automatic loading cross bow patents 2005

7/27/2019 Automatic Loading Cross Bow Patents 2005

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United tates atentMoore

US006868845B1(1~ Patent o.: US 6,868,845 1~ Date f Patent: Ma~ 22, 2005

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RMph Moore, 2227 ynda ~,Hou~o~ X (US) 77038Su~em any dNdNme~ he mrm of thisp~ent exmnded r a~u~ed nder 5UN.C. 54(b)y 0 days.

Appl. o.: 0/704,100Filed: Nov. , 003Int.I. ..................................................41B /12U.S.I .........................................................24/25Fieldf earch...........................................24/25

U.S. PAT~T DO~ME~S3J39J65 * 6/19733~6&783 * 7/1976~72~318 * 2/19884,827,894 * 5/19894,877,008 * 10/1989~11%797 * 6/19925~43~56 * 9/1993

Moore........................24/25Pfotenhauer................24/25Yankey......................24/25Schallberger...............24/25Troubridge.................24/25Anderson...................24/25Luehring....................24/86

5~4~641 * ~1996Jenn..........................2~255~96~76 * 1/1997aiser.......................2~255~9&829 * ~1997 Bednar.......................2~25 c.ted y e~am~Pdma~ Examiner--John. R~d~ Attomey, gert, r Firm--T~ ~thews irm

ABSTRACTAn imwoved amom~ Ma~ng ~o~ow ~mpfiNng amNn ~ame aving ivotally ourned m~chan~aNeow~mbs ~em ~s ~om end. he bow Hmbs an be N~hedin foldingosition,r ~y anspogation,n n xtendedpositionor iring,r c~ e inte~hangedr ~ffemmowwe~N~ The ~o~ow includes n arrow magaNne on-taiNng pluralityf ~mws dap~d o be a~achedo themNn ~ame. An improved pring e~ amoma~N~ e&~mw~ ne t time, nto he iringositionn he ain~ame ~ ~e bow string cocked. n improved Wre~ase gg~ adaNed o be cocked y mo~ng he bowstrir ~m ~g poNton nd m be ~ed oMy when e ~Wrelease nd ~gger re both m~e& he improved el~~gg~ urther in,des r a smomh m~ Hne firirg.

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AUTOMAT~ LOA~NG CRO~OW

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONFMd f the nvention 5The presentnventionelates o a new nd mproved

cro~ow con~ru~n and pa~ulw~ to an automatic~ading oss-bowaving clip r magaNne or ofingpluralityf wrows r projectiles,n improvednternalguidingack or ster nd ore ccurateiring,nd n s0improved uter pper ur~ce f the gui~ng ack ors~dably oNtion~gw~us gNs r scopes. he oss-bowof he resentnventionlso ncludesn mprovedriggermechaNsm nd a sa~ m~ase which pre~bly revemsuninmntionNr acddent~Nchwges wefl s prov~ing 25smoothnd ccuratententionalischwge.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. ~ a Nde evationart~ n ectionnd artlynphantom il~s~g ~e improved au~matic ross-bowappwams ~h he arrow ~ in position.FIG. N amp view f the ~o~ow llt ~g the pperguide nd ~h he ow mbs n he xtendedosition.FIG. N a b~mm iew f the cross-bow~h ~e bow ~~mbs oldedack n re~actedosition.FIG. N a section~kw llustr~gn row ~e firingpositionn the ross-bownd he ow tringNng rawnacrosshe riggerechanism.FIG. N a sectionA kw il~ting he a~ow eding 0mechaNsmnd cross ectionf ~e upp~ u~e nd nserLFIG. N a vkw llt ~g he mountingf ~e bow mbson the Nn flame f the rossbow.FIG. Ais Nde iew f FIG. il~tingu~heretailsof the ountingf the ow mbs n the Nn lame f the 5

crossbow.FIG. is a sectionaliew l~tinghe rrow lip.FIG. N a ~ansv~se em~nN kw il~ting ddition~detailsf he rrow ~. 40FIG. N a ~iew llustr~gn embodimem~h riflestock.FIG. ~ is a view l~ting he bow string eleasemechaNsm.FIG. 1 ~ a Nde evationart~ n sectionl~tinge 45bow tringe~ase ppwa~s~h he riggern he ockedposition.FIG. 2 a Nde evationartly n ectionl~tingebow tringeleaseppwa~s~h he riggern the iringposition. 50FIG. 3 N amp view l~ting e spring late nd ~ebow prig sed n the ~.FIG. 3A ide iew f IG. 3.FIG. 4 N a Nde evationartlyn sectionl~tinge 55m~actab~houldertock n an extendedositionRh heNming ght levatedor se.FIG. 5 ~ a flont ~w l~ting ddR~nN emils f ~es~dab~ ase f the dev~ed ght.FIG. 5A a ~de iew l~ting ddRionaletails f 6othe s~dab~ ase f the ev~ed gN.FIG. 5B N amp v~w il~ting ddR~nN emils f ~es~dab~ ase f the dev~ed ght.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS 65An exemplarype f ~oss~ow shown n U.S. ~. o.3~3%765,sued un. 9, 1973, o RMph . Moore, hich

2is ~c~p~aed erein y m~mnce. s il~md n FIGS.1 and 2, an embo~mem of ~e ~o~ow C pmferab~comprN~ mNn flame having pair f bow HmbspNmally ourned n opposite des f the mNn flamea~acem s flont nd and a shoulder ece r stockm~amab~ ourned ~acem he rear end of such mNnflame Apist~ P ~ also ffixed ~e ~w of ~e m~nflame n ~s lower de and pmferab~ ~a~ pan,flyenve~ng firing echaNsm 0, wNch N prodded rh~ng he bow string taut hen he bow cocked nd~r mkaNng uch bow ~fing m ~hwge an wmw A when e ~o~ow ~ fi~d. t shcuM e app~d~ed ~e p~lgrip an e overedr encasedy ubber,asti~ood, rany o~ matefiM N suitabk pin,de p~g bilityas ell s dd tilityr estheticalueo he rip r he~o~ bow. An a~ow d~ K comber a p~fi~ of wmwsN relea~b~~ached o the Nn flame ~r aummaticafly~e~ng n wmw ~m ~e mNn flame r firing ach ime ebow string N drawn ack nd ~mhed n the firingmechaNsm 0. should e undemtoodh~ the arrow ~K can No e cafled magaNne r mherwNees~Ned uchas to convey he meaNng f one of ~s Nn~nN ha ofslor.ng p~fi~ f wmws . The plurdily f wmws ,bring ored n the lip (FIG. , can e m~et mws rhunting mws or a comNna~n f hunting nd m~etwmws. t ill e ppreda~dy hose n he rt hat e lipK can accommodate varie~ f hunting mws dud~g,but ot HmRed , those a~ng wo, ree, r ~ur bhdewmwheads 7 ~sposed bo~ e flo~ f the wmw. willalso be appended ~ w~en u~g ~e hunting wmw~the Ndes, f e wmwhead7, ifl m~n ontNnedn thed~ K or in the firing hamb~ f the cross ow thusmdudng he isk f accidentalu~ lom he lades hen~ansportingr andlinghe ross ow.HG. 3 Nut,ms e flame ~ preferab~ ompfiNngpair f ~mraflypace~ ngitud~allyxmndingide ads11, 2 wNch e dNposedub~am~flywalld o each therand are m~rab~ onnotedge~ the flora nd by theflont ansv~ emb~ 3 and at the rear y the rear~ansverse emb~ 14. ProgeNy a cen~afly ~spo~Mn~md~d~ ex~nd~g open~g 15 ~ pmv~ed ~ ~e m~nflame b~ween e ~de ~ils 1, 12 m perm~ mws mbe oved lom he rrow ~ K in to the ir~g osR~n n e firing hamb~ ~e mNn flame emb~As best een n FIGS. and 4, the engal peNng 5~c~des ~n~m~nafly xmnd~g ot ~r receiving eshaftr ody 6 f he rrowswith n nlargedr elievedportion 5a ~r accommodatingke wmwhead 7 ~sposedabout he rwwd nd f he haft 6, nd noffierNwgedor elievedortion5b accommodalehe ane, a~h~ rrear tabilizers8 ffixed~acemhe ear nd f he rrowshaft 16. ith he elievedort~ns5a, 5b n the en-~ally sposedpeningr p~s~ge 5, will e appmd~ed

th~ he rrows may e moved erticaflylom ~omgepositionn he lip into ositionn he ain lame ~rfiring ~h the Mn~md~d xN of the wmws A bringma~m~ed ub~am~fly wallel ~e Mngitud~ xN ofthe ain lameA pair f ~ngRud~aflyxten~ng aws r g~e memb~s2~ 1 are lidaNyournedn mp of the de NN 1, 2.The g~e memb~s 20, 21 we pm~b~ co~ed w~h aTEFLON 0e~afluome~ene fluorocarbon poems--TEFLON N a m~ed ~ademwk of DuPont du Nemoum.E.I. CoO, o~e~ene,r ~milw esilientnd ubstan-tially ff bfic~edemem. Ns coatingill referab~decrease he resNtancer fiction f the g~e memb~s

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ratus s ired;hus referablyrovi~ng~ster nd oreaccurate hot. he g~e members an aNo be po~shed,coate~ no~ze~r oM~wisereated form surfaceRh~mRed ~tionN ~ance hen the a~ow A N tim& Suchs~dabk ~e members ~, 21 pm~mb~ nc~de orw~dreEevedortions~a, 1a or eceivinghe rowhead7and ear eEevedort~ns~N 1b or ~mRtinge ~aher18 ~ pass hemthroughRhout amage hen he rows~e moved om tooge Me c~p ~m Me firing ositionabove e jaws ~, 1.The sli~ng aws ~ 21 am provided~h MngRud~aflyspaced iagonM uides ~c, 1c which mferab~ x~nd~w~dly nd forw~Ny estive o the cen~A peNng ~.Guide ~s or ~gs 2~ 21d ex~nd hrough e guide o~2~G 1c nd re ffixedo the pper ur~cef the ainframe Actuatingins ~ 21e rojectpw~dly lhe ~end f the li~ngaws ~, 1 n~ s ~lus~atedn IG. ,are ngagedy Me bow tring when N drawn ack ndN~hed n Me fir~g echanism~. s illustra~d,ken ebow string N moved ~w~Ny s indicted y the a~ow3~ in FIG. , R engageshe p~an~ngins ~e, 1e ndmoves he lidingaws ~ 21 marward~nd lso utw~dlydue the d~gonaflysposed uide o~ 2~G 21c actingaga~ e guide ins ~ 21d to thereby pread he jaws2~, 1 la~N~ p~t o allow he ppermo~rrow in themNn ~ame m be moved pw~dly mween he g~es ~,21 and n~ he ir~g osit~nop he ~es ~, 1 as illbe des~Ned de~ heroin dow.As llustratedn IG. , e ~es ~ 1 ~e rovidedithupw~Ny nd outw~d~ ounded n~ edges ~; 21fwhichexmnd ~ally f the a~ow haft 6 for supportingnda~gn~g e shaft 6 ~ position or firing. s ~md inFIG. , each f the ~es ~ 21 N pm~rab~rovideditha spring ~ 21g hich pm~rab~a~kd n the ecesses2~h, 1h Nposed Me g~es ~ 1. he orwardnd f thesprings ~g, 1g ~e connec~d p~s ~, 2~ mourned nthe pper de f the an ame and he ear nd f the

sprigs ~ 21g m connecmd suitable peNngs ~ 21k~ Me ~es ~, 1 ~acemhe ear f the ecesses~h, lb.The springs ~g, 1g ove e g~es ~ 21 ~om he openpositionhen e bow string N NMwed move orwardaga~ e latcNng ember the firing echaNsm ~.Referringow HGS. and , an upper uide ember4~ wNch so xmnds ~M~ f Me shaft 6, providedorguiding he a~ow wh~h oves hen ired. he pperguide ~, in one embo~ment,omprNesn inve~ed ub-~am~fly ~haped ember aving base 1, a pair flower ependingdes 2, 3 ex~ndingong he ppositeedges f e ase 1 and pair f pp~ xtend~gdes 2u,43u. s be~ ~md in FIG. , in one embodiment,hetwo pper xtend~gdes 2u, 3u re referablyngledsuch ha they orm gack r channel 1c capable fmtNNng abk ements uch s skNs r scopes ee FIG.14). t shoulde undem~odh~ he onfigurationf theupper ortion f the pper uide ~ can ary xmnNve~w~hout epa~g om the spirit f thN invention.orexampk, ut not mbed , the pper x~n~ng des 2u,43u can be configuredo form channel 1c wh~hsub~am~flymuN~ quare r m~angular,he ides f thechannel1c an orm double roover mult~krooves,R can be configuredm~ to the lower ependingdes44a, 4N r ~ can ven e configureduch h~ ome peof dove~ roove on the u~ide f the upper xten~ng

~des 2u, 3u. ne of Me primly mprox mems g~ngthe pper uide ~ N to re~in guide nse~ ~ on theundemidef e upp~ u~e ~ (see enerallyIG. ) hileforming mmhod cf slidab~ m~g demems uch as

4~gNs r scopesn the p ~de f the pper uide ~ ~eegeneraflyIGS. , 14, ~, 8A nd 8B). N fomseeab~,and ~efom hould so e appmd~edy those killed nthe a~, h~ the lower epend~g des 4a, 4b can be

5 sim~ onfigured the pper ~end~g des 2u, 3u nordero etainny onfigurationf n pperuide se~ ~.The ack r channel 1c orms sub~antiaflyngRud~channel ha ex~nds ub,aNallyhe ~ngth f the m~n~ame Two cem~fly epending rojections4a, 4b~0 exmnd ngRud~aflyong he ase 1 and re poNtionedabove nd mweene inclineduide urfaces~; 1f(FIG.~). he wo eNmfly epen~ngrojections4a, 4b pm~e~bly ave ub~antiaflyL" shaped kro>imageross-sections.n upper uide nse~ ~, aving sub~antiafly~5 "T" haped ross ectionnd hich xtendsngitud~ally~ong he base 1, N a~ached ~hin he two cen~aflydepend~grojections4~ 4b. t shoulde nderwoodh~the pper u~e an e ~achedn a l~ge arie~f mmhods

inc~ding,ut ot imi~d, crews,lue~g/bonding,ove-20 ~ or other roove onfigurations.t should u~her eundemtoodh~ he ross e~ionf e upper u~e nse~ ~

could ary om he T" ross ectionarticularlyf hem~hod f ~chmentiffersr ff the onfigurationf thelower epend~gdes 4a, 4b vary s desc~bederein

25 bove.t houldlso e oted hat f he rrow ead 7 scomprNedf a four~de ead, he upper uide nse~ ~shoulde hor~neduch h~ he nse~ ~ oes ot xtendforw~d o as to cover he recesses 4, 6~ which reprovidedear he orw~dnd f the row ~ K s~e afls

30 8 81 ~ee FIG. 8 and the desc~pt~n erein dow).Th~efom,he pper uide nse~ ~ could so e a two-p~ce nse~ uch s to ~dfi~ he bilityo uncoverheabove es~Nedecesses~ 6~, s wall s uncoverrevi-ouMy esc~bedelievedortion 8a henev~ four~Nde35 ~row used r ff ome ther rowhead7 onfigurationused hich ould e obtrudedy a one-pieceufl ngthupper u~e nse~ ~. he upper u~e se~ ~ pmferab~

engages he shaft 6 of the a~ow A m~g ~ on suchsur~ces hen N berg ired r moved h~e~ongy the4o bow tring . Pre~blyhe pper uide nse~ ~ is of am~er~l hat ossesseself ubricaingualit~such sUHMW, TEFLON 0e~afluoroethylene luorocarbonpolymer--TEFLON a m~ed ~ademark f DuPont uNemourN .I. CoO, h~ po~mer ompound~ h~ ~gid~ mam~d~ r Me like whereby uch m~er~l mferab~decreaseshe tion etweenhe pp~ uide nsertnd he~row heft 6. hN ecreasen ~tion m~rab~ rovidesfor faster nd ore ccu~movementf the row haft16 through he cro~bow ~ml r firing hamb~ hus50 pm~b~ rovi~ng or a fa~er nd more ccu~m rowor pr~ectilefter erg aunchedom he ossbow. Itshould e appmd~ed ha the upper uide nse~ ~ w~laflow or n ncreaseddocityf he rrow upon iring

due o the eductionf ~tion ~ween he ~ow haft 655 and he uide nse~ ~. he ddition~oatingf the ~emembers~ 2L which erve s bottomuide or he rowA, ill u~hereducehe verafltion~omes preservelhe cmasedeMcitynd iring ccurac> shcuM u~her

be ppmd~edhat ince he resentpp~atusul~ nve-6o Mpes e row in the iringhambe~~. he pper uide~se~ ~ and he Msed ain embem ~, 1, he ross owcan be accum~ ired sub~antid~v~y osR~n nc~d-~g upNde own.

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18 on Me ~mw A ~ R N moved Nong the ~rf~ 2~ 2~S~fl> the lower ~h~ we~ passes ~ough thes~t or ~n~ ~g ~ be~n Me g~es 2~ 21 and ~ ~emMn ~ame E~ fllu~r~edn IG. , he ear nd f he mw haft 6N p~ p~d ~h a p~ ~ p~ ~s 1~, 16bwhich e ~ceNed n a su~able de lot g ~GS. and

~ to orient he ~mw A w~h two of the ~h~s 8 ~gned~ Me opeMn~ 4~ 47 ~d w~h Me ~kd ~h~ 18 ~edin he entralpeMngg.~ fllus~atedFIGS. and 8, the ~ K wNch omMnsa p~M~y of ~mws A comprN~ a case h~ng hmra~yspaced apa~ sides g0, ~1 p~ jo~d mge~ at the~rw~d nd y a ~ont ansverseember 2 and the earend by a rear ~ memb~ g3 w~h an ~w~Ny and~d~ ~d b~m g4. A vertica~y ~ed groovegg N p~b~ prodded n the rear end po~on g3 ~r~ceN~g the ~b~tiM~ p~el ~ces 16a, 16b on the

arrow haft 6 ~ee FIG. and to serve s a ~de ~rorienting uch ~mws A ~h ~ ~p~ ~h~s 18 ~gnedw~h the ~aces 46, 47 ~rmed b~w~n the ~M p~tions 4a, 4b nd he eportingdes 2, 3 ee IG. ,and Me ~wer ~h~ 18 ~gned M~ Me ~NM ~g 1~~ fl~r~e~ he ~aced ~a~ wMN g0, ~1 pin,de a

cen~al ~ ~ ~G. ~ ~r ~M~ the arrow shafts 16.Recesses1, 2 ~e pmv~ed ear he ear f he MN 0,~1 m accommod~ehe ~h~s 8 on Me ~mw shaft 6 soas to enable uch mws o be stored n the p K w~ho~the h~s 8 bNng ern r crushednd o also ace,atemovemem of the ~mws A ve~y as ~ey are ~ha~ed~om the d~ K as will e describedereinafte~so,recesses 64, 65 ~ we~ Wo~d ~ Me ~d ~dof the alls 0, 1 to No.de p~e r the mw eads 7.~ best een n IG. , su~able~ng 6 s ecuredo hebmmm 54, of the d~ ~ ~r ~ng the ~mws A v~tica~yso as to move hem om he d~ K into he main ameThe ~pm~d ~ri~ 66 ~ p~Ny a~ached ~ the ~ringp~e 67. The me~od f a~Nng e @r~g 6 m Me @ringp~e 67 N pm~mb~ by ~mws ~. How~ R ~M beappmd~ed tha any v~y ~ ~chmem m~hods such aswe~, rock or @m weM~N rive~, bo~ and ~g Nu~n~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~. ~ @fi~ p~ 67 N We~ ~a ~~ "~ ~d ~m~n ~ a bow ~p 69@o~ M~~ or ~~ pm~l m ~ ~wshaft 6 Mong he ~per de of the "~ haped nfig~>tion ~ FIGS. 13 and ~. ~e bow ~ 69 N ~ti~y estrainedhen ore han ne arrow is in themag~e K. WMn Me ~d ~owAN m~y ~ Ma~ng ~mthe ~ng chambe~ the bow ~p 69 we~mNy becom~unrestrained nd is ~md to @ring upw~Ny ith as~am~Hy ~ex s~ ~ pu~g on Me ~mw ~aft16. This w~Ny onvex r~ce rges he final rrowinto the ~g ~am~ ~ ~d ~ FIG. & ~ 66a ~epm~mb~ ~e~d ~ Me d~ K m pm~m Me @~g ~67, and thus he s~ng 6, ~om berg nadve~enflyN-Md~d ~om Me ~p ~ p~ti~fly w~n d~ K N emp~and N removed ~r Moa~. h should be @pmd~ th~the @ring m~g ns 66a can be any t~e of r~entiondev~e such as bu~ons, u~on ~ ~mped edge~ andthe ~e.~ N~r H~d ~ ~G. 7, Me ~h~s 18 ~e N~herpmm~ed ~om damage, such a c~@~ or ~mme~

e@ed~y d~ ~e pm~Ny ~ Me ~c~Non of aspacer ~l 75 ~n each of the a~ow shafts 6. Thespacer b~l 75 N pm~ m~Ec but can be any ma~hlwh~h can re~ de~rm~n y the a~ow shaft 16. Such

6m~eriNs ould nclude, ut am not Hm~ed , phstic,polymer,ethylcryl~e,r ubb~ . t houlde ppmdaedth~ he ah 5 an so e varietyf hapesncludingutnot imReda pill, bo~ plug,ny aperedins r lugs,

5 and the ke. he ~l 5 m~nt~ns sub~antiMlyertic~space etween he rows bdng mmd n the ~ K. Whenthe rrow is ring oadedom he ~ K into he iringchambe~ s N descrNed erd~ he bMl 75 N preferablyexpelledhrough ho~ wHch m~rablyasses hroughthe pper ack 0 see IG. ) nd he pper uidense~10 ~ee IG. ).Re~rringgNn o HG. the ~ K N preferablyecuredto he Nn ame by he nsertionf he ongue intocorrespondingroove n the orwardortionf the Nn

~5 ~ame as to some xtent lu~ra~d n FIG. . Fu~he~bu~on ~hes 7, ockedo the ear f he lip (FIG. )engage he mNn ~ame Thu~ he clip N preferablysnappednto lace nd ecurably~achedo the Nn ameF until anuallyemove& should e apparento those2o skiHed n the a~ th~ hN chment an e varied Rhoutdepartingom he pir~ f the nventiony u~ng therav~lab~aveningeans uch s pin~ roovesr notches

in the ame, uick onnem~nd he ke.As illus~atedn IGS. 0-12,n improvediringech>25 nNm 0 has sub~antiaHyU" haped avity n the ontend. he mechanism0 pm~rably as hree osed deswRh he ont, op, nd ottomides pen. he wo ateralsides 1, 2 pm~rablyave pair f pins 3 inse~edthroughu~ableoles 3a n he wo ateralides 1, 2.3o The ins 3 referablyct s a stringeleaseop in opreventamage r overtravdf the ~h 7. should eappmd~edhat he op ins 3 can e ~ngle in r twopins s escrNederoin, shouldu~here appmd~edh~the ~erhlf he ins an No ary nd not ntendedo35 be fimRed o a m~fic ~erhl. he iring echanism0pm~rablylidablyit~ t east a~hH~nto he istolripR This ~ows or reamrase n handfinghe ross ow orfiring.he fidableit f the iringechanismRhin hepistolrip rovidesor a~ nhalationnd ssemblyr4o dNassembly.he fidableit an e accompfishedhroughthe use of groove~ ove-tai~r ~mHar hannds nd Npm~rably rovided ~h a quick ck feature uch sm~actab~ins, crew~ humb crew~ ~che~ uttons,rthe ike.45 A bow ring atch 7 N poNtionedetweenhe wo ateralNdes 1, 2 and pivom~yountedn pin 7a xmndingthroughuRab~peningsn he wo ateralides L 2. hebow ~ing ~ch 7, hich ~lu~ra~dn FIGS. 0 nd 1,pm~rablyomprisesbody aving pak f l~erMlypaced50 up~andingrojections1, 2 w~h a groove 3 therebe-tween or eceivinghe ow tring. hen he tring Nm~asedy pivotinghe ~h 7 orwardly,tring engagesthe ear nd f he ~ow haft 6 and rives uch haft

forw~do fire . h shoulde appmd~edhat n rder o55 pm~rablyave redsend ccurateiringf the rrow ,the p~andingrotrus~ns1, 2 of the ~h 7 shouldesub~antiallymooth.referabl>he moothurfaceillsub~antiallyemNn n ontact~h he trings he tringN releasednd moves n a sub~antiMlyongitudin~nd6o ~ontw~d~ection.re~rably,hN ontactill reventhestring om umpingr moving n a nonqongitudin~imc-~on hich ould revent~ue enterine iring.As Hlusgatedn FIGS. 1 and 2, he ottom 0 f the

bow ring ach 7 N providedith concaveam urface65 90 hich of ub~antiMlyhe ame adiuss he yfindri-cally haped am urface1 on the ylindric~riggersuppo~2. returnpring4 connec~he ottomf the


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bow tringatch ody 7 wiM pin r rod 5 h~ ca~din the rear f two hmr~ des 1 and 72 and exmnds~ansv~se~ hereb~ween.The trigger 00 is ~d in FIGS. 1 and 12. The~g~ 100 ~ p~mb~ imegrM wiM Me c~dr~ ~gersuppo~ 2. h mu~ be appendedh~ the rigger 00 ndthe cyfindric~rigger uppo~ 2 can e sep~e ~cesa~ached y a su~ab~ ean~ he trigger 00 rot~ablymouNed n a ~ansve~dyxmnding ~ or rod 104 th~ N~so ountedn su~ab~peNngs the wo ateralides 1and 2. he loN ortionf the yl~dr~Mrigg~ uppo~92 N prov~ed iM a ~ansve~dyxmnding roove eMg-n~ed en~afly05 ~ as base 06 nd pair f p~alM~des 07 and 108. spring 6 N preferably~achedb~ween ho~ 5 in one f the ~alld aces 07 f thegroove 05 n the yfindric~riggeruppo~2 and hes~g ~ase op p~ 97 ~ prov~e or ~turn~g e trigger100 and the yfindr~Mrigger uppo~ 2 ~ ~s origin~p~-fir~gosition.t should e ppreN~edhe tachmentof the pring 6 in a ho~ 85 N a prefer~dmbodimeN;howeve~ varied hce f ~mchment o the cyfindric~trigg~ uppo~ 2 N ~H1 ~Nn he spir~ f the presentimprovemeN.The c~dric~ rigger uppo~ 2 N pre~mbly efievedon the ppositede lom he roove 05. he ylind~cutawayr refievedo as o p~mit he ow tring~h 7~ pNot forw~d nd ~ase he bow string when thetrigg~ uppo~ylind~2 s rotatedn the irectionfa~ow 78 flom the position m~d n FIG. 1 to theposition~m~d n FIG. 2 of the drawings.As llus~atedn IGS. 0-12,he mprovediringech~nism 70 N pre~bly o~ effiNent nd sm~ The com-pact iring echanism0 p~bly flows ~ser ro~m~yb~ween he tring and the arrow thus referablyproving mcre ositNerike men, hen he tring Nrdeased. he firing echaNsm 0 N p~mb~ ~Nned nMe mNn lame by the ous~g ounting~ 109. should

be app~d~edh~ e fir~g echanism0 can e retained~ Me mNn flame ~ any su~ab~ ann~ nc~d~g, utnot immed, scows,et ~ew~ o~s, arious~s, nd hefike. should u~her e appendedh~ e firing ech~nNm 70 could be more p~maneN~ ~ached ~hin themNn lame ff desked.he ir~g echaNsm0 referably~c~des ~g~ sa~ latch 12 which connected o ashaft 10 arriedn the wo at~ des L 72. he afetylatch 12 nc~des half ylinder15 hich s rot~ablymouNedetweenhe wo ateralides 1, 2 n the haft110. he Mf yfinder15 as convexurvedur~ce16which rm~es n a plane urface 17. he safety 12locks he rigg~ uppo~ ~d~ 2 agNn~ otationn thedkectionf ~row 8 as ~ng s the onvexurved ur~ce116 ngageshe lane urface3 n he ack f e triggersuppo~ ylinder2. s he haft 10 rotated,he Mfc~d~ 15 referablyurns lom e oNtionllustramdnFIG. 1 o he ositionlus~atedn IG. 2, nd e urvedsur~ce 16 n the alf ylindera~ lock 15 movedout f onta~~h he lane ur~ce3 n the ack f the~g~ suppo~ ylind~ 2, th~eby ~m~ting uch riggerto be rotated w~d~ s in,card y the ~row 9. Suchmovementf the rigger~mblyotateshe riggerup-po~ ylindern the irectionf arrow 8 and he onvexcam 1 N moved ut f engagementith he concaveam90 on the ase f the ow tringdeaselock 7, leNngsuch ~ck rotate r pNot orw~dly the~by ase ebow tring so as m fire e ~row flom e cro~ow .A spri~ 86 p~mb~ ornered~ween he h~lf ylindersafetylock 15 nd pin 11 n he ear de f he iring

me~aNsm 0 N p~r~ bh~d m ~mm Me haft cyfinder115 to the po~on ~r~ed n FIG. 1.HG. M ~s ~ ~pro~d ~ m~ ~ ~p~S of the ~o~ow C in exmnded po~on ~r ~ng. The5 shoulder uppo~ r shoulder o& S comprNes p~ of

Nmrafly ~aced arms 120 which are pre~y ~d~mourned ~ Me m~ of Me mNn flame E The s~am~Mn~md~M ex~nNon of the arms 120 can pm~r~ bem~ a~u~ed ~ a m~fim& ~ p~ proving a~0 v~e~ of ~n~hs bmw~n a sub~anfiafly ~ ex~ndedpo~on and a sub~anfiafly M~ rmramed ~. The~mrme~e MngRu~n~ p~R~ ~n be M~b~ fi~d~ough p~ of a~u~mem ~ews 22, ough series fnm~ ~ ~oov~ ~ed ~ong Me ~n~h of Me ~ms 120~5 and c~m~on~ng ~ notches r grooves t the rearof Me mNn flame E, ~ ~M an a~u~g ~m pre~bly ms~~ the ~n~h of the arms 120. he outer nds ofthe rms 20 are m~mb~ ixeNy ~ached y the ad orshoulder e~ 126. ~ should be ~pred~ tha ~h a2o v~e~ of ~tachmem mmhods are ~, the pm~edm~hod f ~chme~ s~ews or oMer ~enem M~ can bem~fivdy ea~ de~ched ~r d~n~ compare ~ and~anspo~ationf the pp~am~In ~r em~me~ rifle tock 0 can be a~ached o25 the rear f the ain lame ~G. ~. In this mbo~mem,

e e~eMNk ~o& S c~ NM~ be mm~ or R ~n mmNnin its retracted . As i~a~d, he rifle sto& isa~ached ~ace f the pNol R3O ~ a~u~able eep ~gN 140 ~GS. 14, 15, 15~ and15~ N pre~mbly rodded n the ~o~ bow C. The peep~gN 140 pm~ includes sub base 130 wh~h N "~shaped prmem e peep kN 140 when N ~ Me Mw~edor dosed ~. The peep ~gN 140 N~r comprN~ a35 base o~on 32 wh~h mourned n a ~vot n 134, nd~c~d~ a p~ ~ up~an~ng ~ms 136, 137 wNch ~epm~b~ spaced mrafly pa~ and a~ached gmh~ atthek ower nds the base 32 and he~ per nds y~ansverse member 138. A ~b~y Mn~u~n~ye~end~g ot 139 N thus ~rmed ~w~n the up~an~ng~ms 136 and 137 ~r m~ a movable NgN memb~145. The movable ~gN memb~ 145 may be moved~ or ~~ on ~ ~~ ~ ~6, ~7.

~ The ~pr~ a~u~abk peep NgN ~b ba~ 130 N~dably ~ached mw~n he upper x~nding des u,43u. Thu~ ~o~ng ~r Me a~u~k p~p ~gN ~mb~~ be moved MngRu~nafly ong the ~per ~de memb~40 ~ough the channd 41c ~rmed ~n the upper50 e~end~g ides 2u, 3u. t should e @pmd~ hat herear ~u~able eep gN can be removed hen Nngscope, escribed ~Mr herein eM% or can mmNna~ached o the upper gNde 40 but in ~s Mw~d ~.When the rear ~u~abk eep ~gN 140 N use~ pm~>55 ably ck ~mws 49 ~e mourned n the ~b base 30 on~poNm N&s of Me ~p~ ~mn~ ~&s ~u, ~u m ~ mengage he base block 132 and lo& ~ in a &~ ~.h should be @pmd~ th~ the lock ~mws 149 areposR~ned uch m pro~de ~ernae oNtions a~ng6o the rear eep gN 140. pre~md ~hod f ~ch a~ach-men N ~r Me M& ~mws 150 m ~e~ N~ Me s~base blo& 130 into the ~ntid~ ngRud~M hannel~c. ~e ~chmem m~ho& c~ ~c~d~ b~ ~e notEmRed m, ha~ng a s~amhfly MngRud~ Mot in the65 pper x~n~ngdes 2u, 3u, everalhreadedoles neach f the pper ~end~g~ ~u, u, r various ther

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the ivotallyountedase lock 32 r swin~nghe rms136, 137 ~ a ~e~N~ uprigN position ~ i~d ~FIGS. 4, 5, nd 5A. he ock crews 49 ay hen etigNenedhoM e eep gN its re~ ositionor iring.When t s desiredo etracthe eep ght, he ck mws149 may be loosened nd the peep MgN ~w~ed andthereafterhe ock crews 49 ay gNn e ighmnedolock he peep gN ~ ~s m~ac~d os~n. he ~ck screws~e also mferab~sed a~ust e windage rom igN~fi nd ice ersa.The improved pp~ Nde emb~ 0 Mso pro~des rthe mchmem f a scope 47. he cope 47 can ompri~a quick cNng cope mourn ~h a comN~dy ~u~aNeeye reHe As i~r~ed n FIG. 1{ the scope 147 Nmmovab~ ~ached o a base 44. s w~h the improveda~u~ab~ ear eep ~N 14~ ~e scope ase 44 N ~Mab~mouNed ~Nn pper xmn~ng des 2u, 3u. he scopebases 144 are pm~b~ a~ached n the mann~ d~Ned~r ~e m~ peep gN ub ase 30 esc~bederein bove.A front eep gN (FIG. N ~mi~ ouNed the frontof the upper uide 0 and N Mso mmovaNe nd sHdab~along he hannel1c ~rmed n the p of ~e upp~ Nde40. s pmv~uslyesc~bedereinbove, he ariouson-figur~nsf he hannel1c an e dapmdo a varifyffro~ MgNs. Th~e~m, i shoed be appre~ed ~ ~e

appmN~ed h~ any MgNs, cope~ nd the fike an be~tached ~h a quick cking echanNm o faci~am u~k~tachmem nd mmovM.The bow fimbs am pre~mbly ivotallyounted e~ e ~rw~d nd f ~e mNn frame m perm~ e bow fimbsB to be pNo~d rom he retractedositions i~m~d nFIG. of the rawing~w~d~ nto he xmndedositioni~mmd n FIG. ~r firing. he string N preferab~~tacheduchhesub~aN~Hyx~ndsn tnh~h~amC~CkedsitipnNneh~~smugthe tring

the enterf he ow imbs when ey re n he xtendedposition;uch ~ne sub~anfiM~~alld o the mainframeAs i~mmd HGS. , 6, and 6A, ~e bow fimbs ~ea~ached o mountinglocks 60 wNch re pNmally on-nected y pNot ~s 162 to the conne~g locks r thepNot Necks 163 ~ ~e iNegrM~ rmed ne~ ~e ~rw~dend of the mNn frame It N underwoodh~ the pNotblocks 63 can so be sep~e rom he Nn frame and

a~achedo he Nn rame by screwsnot how~ r o~ersu~ab~ en~s. pring oaded atcNng ns 165 arecarriedn ~e ow ocks 60 nd e adapmdo e insertedinto he peNngs67 n the N~ ~cks 63 hen ligned~emw~h.As ilustratedn IGS. and A, he ow lock 60 spm~mb~ rodded i~ a pair f I~M~ r~ectinglates160a, 60b. he plates 60a, 60b rm an opeNng 68b~ween em and an e p~a~el each ther lthoughna preferredmbo~memhey re mferab~ngled nw~dlymw~d ach the~ he anted peNng referab~ompri~sincfinedur~c~ 70, 71 roddedn oppositedes f abase 73 ~sposed the b~m or back f the opeNng.Su~ab~ peNngs75, 76 ~e proddedhrough he lates160a, 60N r receivinghe atcNng~s 65. referab~them ~l be ~ ~a~ one l~ch~g n 165 pas~ng hrougheach f the peNngs75, 76 n each f the ow locks160. ach f the ns 65 connemedo a spring oaded

thumb mh 180 wh~h an be depraved auMng he p~s165 to ~ngage. prings 88 u~e the thumb mh 180 topush he ~ching~s 65 hroughhe peNngs75, 76 nthe I~M~ rojectingMes 60a, 60k

10The connecting lo& or ~vot blo& 163 N pm~p~ ~ a ~~ ~ ~ ~d ~ ~191 which ~rm a wedge-fike on ~ N adored o bemc~ved mween ~e hm~y pr~em~g ~es 160a, 160b5 of the pNot locks 60. opeNng 67 N pmv~ed n thew~Mwd ~on ~ ~ ~e~ bM& ~ pNm bM&163 and exmnds ough o the incfined ff~ 90, 91and N Wo~&d ~r m~M~ the ends of the lacNng ns165 that re ~dab~ ourned the mra~y paced pen-~0 ~gs 175, 176 on ~e ~des of the h~r~ p~e~p~es 60a, 60~If d~ked ~e bow blocks 160 may be s~ng ~ ~and he wedge haped urfaces90 nd 191 1 ~g~ hep~s 165 to ~rce them hmrN~ ~aa and pe~ the bow~5 blo~ 60 to be pNomd ver he conne~g lo~ r pNot

blo~ 63. When the p~s 165 become gned w~h theopeNngs 167 ~ ~e ~e ~ p~n ~ ~ connectingor ~vot blo~ 63, he p~s 165 wil move mra~y oengage he peNngs67 nd hus o~ r hmh he nds fe0 the bow ~e ~mn~d oNtionch s N ilus~atedn FIG.2.

In order o release he ~cNng emb~s nd pe~ thebow blo~ 60 to be ~ng back o the retractedo~onsuch as i~r~ed n FIG. 3, the thumb atch 180 Ne5 depravedau~ng he ~s 165 o w~hd~w rom he pen-~gs 167 the pN~ b~cks 63. ~n ~e bow imbs and e bow b~ 160 ~e ~mp~y m~a~e~ ~ey will beh~d ~ ~e m~a~ed p~n ~e~y ~ a sm~l b~l h~hor bu~on ~h 192. t should e appmda~d ~e N~tion3o of ~ch bah ~ch r bu~on ~ch 92 to mem~ eep hebow Embs B from e~end~g wNk ~e ~s bow N bNng~@o~ed ~ h~e& Howeve~ pm~mb~ ~y l~ch wNchretainshe ow Hmbs in the etractedo~on ust e~e~iYv~m,~o~on G. w~n_ o~nge ow mbs mo e iring5It wil be @wed~e~ y those n the a~ that he q~connect ~e of hmNng mechanNm o~d w~h the ~ns165 a~ng agNn~ the incEned ff~ 90 and 191 wil~ s~g~g the bows or bow Embs B as ~ wil benecessary o oNy ~m~y po~on the p~s 165 oppo-N~ the hoks 167 to ~k ~e @ring ~ p~s 165 to bemoved ~aHy into ~ch opeNn~ 67 and ~emby ~cMngthe bow Embs B in thdr open ~ ~d ~ ~k~r ~.In another mbo~mem,ow blocks 60 are adaNed oa~achab~ eceive bow Emb adaptor l~e 84. hisadaptor p~e 184, is pm~ fixeNy a~ached to ana~emative t of bow Emb~ In tNs manne~ ~ wNgNs

5o of bow Embs can be im~changed o pin,de gm~v~e~ of ~~ and ~ Thu~ ~w~ wNgN bowAmbs can be a~ached to the ~pm~d ~ow C whensu~dem pow~ N ~t ~k m ~ a ~ng a~ached toheavkr wNgN bow Embs or w~n ~mm wekN Em~ ~e

55 deMred r ~mm ~p~ of shooting uch t~g~ hootingor hum~g. hus, the ~pm~d bow Nnge h~h mechaNsmis more e~dem in that he bow Nocks 60 are pm~able to receive ~amhHy ny ~o@~e tak down bow~ough he tiEzationf the daptor~e 84.6o ~e~ as i~m~d in FIGS. 1 and 3, a ~kand ~vm~k ~mp 200 N prodded to be mk~aNy andpN~ ~d ~ e~her the ~rw~d end or the ma~dend of the main frame E The ~ can faci~ate ~ng

the ~o~ bow C, ~d~e ~a~ng or cocMng e bo% and65 s~n~ng ~e bow ~ng E. Ne~r~ ~e ~mp 200 Na~achedo the ~w~d nd f the ain rame when Nde,red s~ng e bow Embs ~m ~e exmnded ortion.


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In ~N pcsR~n, he amh~ ay ph(e ne o~ ~ ~e stirrup200 o ~cilRam om~g he bow imbs in poNtion ~ekmspe~Ne ow hinge ~ch echanNmso ~emby ring ebcw . h will e ppmd~edh~ he nds f the ow tr~gsE will e affixedo the ppositends f he ow mbsprior o ~e pivotM~ ouNed ow ~mb h~ges dng wunginto he pen r extendedositiono raw uch ow ~gstaut.Preferabl>hen ockinghe ro~ ow , he tirrup00N a~ached o the forward nd of the mNn ~ame ~Pre~rably,e mber ay hen lace ne oot n ~e tirrup200 ~ ~e ~oN end of the m~n ~ame nd ~eby ee bothhands or se n rawinghe ow tring taut nd atcNngR in he rigg~echanism0 or iring.In eRker he orwardr marw~dosR~n,e stirrup00N mourned n a pNm p~ 201 wNch ~ends ansv~se~fthe ont nd ear nds f he ~n ame With he tirrup200 ~ached dther he ont nd r he ear nd, he owmay be c~ried y ~mp~ anuM~ r~p~g he ~oss ~ceof the tirrup00. re~rably,he ow mbs are n thecollapsedosition,s il~r~edn FIG. when he evice

N ca~d y the stirrup. t should e appred~ed h~althoughe embodimentescribesn int~changeab~ir-rup 00, he mprovedross ow an e providedRh wostirrup~ne each he forw~d nd nd the arw~d ndw~h one or b~h ~krups 00 m~asably ched r w~h oneor both krups 00 ore ermanently~ached.In use the bow Hmbs B may be secured n su~ab~openings60c the ow locks 60 nd e ow trings(cmed lhe ppositends f uch ow imbs.hmeafter, e bow ~mbs may e pN~ed om the m~a~ed ositionillumed n FIG. to the ex~nded ositionllumed nFIG. to ~eby raw he ow tring taut nd hce hebow mbs in the ositionor iring f a ~o~ow . Itwill e fu~her ppmd~ed h~ when he bow blocks 60have een oved o the ex~ndedositione Mcking ~s16~ ca~d herdn ill e ~dged ~e openings67 f ~e

connectingr pivm Mcks 63 o therebyecure~ck ebow imbs in heir xtendedosition.With he ~ K latchedn positionn the ain ameand the ~rows Mored n the ~ K ~ posR~n nder hejaws ~ 21, he ros>bowready or a~ng nd ocking.When he bow string N drawn ack a~ the firingmechaNsm 0, the bow string pmferab~ ngages ndpushesack he p~an~ng~s 0~ 1e o spreadpart hegaes r jaws ~ 21 to th~eby erm~ e uppermo~ rowA, ~ ~e d~ K ~ be urged pwardlyy ~e spring 6 untilthe a~ow ngages he pper u~e nse~ ~ ~ N dNposedabove he cen~M pening ~ through h~h uch ~owpasses.hen e bow tring N set ga~ e h~h 7, ejaws ~ 21 ill e dosed y springs0g, 1g nd e upperroundedurfacesill ereaft~upporthe ~ow haft 6in he iringhambern ositionor iring.ft~ he afetyrelease12 as een oved o ositionor iring,e rigger100 an e c~ed o fire he ~ow, nd fter iring he~row , lhe ~o~ow then eady or ~e mMad~g f ~enext rrow n the ~ . When he ow tring is pulledback o cock he ow and N drawn ack a~ the firingmechaNsm0 and ngages nd ushes ack he p~an~ngp~s 0e, 1e o spreadpart e ~es r jaws 0, 1, ndreleasab~ountedn the ~h 7, he g~es 0, 1 willag~n e opened o perm~ e next ppermo~row to bemoved pw~dly hrough he opening ~ in the ~n ~ame

F and o referablyosition~ow in the iringhamberfor iring.hereafter,iringay e aperedntile upplyof ~rows n the d~ K has been epend. hen he lasta~ow N ready o be moved hrough he mNn ~ame

12opening~ nd nto he iringhambe~ow tr~ 9 FIGS.13 nd 3A) ill rge he in~ rrow into iringhamber.The oregoingisc~suresnd escript~nsf the ppa-ratus isclosederein re llu~rativend exphn~ory5 thereoLnd ~us hangesn the ze, hape,nd ~eriNsas w~l s in the etailsf he llus~atedons~u~nay

be ade ithoutepartingom he piritf he nvention.What s dNmed s:1. An autom~ ading ress ow omprising:a mMn ame aving ~ont nd and rear nd;~ ~st two bow Hmbs ounted n s~d m~n ~ame forfiringrrowshere~omong firingxis;a d~ releasablymched o sa~d Nn ame or oringpluralityf ro~s herein;a sprkglate isposedn aid lip or ischargingrrowsthereo~

a pair f hmraHypacedaws lidablyountedn aidmNn ame herNn aid aws pen hen he ross ow2o N cockedo ermitn ~row o e rged y aid pringpl~e om toragen Md lip nto firingosition,nwhich aid rrow s supposedy said pacedaws;fir~ asably~achedtirrup;nda ~actab~ock lidably~achednto he ear nd fsaid ain ame.2. The ross ow f claim , wherNnaid luralityfagows urther omprNes ka~ one unting gow avingat eastwo lades.3. The ross ow f claim , wherdnaid luralityf~0 arrows u~her omprisest least ne untingrrow Rh

more han wo lades.4. he ross ow f claim , wherdnaid luralityfa~ows u~her omprisesuntingrows nd rget rrows.~. The ross ow f d~m , wherdn t ea~ ne pacer~s ~ inse~edetweenach f the aid luralityf rows.6. The ross ow f claim , wherdnaid t least nespacer s a mmdEc.7. he ross ow f laim , herdn aid t least nespacer s a non-mm~Ec.4o 8. The ross ow of claim , wherdn aid t least ne

spacer s ~e~ed hroughn upper uide hen aid rossbow being ocked.9. he ross ow n Mm , wherdnhe aid paCedawsare o~ed ~h non a~omericoating.4s 10. he ross ow f laim , wherdnaid irst tirrupmkasablynd pivo~bly~ached o the ~ont nd of sMdmMn ame nd seCond tirrup mkasablynd ivotablya~achedo the ear nd f said Mn ame.11. he ross ow f claim , u~herompr~ingpistolso grip ub~antidlyncompas~ngtriggerechanism,aidpistol r~ depending ownw~d om s~d mMn ~ame.12. he ross-bowf laim 1, herdnaid istolr~furtherompr~esrubbero~ingor ripping.13. he ross ow f Mm , whereinaid ross ow anss e otatedo ny ositionhen iringaid rrows.14. cross ow omprising:an upper uide ack avingn ou~ide nd n in,de;said pper uide rack aving top ide n aid ut,de;a sEdablyountedear eep ght; nda sEdablyountedcope.1~. he ross ow f d~m 4, herdnaid pper uide~ack u~herompr~es~ack nse~ ~achedo aid nside.16. he ross ow f claim ~, herdnaid rack nsert6s ~ of a non-dastomer~nd non-m~Mlfc ~erifl ndwherdndd ack nse~ uides aid row hen aid rrow

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17. n improved utomatico~ bow ompris~g:a mNn ame a~ng ~ont nd and rear nd;an exmndab~ tock a~ab~ mched said ear nd;~ ~t two bow fimbs mourned n sNd mNn ~ame ~rfiring mws e~om ong firing xN, h~n Nd~ ~t two bow fimbs e cf a speNfied ow weanand wh~n aid t least wo bow imbs re inter-changeableith ow imbs f differentpecifiedowwe~;

an upper ~de ack aving n ou~ide nd an ~de,wh~n s~d upper g~de ha~ng a ~p ~de on s~do~e and wh~n a ~mow b~ ~a~y moun~d ~peep g~ ~ slida~y ~ached n s~d ~p ~de, nd

10

14N~h~ wh~e~ ~movaNe lidaNy ourned ope Nslid~ ourned n sNd mp ~de; and

a d~ rel~s~ mched m ~ mNn ~ame ~r ~oringp~y of ~mws ~e~in, wh~n a ~ring plate N ~ed ~ s~d d~ ~r ~h~g~g ~mws ~~d wh~Nn a pair of I~M~ ~ed jaws slid~mourned n ~ mNn ~ame open when the ~o~ bowN cocked p~mit ne of sNd p~fi~ ~mws ke~ged by s~d sprig ~e ~om ~omge ~ sa~ d~ ~ma firing os~ wh~Nn s~d ~row N supposed ysaid aced aws.

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