US2909167A - Repeating shot archery bow with double sight - Google Patents

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32 34 BY 20 w mqs United States Patent"@ REPEATING SHOT ARCHER-Y Bow DOUBLE SIGHT Bert E. Fredrickson, Green Bay, Wis. Application October 19, 1956, Serial No. 617,030 6' Claims. (21. 124-24 This invention relates to archery equipment and more particularly to a novel archery bow.

An object of this invention is to provide an archery bow with a built-in magazine to hold additional arrows, the arrangement being such that the archery bow is truly a repeat shot bow in that it enables the bow to be used exceedingly rapidly. I am aware of prior attempts to make repeating bows of single shot bows. However, the efforts that were extended in this behalf were along the lines of adding a quiver in a supposedly more convenient place for the archer. Usually the quiver was attached directly to the bow with the theory that the archer would not have to swing his hand over his shoulder in order to receive a second arrow but rather, would have the quiver closer to his hand. My invention is embodied in a bow that has a central opening in which there is a bow rest together with means to support additional arrows on opposite sides of the rest so that after the first arrow is shot the second arrow is only a matter of an inch or so away from the shooting position and in the proper plane. This last feature is important since the use of bow attached quivers of which I am aware has always been with the quiver parallel or approximately parallel to the bow rather than perpendicular, this being the normal shooting position for the arrow.

A further object of the invention is to provide an archery bow with a sight of the type having front and rear sight members or assemblies wherein the front sight is held a considerable distance from the rear sight resulting in high accuracy. i

Prior patentees, including myself, have applied sights to bows. It has been found that a more accurate, less expensive and very dependable sight is achieved by having the front sight a greater distance in advance of the bow than has been the case in the past. Moreover, when the sight is so constructed it is capable of intimately coacting with the repeating nature of the bow. Accordingly, a

further object of the invention is to provide a sight for 1 an archery bow wherein there are means to help in the support of additional arrows, the arrows being so held that they are in the shooting plane or approximately in the shooting plane and have their nocks supported a very small distance, for example, an inch or a fraction of an inch, from the bow string. Such quivers with the arrows mounted on the bow in a plane approximately vertical to the plane of flight of the released arrow are undesirable on a hunting bow since the bowmust be moved from its shooting position after each shot to enable the archer to reach the rear end of the arrows mounted in the quiver. Such excessive movement of the bow and bow arm alerts and frightens wild game with the result that any successive shot is normally taken at game in flight where the bow and arrow isat extreme disadvantage. M y invention enables the archer to reach and shoot successive arrows without moving the bow from its shooting position and with a minimum of motion of the arm drawing the string thereby increasing the rapidity with which repeated shots can be fired.

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Previous archery bows were used either solely for the purpose of supplying the propelling force for the arrow in which instances the arrow itself is aimed, or in those instances in which the bow was aimed as well as supplying the propellingforce by means of a sight mounted on the bow,- no consideration has been given to fixing the rear end of the arrow in a given position on the string so that in actual use the line of sight on such sights does not bear a constant relationship to the line of flight of successive arrows. A fundamental difierence between bows that are constructed in accordance with the invention and prior bows of which I am aware is that bows of the invention are aimed with no attention necessary to be given to the arrow inasmuch as the arrow is automatically located in a certain, predetermined position with relation to the bow in the manner analogous to a gun and its bullet. In the case of a rifle, it is the rifle that is aimed and when the trigger is pulled the hunter knows that the bullet will go in a direction that the rifle is aimed. Additional bullets are automatically fed into the breech of the gun for subsequent firing. The hunter gives no attention to the bullet and his full attention to aiming the rifle. This is because he knows that the bullet will go in the direction that the gun is aimed. Therefore, it is a further object of this invention to provide an archery bow whose use closely simulates the action and handling of a rifle whereby by merely aiming the bow and having a rest for the arrows in a fixed, immovable position with respect to the bow, thearrow automatically travels in the direction that the bow rather than the arrow is aimed. In addition to this, the supplying of second and third arrows to the shooting position is done in a manner analogous to the supplying of additional bullets to the breech of a gun. The analogy exists by having the arrows automatically approximately aimed due to their position within the same central opening in the how that the arrow is shot from and in the same plane that the arrow is to be shot with the nocks of the secondary arrows being exceedingly close to the bow string so that upon release of the arrow or arrows from the magazine they practically fall into the shooting position.

A more particular object of the invention is to provide a bow having structural refinements in the make-up thereof, such refinements being the location of the magazines very close to the arrow rest and in the same central opening as the arrow rest, and the manner of supporting the arrow heads of the arrowsin the magazines.

These together with other objects and advantages which will become subsequently apparent reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an archery bow constructed in accordance with the invention:

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken approximately on the line 22 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a side view of the bow, the bow being fragmentarily illustrated;

Figure 4 is a fragmentary front view of the bow of Figure 1;

Figure 5 is a fragmentary rear view of the bow in Figure 1;

Figure 6 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view taken approximately on the line 66 of Figure 3;

Figure 7 is a transverse sectional view taken approximately on the line 7-7 of Figure 6;

Figure 8 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 88 of Figure 7 showing principally the means for holding the rear sight in the selected, adjusted position;

Figure 9 is an exploded fragmentary perspective View 7 showing one structural manner of attaching the front sight to the bow;

Figure 10 is a perspective View of the front sight;

Figure 11 is a perspective view of a part of the rear sight;

Figure 12 is a perspective view of the magazine adapted to hold one or more additional arrows; and

Figure 13 is a fragmentary perspective view showing the bow after the arrow has been shot and before one of the secondary arrows is removed from the magazine and placed into the shooting position, this; view showing the proximity of the nocks of the arrows andthe bow string and showing that the secondary arrows are in' the shooting plane or very close to it. I

Archery bow 10is made of bow sections 12 and 14, these sections being constructedof glass fiber, wood or other material having the necessary elasticity that is called for in a high quality archery bow. Section 12 is fitted in and secured to socket 16 while section 14 is fitted in and secured in socket 18, these sockets being at opposite ends of the section 20 of the bow. Hand-grip 22 is located above socket 18 and below the opening 24 which is formed in the section 20. Opening 24 is defined by an oval body having sides 26 and 28 as well as upper and lower walls 31 and 32. The lower wall has an upwardly opening recess 34 (Figures 6 and 7) within which to accommodate an extra bow string. Sides 26 and 28 have slots 38 and 40 therein with the side surfaces provided with tracks 41 and 42, respectively. Each track consists of a pair of inwardly extending V-shaped rails.

A rear sight 44 is located within opening 24; The rear sight consists of a sight member 46 having an upstanding ladder 48 through which to sight. The sight member 46 has an opening through which spindle 50 is passed with sight member 46 being held firmly in place by means of setscrew 52 so that after being adjusted the sight member 46 may be held in a fixed position on the spindle 50. The spindle 50 has its opposite ends mounted in slides 53 and 54 so that the sight 44 may be adjusted upwardly and downwardly within the volume enclosed within opening 24. Slide 53 has a pair of outwardly opening ways within which the track 41 is nested. Slide 54 has a pair of outwardly opening ways 55 within which the rails of track 42 are nested (Figure 8). The ways 55 of slide 54 and the ways of slide 53 are constructed identically. For the ways 55 there is a compression spring 57 located in a bore 58 in slide 54. The ends of the compression spring bear on members 59 and 60, constantly pressing them outwardly of slide 54- and in frictional contact with the track 42. An end of spindle 50 has a slot 63 (Figure 6) and there is a tapered threaded bore 65 adjacent to and in registry with slot 63. Accordingly, by tightening tapered setscrew 66 in threaded bore 65, the end of spindle 511 is spread in order to bind against the walls of the bore in slide that accommodates that end of spindle 5G.

The front sight 68 on a bow which is constructed in accordance with the invention is located well in advance of the bow. The distance between the front sight member 70 and the rear sight member 46 is as great as possible from a practical handling and storage standpoint so as to increase the accuracy of the sight. Front sight '68 consists of a frame 71 having sides 72 and 73 and a 'top wall 74 located above the intermediate transverse frame member 75. Sight member 75 consists of concentric rings 76 and 77 held assembled by a transverse plate 78 connected to each along a diameter thereof. Vertical sight post 79 passes through aligned openings in the concentric rings 77 and 78 and is fixed to one of them by means of a setscrew 3t). Sight post 79 extends through slots $2 and 83, respectively, which are formed in the transverse frame member 75 and the top wall 74 of the front sight frame 71. By having fasteners, for example, --a head and nut, on opposite ends of the sight post it'may be tightened in a selected lateral position thereby adjust- 4 ing the sight member 71). Rotationally, the adjustment is cared for by loosening and tightening setscrew 80.

The lower ends of the sides 72 and 73 have holes and 86 in which the front sight support arms 87 and 88 are fastened. The rear ends of these arms have means for mounting them in a detachable fashion on the section 20 of the bow. Suggested means are shown in Figure 9 and consist of a tapered clamp plate 9 0 fixed onside 23 of section together with clamp which is at the inner extremity of front sight mounting arm 88. Clamp91 has a tapered dovetail slot 93 which fits over the clamp plate 99 thereby holding the arm 88 detachably fixed on the intermediate bow section 24 and in such position as to project forwardly of the bow. For storage and transportation the front sight 68 is easily detached from the bow. Front sight frame has holes in sides 72 and 7.3 above holes 85 and 86. The additional holes in the sides of the frame 71 have grommets 94 and 95 in them within which the arrow heads, for example, arrow heads 96 and 97, are fitted. Accordingly, grommets 94 and 95 support the front ends of the auxiliary arrows 98 and 99 whose heads 96 and 97 were mentioned previously.

, Frame 71for the front sight 68, then, constitutes means to support the heads of the auxiliary arrows while the arrow shafts, near the fietchings, are maintained in and are supported in mounts 102 and 104, respectively, the mounts being of identical construction. Each mount is made of a resilient and flexible material, for example, a plastic elastomer or rubber. Mount 102 is typical (Figure l2), and includes a body 108 that has sides provided with ways 110 and 111 dimensioned to fit on the rails of track 41. A downwardly extending tongue 112 fits on the rounded surface of the bottom wall 32 and bears against a side of the arrow rest 116. The corresponding tongue 118 on mount 104 bears against the opposite side of the arrow rest 116, the latter being made of a material similar to that used in the mounts 162 and 104.

Mount 102 has a pair of forwardly extending walls 121 and 122, each wall having a horizontal slot 124 and 126 whose upper and lower surfaces are semi-cylindrical so as to form arrow shaft receiving pockets. Yet, the arrows are easily slipped from the pockets andwhen they are so moved the arrows automatically fall on the top surface of the arrow rest 116 and in the shooting position. As seen best in Figure 6, there are two mounts 102 and 10 1 that are disposed at the lowermost part of opening 24 and that have the arrow shaft pockets confronting each other. Arrow rest 116 forms a closure for the compartment 34 with a stopper formed at its lower surface to fit in the'opeu top of recess 34. This is but one suggested way of firmly attaching the arrow rest 116 in place but yet allowing it to be moved for access to the extra bow string in the compartment 34.

Bow string 1311 is attached to the ends of the sections 12 and 14 of the bow in the customary manner. A knot 132 at a predetermined position on the string centers the rear end of the arrow in a fixed position on the string and together with the arrow rest 116 holds each successive arrow in the same fixed position with respect to the how so that when the bow is aimed by means of the sight, the lines of flight of successive arrows bear a fixed relation to the point of aim. In using the archery bow 10. the principal function, although not the exclusive function. is to hunt game. Most effective hunting of game, for example, deer, is at a range of about fifty feet. Most game slain by Indians with a how was done at distances of only a few feet. Themaximum range of my equipment is generally considered to be a hundred yards; actually a moving deer in the woods at ranges of overone hundred feet has an excellent chance of living( When hunted with a bow and arrow, deer have a good chance of survival at distancesof 60 to 70 feet. One must be skillful or lucky at those distances, butat closer range, say 50 feet or less, the bow and arrow is quite lethal. At such short distances it is essential to be able to shoot the arrow and re-load with great rapidity, otherwise the deer will obviously run away. By supporting the additional arrows in a quiver regardless of where it is mounted, too much time elapses between the first and second shot. Accordingly, with the sight described herein there is greater chance of being accurate with the first shot, but where a second shot is required, one of the secondary arrows will be found to be almost in the shooting position automatically upon completion of the first shot. The second arrow is pulled rearwardly very slightly and inwardly of opening 26 thereby separating the head from its mount and separating the shaft from the pocket in which it is accommodated in its mount whereby the arrow will tend to move down by gravity and directly on the arrow rest with the nock of the arrow in proper align ment with the bow string. All that is necessary now is to pull the bow string, aim the bow without regard for the arrow because the arrow will be automatically positioned correctly and then shoot the arrow.

The foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

1. An archery bow comprising a bow having an opening through which arrows are adapted to be shot, an arrow rest in said opening, a sight assembly including a forward sight in advance of the arrow and a rearward sight located in alignment with said opening, said forward sight including a frame, a sight member carried by said frame, and means connected with said frame to support at least one auxiliary arrow, said auxilary arrow supporting means being adapted to accommodate the arrow head, and means in said opening adjacent to but laterally spaced from said arrow rest for releasably supporting the shank of the auxiliary arrow so that the nock thereof is slightly laterally offset from the bow string.

2. The archery bow of claim 1, wherein said rearward sight is provided with means for the support thereof in selected positions of adjustment above said means for supporting the shaft of the auxiliary arrow.

3. An archery bow comprising the combination of a plurality of bow sections, one of said bow sections having an opening, an arrow rest in said opening, said bow having a bow string located behind said opening, and means carried by said one of said sections and located in said opening for supporting secondary arrows perpendicular to said bow string whereby the auxiliary arrows are always in the general shooting plane, said auxiliary arrow supporting means including resilient mounts having inwardly opening confronting pockets on opposite sides of said arrow rest, said pockets being adapted to embrace the shafts of the auxiliary arrows and support said arrows in a fixed position independent of other supporting means, with a means secured to said bow and protruding forward thereof supporting a front sight assembly with pockets therein for detachably receiving the points of said auxiliary arrows while the shafts of the auxiliary arrows are in said confronting pockets in a stand-by position adjacent to and in the same general shooting plane as the arrow on the bow string.

4. The archery bow of claim 3, wherein said means for supporting the front sight assembly comprises a frame, at least one arm securing said frame detachably to said bow, said front sight assembly adjustably supported by said frame, a rearward sight carried by said bow-and adapted to be utilized in connection with the front sight for aiming the bow.

5. The archery bow of claim 4 wherein said opening in which said arrow rest is disposed has a pair of sides in which there are slots, means adjustably supported in said slots and mounting said rear sight so as to be adjustable longitudinally in said slots.

6. The archery bow of claim 1, wherein said bow string is provided with a means in a selected position on the string with respect to the ends of the bow and bow string, for the purpose of positioning the rear end of the arrow at a predetermined angle with respect to an arrow rest mounted in an opening in the handle section of said bow, and in fixed relation to a front and rear sight when said sight is brought into alignment with the line of sight from the eye to the target.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,210,332 Kvistad Dec. 26, 1916 1,847,593 Cameron Mar. 1, 1932 2,092,361 Shim Sept. 7, 1937 2,464,068 Bear Mar. 8, 1949. 2,483,928 Ott Oct. 4, 1949 2,574,599 Stieber Nov. 13, 1951 2,642,661 Fredrickson June 23, 1953 2,667,692 Leafstrand Feb. 2, 1954 2,691,974 Nelson Oct. 19, 1954 2,801,625 Vose Aug. 6, 1957 FOREIGN PATENTS 172 Great Britain 1886

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