MICHAEL WILLIAM PRIOR
Pilots at Beechbank Rd, Silver Spring, MD
License number
Maryland A3831071
Issued Date
Sep 2015
Expiration Date
Sep 2017
Category
Airmen
Type
Authorized Aircraft Instructor
Address
Address
2805 Beechbank Rd, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Professional information
Projectile Launcher With Internal Bow
US Patent:
8485170, Jul 16, 2013
Filed:
Feb 11, 2013
Appl. No.:
13/764700
Inventors:
Michael W. Prior - Silver Spring MD, US
International Classification:
F41B 7/04
US Classification:
124 27, 124 25, 124 26
Abstract:
The projectile launcher with internal bow includes a riser base, an elongate barrel assembly attached to the riser base, a crank mechanism attached to the back of the barrel assembly, a trigger assembly, and an internal bow assembly mounted to the riser base. The crank assembly includes a rotatable crank for selective reciprocation of a cocking pawl carriage riding inside a rail system in the barrel assembly. A biased cocking pawl in the pawl carriage selectively engages a projectile stirrup carriage riding on top of the rail system to push the stirrup carriage into a cocked position. The internal bow assembly includes reversed and vertically spaced, upper and lower resilient bow arms and respective pulleys and cables interconnecting the bow arms and the stirrup carriage. Cocking of the stirrup carriage flexes the bow arms in preparation for placement and firing of a projectile.