US1542159A

US1542159A - Archer's arrow nock and finger grip

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Publication number: US1542159A
Application number: US706733A
Authority: US
Inventors: Edwin F Maxwell
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1924-04-15
Filing date: 1924-04-15
Publication date: 1925-06-16
Anticipated expiration: 1942-06-16

Description

June 16, 1925.

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concern:

Be it known that I, Enwm F. MAXWELL, a citizen of the United States, r..siding at' of Alameda and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Archers Arrow Nocks and Finger Grips, of which the following is a s ecification.

This invention ates to an improved arrow nook and finger grip for use by archers and seeks, amon other objects, to provide a device whic will, by facilitating the manipulation of a bow and arrow, render archery more popular.

The invention seeks, as a further object, to provide a device which will be of assistance in obtaining an accurate and steady aim of the arrow.

And the invention seeks, as a still fur? ther object, to provide a device whereby the bow string may be readily drawn and the arrow instantaneousl released.

Other and incidental o jects will appear hereinafter.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a fragmentar I side elevation showing my improved evice in con- 12 suitably fixed-to said at opposite sides nection with a bowand arrow. 7

' Figure 2 is. a sectional viewthrough the finger grip employed, on the line 2-.-2 of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows, and J Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view on the line 3--3 of Figure'2, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, a bow is conventionally illustrated at 9 and the bow string at 10, while an arrow is illustrated at 11. Fitting over the rear :end of the arrow'shaft. is a nook shaft and provided thereof with notches 13, while at its outer end said nock is formed with a slot 14 at opposite sides of which are provided rounded faces 15? In con'u'nction with the neck vide a gen grip includin compamon mating body sections 16 recesse at their for-. ward ends to define a barrel 17 and detachably connecting the, sections are screws or other suitable fastening devices 18. Projecting from the'body sections at their rear ends are oppositely directed finger loops 19 and formed in the barrel 17 in a plane at a right angle to the plane of said oops 12, I proplane of sai 26 and slidable through I vanced,

freely accommoare longitudinal slots 20 Swin ingly supdating a pair of jaws 21. porting the jaws at their rear en s are pivot pins 22 extending; throu tions 16 at the base of t e barrel and, as brought out in Figure 2, the jaws are notched at their forward ends to define confronting hooks 23' .having inwardly curved forward edges24. Formed in the barrel in a lane at a right angle 'to the jaws are oppositely dis osed h the body seci longitudinal slots 25 opening throug the forward end ed e of the barrel. In therear o the barrel 17, the body sections 10 are recessed .to define a chamber said chamber to pro ect into the barrel is a rod 27 confined etween the confronting faces of the body sections. At its outer end the rod carries a head 28 andconnecting the inner end of the rod with the jaws 21 are toggle links Formed on the rod to move freely in the chamber 26 is a shoulder 30 and hearing between said shoulder and the inner end wall of the chamber is a sprin 31 accommodated in the chamber. Thus, e spring will normall' press the rod outwardly until the shou der 30 strikes the outer end wall of said chamber and consequentl swing the .jaws 21 toward each other to c osed position.

In use, the bow string 10 is positioned in the slot 14 of the'nock 12 when the finger ripis positioned to receive the bow str 1n the slots 25 of the barrel 17 and the noc pushed into the barrel. As the nock is adthe rounded faces 15 of said termi; nal will ride over the curved edges 24 of the jaws 21 for separating said jaws so that the nock will move between the jaws until the hooks 23 of the jaws drop into the notches 13 of the neck, connecting the arrow with the finger grip. Accordingly, the-bow may then, as suggested in Figure 1, be grasped in one han and the first and second fingers of the other hand engaged through the loops 19 of the finfger p and the grip pulled rearwardlly or rawinegi the bow string. When this is accomplish forward pressure rstood in v ew serve to swmg 28 of the rod 27 vice which will be found of material assist ance in the practice of archery.

Having thus described the invention, what claim is: 1. A device of the character described including a finger grip body having a barrel to receive an, arrow nock and provided with slots, and jaws accommodated in said slots of the barrel to enga c said nock.

2. A device of the c aracter described including a finger grip body having a barrel to receive an arrow nock, spring pressed jaws carried by the body to engage said nock, and manually operable means for releasing said jaws.

3. A device of the character desoribedin eluding a finger grip body having a barrel to receive an arrow nook and provided with slots to accommodate a bovm strin engaged with the nock, pivoted jaws'associated with said barrel to engage said nook, and means for releasing said jaws. I r v 4. A device of the-character described ineluding a finger grip body having a barrel to receive an arrow nock and slots to accommodate a bow with the nock, pivoted jaws associated with said barrel, a rod slidable upon the body, toggle links pivotally connecting therod wi th string engaged e jaws,,and a spring acting on said.

rod for swinging the jaws intothe barrel to the combination with a panionsections engage said nock, the rod being manually shiftable for releasing the jaws.

5. In a device of the character described, the combination with an arrow nock, of a ger grip to cooperate with said nock and including jaws spring pressed to engage the nock, and a manually shiftable push rod for releasing the jaws simultaneously. In a device of thecharacter described, finger grip having aws, of an arrow hook to cooperate with said' grip and provided with notches to accommodate the jaws.

In a device of the character described, the-combination with a finger grip having jaws, of an arrow nock to cooperate with said grip and provided with notc'hesto accommodate the jaws and with a slot to receive a bow string.

8. A device ofthe character described ineluding a finger grip body comprising commating to define a barrel to receive an arrow nock, pivoted. jaws associated with the barrel, a push rod slidable tween the sections, toggle links connectingkthe rod with said jaws, and a spring acting on the rod for closing the jaws, the rod being manually operable to swing the jaws away from each other.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

EDWIN F, MAXWELL. [1,. 8.]