US2686055A - Arrowhead mounting - Google Patents

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Aug. 10, 1954 H, 5 PELTZ 2,686,055

ARROWHEAD MOUNTING Filed June 6, 1952 INVENTOR. HEA/RY 5. 'DEL 7'z Patented Aug. 10, 1954 UNITED sTA'rEs PATENT oFFica ARROWHEAD MOUNTING Henry S. Peltz, Kalamazoo, Mich.

Application June 6, 1952, Serial N o. 292,117

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This invention relates to arrow head mounting and particularly to a construction by which a hunting, or broad head, arrow head blade may be mounted onto a base, such base otherwise constituting a target arrow head or a field arrow head, by suiciently simple means that a field arrow or a target arrow may be readily converted into a hunting arrow, and vice versa by a simple manipulation and without the necessity of using special tools.

The sport of archery for a long time has included target shooting, field shooting and hunting, and 'each of these branches have required different types of arrow heads. Inasmuch as it has been customary to fasten arrow heads permanently onto the shafts of arrows, this has made it necessary for an archer who wishes to include hunting in his activities to have a complete set of hunting arrows. Since hunting arrows are relatively expensive and the season during which they can be used is relatively short, this has imposed a rather heavy expense onto this phase of archery and has discouraged participation thereof. This disability does not exist, at least to an appreciable degree, with respect to target shooting and field shooting. Arrows used in these respective branches of archery are interchangeable in use, at least to a substantial extent, and, more important, the use of either of these types of arrows extends over a sufiiciently long period of time during a given year that their cost in relation to their use becomes relatively minor.

Therefore, it is desirable to provide means by which either a target arrow or a field arrow can be converted readily into a hunting arrow during a hunting season and then readily reconverted back to its original form. It will be selfevident that it will be desirable that such a conversion and reconversion be made quickly, without the necessity of using special tools, and that the means required for such conversion be relatively inexpensive.

Accordingly, a principal object of the invention is to provide means for converting a field arrow or a target arrow into a hunting arrow and for readily reconverting same to its original form.

A further object of the invention is to provide a construction by which such conversion and reconversion can take place without the necessity of using tools or, if tools are needed, that they be limited to common hand tools.

A further object of the invention is to provide a construction, as aforesaid, wherein the means required for such converting be relatively inex- Densive.

A further object of the invention is to provide a construction, as aforesaid, which can be applied to ordinary commercial forms of either target arrows or field arrows and which may be so applied without damaging such arrows for their Originally intended use as field arrows or target arrows.

A further object of the invention is to provide a construction, as aforesaid, wherein the hunting arrow form thereof will function as efiiciently and efiectively as a standard hunting arrow.

Other objects and purposes of the invention will be apparent to persons acquainted with apparatus of this general type upon a reading of the following disclosure and inspection of the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 represents a side elevation view of of the broad head blade of my invention.

Figure 2 is a view partially in central section of the forward end of a field arrow head modified in accordance with the invention and showing in broken lines the application of the broad head blade thereto. I

Figure 3 is a section take on the line III- III of Figure 2.

In meeting the objects and purposes above set forth I have provided a simple metal bladeof vsuch construction that it can be readily received into, or removed from, a pair of -diametrically opposed slots formed in the outer surface of a standard field arrow head, or target arrow head. The construction of said broad head blade is such that when it is placed into Operating position within said slots it Will be held firmly therein and Will not be likely to come out under any ordinary conditions of use.

For the purpose of convenient reference and withoutintention of limiting, the following terminology will be utilized: "rearward or derivatives thereof will denote the portion of the arrow or arrow head construction which is remote from the point thereof and which appears as rightwardly in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawing, and "forward will denote directions adjacent to or toward the point of said arrow which is leftwardly as appearing Figures l and 2 of the drawing. Turning first to the broad head blade itself, there is shown in Figure 1 a preferred form of such blade wherein the forward edges and 2 are of any typical form desired such as the conventional curved lines converging towards each other and meeting to constitute the point 3-. The rearwa-rd edges 4 and 6 areplikewise shap'ed in any conventional manner, such' as the concave edges 'I and 8 indicated in Figure 1 which in this case meet at the corners 9 and I with the edges |2 and |3 which are here aligned substantially perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the blade. The forward edges l and 2 will be sharpened in the usual manner.

Said blade is also provided with a slot |4 extending from the rearward end thereof approximately of the distance to the point 3. Said slot is defined by edges |6 which are provided with steps of length depending on characteristics of the field arrow head or target head arrow with which the broad head blade is .to be used and which will be obvious without further discussion as the description proceeds.

The forward extremity l'l of the slot Ill is relatively narrow as shown. It broadens into an intermediate section 18 and the rearward section |9 is the widest portion of said slot. The step 2| is provided with a slight undercut for Tpurposes appearing hereinafter. The rearwardmost corner of said slot is provided with small inwardly extending portions 22 for purposes which likewise will appear heerinafter.

Utlizing a common field arrow to further illustrate the invention, there is shown in Fig- -ure .2 such a conventional arrow head 23 of a type utilized for field shooting which is afiixed in a yconventional manner to a shaft 25. Said arrow Vhead has a sloping forward section 21, a step 28 for the Well known purpose of inhibiting .the passage of said arrow through and under l'grass and a cylindrical section 29 for the reception of the shaft.

A .pair of diametrically positioned slots 3| and 32 are cut into the field arrow head 23. The width of said slots is such that metal of the thickness of that used for the broad head blade can be pushed thereinto by hand but it will be .as tight as possible without rendering it unreasonably dilicult to insert or remove the blade. Said slot Will be of sufcient depth as to provide firm and adequate gripping of the blade, such as approximately ge of an inch at the di- -mension A appearing in Figure 2.

Whether or not said slot will go entirely through the field arrow head 23 will depend upon the thickness of the metal used in said field arrow head but whether or not it does is imvmaterial to the operation both of the broad head blade and to the field arrow head without the blade.

It will be observed that the onl7 change made in the basic field arrow head is the two slots 3| and 32. This will not in any way injure the use of the arrow so modified in its use as a field arrow and even if dirt or grass does collect therein it can readily be disposed of.

When the broad head blade is to be applied, the edges I are slid into the slots 3| and 32 as indicated in Figure 2 and the broad head is pushed onto the field arrow head until the undercut steps 2| engage the edges defining the ends of the slot 3| and 32, one edge being indicated at 33. This assists in holding the broad head blade firmly onto the field arrow head and particularly it holds the rearward ends 4 and 6 of the broad head blade down tightly against the field arrow head and further reduces the likelihood of its working loose. The projecting lugs 22 are pressed slightly into the wood of the shaft behind the field arrow head and bear against the rearward edge 39 of the field arrow 'head to minimize the likelihood of said arrow 'head working loose.

be provided with the necessary slots, and since the broad head blades can be stamped from sheet metal material at an extremelz7 low cost,

;it lwill be apparent that the invention provides an extremely 4inexpensive means for converting target or field arrow heads into hunting arrows under such conditions that it can readily be converted back to a field ;arrow or a target arrow when desired and without damage to their capacity to function properly as hunting or target arrows.

While a field arrow head has been herein selected for purposes illustrating the invention, it will be readily apparent that a target arrow head can as well be utilized without in any way changing the construction of the broad head blade or its manner of application to the basic arrow.

It will be recognized that a number of modifications may be made, the particular embodiment of the invention here given for illustrative purposes, but such embodiments will come within the scope of the hereinafter appended claims excepting as such claims may by their own terms expressly require otherwise.

I claim:

l. A combination target, field and hunting arrow, comprising in combination: a shaft, a head having a cylindrical portion and having also a tapered portion tapering away from one end of said cylindrical portion, said head having a central opening extending through .the other end of said cylindrical portion for receiving one end of said shaft, the tapered portion of said head having a forward section and a rearward section, said forward .section in- .cluding the tip thereof and having a continuous, imperforate, surface, said rearward section being between said forward section and said cylindrical portion; a pair of diametrically opposed and spaced blade receiving slots commencing in said rearward section and lextending longitudinally to a point intermediate the ends of said cylindrical portion and there terminating in a blind end; a fiat hunting blade having sharpened lengthwise edges converging to a point at one end and having also a central slot opening through the other end, said central slot having an outer portion equal in width to the diameter of said cylindrical portion, a middle portion equal in width to the distance between the bottoms of those portions of the blade receiving slots which are in said cylindrical portion and an inner portion of width equal to the distance between the bottoms of those portions of the blade receiving slots which are in said rearward section of said tapered portion, the Steps between said outer portion and said middle portion engaging said blind ends of said blade receiving slots when said blade is in voperative position to limit positively the rearward movement of said blade with respect to said head, and a pair of lugs extending towards .each

arrow and the imperforate surface on its forward 10 end minimizes the adhesion thereto of grass, or other extraneous material.

2. A combination field and hunting arrow constructed as defined in claim 1, wherein the maximum dlameter of said tapered portion is substantially less than the diameter of said cylindrical portion to provide a step therebetween.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,604 713 Norlund Oct. 26, 1926 2.137,014 Brochu Nov. 15, 1938 2,212,345 Krieger Aug. 20, 1940 2.350,581

Boose June 6, 1944

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