Patent ID: 7472859

Claim:
An apparatus for the manufacture of bowstrings comprising a bowstring jig for mounting bowstring body fiber; a serving head for mounting a serving cord supply spool allowing positioning of the serving cord supply spool carrying serving cord in a coaxial manner with an extended axis of the bowstring body fiber mounted on the bowstring jig; a coaxial, rotatable, pivotable, serving winder coupled to a drive system for rotating the serving head about the extended axis of the bowstring body fiber; wherein the serving winder may be pivoted from a stowed position into an drive position, and while rotating the serving head about the extended axis of the bowstring body fiber, draws serving cord from the serving cord spool, wrapping serving cord about the extended axis of the bowstring body fiber, said serving winder indexing the serving cord along the extended axis of the bowstring body fiber while rotating the serving cord about said axis.