Patent ID: 6990970

Claim:
A compound archery bow that includes: a handle having projecting limbs, a first pulley mounted on a first of said limbs for rotation around a first axis, a second pulley mounted on a second of said limbs for rotation around a second axis, and bow cable means including a bowstring cable extending from bowstring let-out grooves on said first and second pulleys, a first cable extending from a cable take-up groove on said first pulley to second cable let-out means on said second pulley, and a second cable extending from a cable take-up groove in said second pulley to first cable let-out means on said first pulley such that draw of said bowstring cable away from said handle lets out bowstring cable from said let-out grooves on said first and second pulleys, rotates on said first and second pulleys around said axes, and lets out portions of said first and second cables from said first and second cable let-out means on said first and second pulleys, wherein at least one of said bowstring let-out grooves and/or at least one of said cable take-up grooves is non-circular.