Patent ID: 7997259

Claim:
A compound archery bow that includes: a bow 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, at least said first pulley including a flat base, a bowstring let-out groove on said base, a bowstring anchor adjacent to said bowstring let-out groove, a draw module on said base, a cable groove on said draw module that is continuous in a plane perpendicular to said first axis, a first cable anchor adjacent to one end of said cable groove and a second cable anchor adjacent to a second end of said cable groove, and bow cable means including a bowstring cable extending from said bowstring anchor through said bowstring let-out groove on said first pulley and then toward said second pulley, a first cable extending from said first anchor through a portion of said cable groove on said module and then toward said second pulley, and a second cable extending from said second anchor toward said second pulley, wherein draw of said bowstring cable away from said handle lets out bowstring cable from said bowstring let-out groove and rotates said first pulley around said first axis, lets out said first cable from said groove on said module and takes up said second cable into at least a portion of said groove on said module previously occupied by said first cable, and wherein said bow is a dual-cam bow with said first and second pulleys being similar in function and near mirror images of each other.