle having projecting limbs, a control wheel mounted for rotation about an axis at an end of one of said limbs, said control wheel having a single peripheral groove around said axis, a power cam mounted for rotation at an end of the other of said limbs, bow cable means including a first cable segment anchored at one end to said one limb and at a second end to said power cam, a second cable segment anchored to said control wheel and extending to said power cam, and a third cable segment anchored to said control wheel and extending to said power cam, said third cable segment having a nock point that, when drawn away from said handle, unwraps said third cable segment from said control wheel groove and wraps said second cable segment into said control wheel groove as said third cable segment is unwrapped from said groove, and wraps said first cable segment onto said power cam so as to draw said limbs together.