US2540387A - Arrow - Google Patents

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G. M. BUTLER Feb. 6, 1951 ARROW Filed April 3, 1947 R. mr E w+ U E 4M E D EY E WIIII S Y E N R m T A Patented Feb. 6, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE f ARROW George Merrick Butler, Miami, Fla.

Application April 3, 1947, Serial No. 739,053

rfhis invention relates to projectiles and more specifically to arrows. An example of the use of the arrow herein disclosed is in fishing.v

An important object f the invention is to provide an arrow so constructed and arranged that it will be effective in fishing, in that, afterbeing shot through the air, it will enter and pass through water, having sufficient momentum for the head portion thereof to penetrate the fish. After penetration, the head portion will remain in the fish until manually removed.

Another important object is to provide an arrow as described which will not tend to rust nor corrode, is light in weight and may be shot from conventional bows.

Still another object is to provide an arrow head of novel shape, provided with a movable barb, whereby the barb will normally remain close to the arrowhead and rearwardly of the point thereof but, after the arrowhead penetrates, the barb will assume a position whereby its longitudinal axis forms an acute angle with the longitudinal axis of the head. The barb will'assume this angular position during the initial struggles of the iish, so that the latter cannot free itself from the head.

The problems of providing arrowheads adapted for iiight through air only are radically different from those arising in the provision of arrowheads adapted to first pass through air, then through water and finally enter a sh. An arrowhead may be satisfactory for air flight and even for 1 Claim. (Cl. 43-6) movement through water, but because of the scaly surface of fish, many arrowheads are wholly unsuited for penetration between the scales. The arrowhead of this invention is adaptedto penetrate between the scales of the fish and enter the sh body sufficiently for the barb to come into play as will be more fully detailed.

Other objects and advantages of this inveny tion will be apparent during the course of the following detailed description of the invention taken in connection with the drawing forming a part of this disclosure and in which drawing:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the complete arrow, including head, shaft, and connecting` portions.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the head portion, with a movable barb in a raised portion (in dots and dashes) and a lowered position in dots and dashes. y

Figure A3 is a rear or bow end view of the shaft portion.

Figure 4 is a vertical transverse section on the ine 4 4 of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a vertical transverse section of the connecting portion and head of Figures l and 6.

Figure 6 is a longitudinal section of the connecting portion with ends of the head and shaft portions carried thereby.

Figure 7 illustrates the movable connection of the barb and head portion of Figure 2.

Figure 8 is a plan view, on an enlarged scale, of the movable barb of Figure 2.

In the drawing, wherein for the .purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of the invention and wherein similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the shaft portion is designated as I0, the head portion as II and the head and shaft connecting portion as I2.

The shaft portion I!! may be of a suitable lightweight material, such as aluminum, formed into a cylindrical rod of a length of twenty-four to thirty inches, for example. However, the length may vary within reasonable limits. The rear section I3 of the shaft portion I0 may be provided with a suitable notch or slot I4 for the bowstring and, spaced from the notch I4, is a suitable means I5 to secure a flexible member I 6 to the shaft portion I0. This means I5 may be a U-shaped member with the legs thereof secured to the shaft portion Ill in any approved way as, for example, extending into the body of the shaft portion and held thereby. The bight portion of the U-shaped member extends outwardly of the shaft portion so that one end of the flexible member I6, which is preferably a cord, may be secured thereto, as by tying. The head end face I 1 of the shaft portion is preferably fiat. Extending through the head end section of the shaft portion may be a perforation I8 to accommodate means to secure the shaft portion to the connecting portion I2.

The head portion I I which is also known as the arrowhead portion, may be of stainless steel, bronze or brass, for example. It includes a substantially clylindrical rear end section 20 and a generally conical, but partly flattened longitudinally, forward end section 2|, so that there is provided a rst flattened face 22 extending from a point 23 (well rearwardly of the forward- 3 axes normal to the longitudinal axis of the head portion l0. It will be noted in Figure 7 that the juncture of the first iiattened face 22 and the base of the shoulder 24 is arcuate for a purpose later detailed. From the top of this shoulder to the point 26 of the head portion l0 is a second flattened face 2l. This face is, of course, broadest at the shoulder end thereof and its edges converge to the point 26. This construction has been found particularly advantageous in the use of the arrow under water. The rear end face 36 of the head portion l l is preferably iiat, for abutment with the iiat head end face il of the shaft portion l0.

Movably associated with the head portion ll is the barb 30. This barb may be of steel, as stainless steel, and includes a shoulder-attached end section 3l, pointed end section 32 and hook 33 intermediate and projecting outwardly from the sections 3l and 32. The size and general shape of the barb 30 is such that its ioulder-attached end section 3l (which is a tongue, less in width than the width of the section 3E) will be accommodated within the recess defined by the first flattened face 2i and shoulder 24, with the point portion of the hook 33 normally resting upon the face 2l. It should be noted that the hook 33 presents from its tip or point to its juncture with the main sections 3i and 32 a fairly long, curved surface, preferably achieved by cutting into or slitting obliquely the material at the juncture of the sections 3l and 32 and upsetting the material to form the hook. Thus there is provided a recess adjacent the hook, plus the relatively long curved surface mentioned, whereby, when the barb is positioned, as in its full line position as in Figure 7, the barb will hold the sh securely after the arrow or head portion penetrates it. A suitable pivot pin Sli may be employed to movably (pivotally) connect barb 30 with the shoulder 24, by extending through a perforation at the shoulder-attaching end 3i of the barb and through the perforationsintheehoulder 24, this end of the barb extending, of course, into the slot 25. The curved juncture or connection of the first iiattened face 22 and the base of the shoulder 24 coupled with an angular edge at the extreme part of the shoulder-attaching end Si of the barb 30, forming a point permits ready oscillating of the barb yet does not permit the free end of the barb to swing too far toward the point 26 (when, for example the stop means subsequently described may become worn) since this edge will contact the adjacent surface of the head portion il and thus limit movement of the barb in one direction as may be seen in Figure 7. A perforation 35 extending transversely through the portion l provides for a pin for connection of the portion il to the portion l2 to be next dee scribed.

The shaft and shaft connecting portion l2 may be a tubular length of suitable material, as copper, with a bore to snugly accommodate the extreme forward or head end of the shaft portion and the extreme rear end of the head portion H, with the faces Il and 36 in abutment and suitable pins extending through the perforations I8 and -35 and corresponding perforations in the portion I2. This portion l2 is found to obviate a diiculty encountered in coupling the shaft and head portions, since with other coupling means, the head portion was inclined to break from the shaft portion.

The operator may shoot the novel arrow in the conventional way, by means of a suitable bow (no specially built bow is necessary). When shot, the barb 30 is within its recess mentioned. Striking the water at, say, a 30 angle with respect to the water surface, the arrow will travel, a foot below the surface, for a distance of six to eight feet. Being shot at a 75 angle with respect to the water surface, the arrow is effective at a depth of about 31/2 feet. After penetration, the initial struggles of the sh cause the barb 30 to take a position such as shown in dot-and-dashes in Figure 3, or in full lines in Figure 7, causing the barb as a whole plus its hook 33 to hold the fish against coming oi the head section il.

It should be noted that the point 26 of the head portion Il is not movable, hence there is no possibility of its being deflected with respect to the shaft portion l0, but the barb 3@ is movable (being limited by the wider section 3l abutting the top of the shoulder 24, as the barb Sii reaches a position somewhat less than right angular with respect to the longitudinal axis of the head portion Il and limited also by the point heretofore mentioned). The movement of the pointed end 32 of the barb is, as is apparent, in an arc up to substantially 120, but the hook 33 is eiective at any angle.

Various changes may be made to the form of the invention herein shown and described without departing from the spirit of the invention or scope of the claim.

What I claim is:

An arrowhead comprising a substantially cylindrical rear end section, a forward end section rigid therewith and provided with a point, two attened faces intermediate the length of said arrowhead, a shoulder intermediate said faces, one attened face extending from the base of the shoulder to said substantially cylindrical rear end section and dening, with said shoulder, a recess, and the other face extending from adjacent the top of the shoulder to said point, a barb having an outer pointed end section, a shoulderattached end section, and a hook extending intermediate said end sections, said barb being normally disposed within said recess, with said hook resting upon the at face of said recess, and means pivotally connecting said barb to said shoulder.

GEORGE MERRICK BUTLER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le of this jpatent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 78,673 Kelley June 9, 1868 1,832,727 Nixon Nov. 17, 1931 1,920,790 Hendrie Aug. 1, 1933 FOREIGN PATENTS Number A Country Date 45,787 Norway Dec. 27, 1926

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