Claims
- 1. A method of compression molding an archery compound bow limb comprising the steps of:
- (a) forming a moldable slug composed of a plurality of longitudinally oriented fiberglass filaments;
- (b) disposing said slug into a compression mold profiled for a bow limb, said mold including means at each end for forming a depression in the profiled limb defining a partial limb tip slot at each end thereof;
- (c) curing said slug; and,
- (d) removing the material remaining in the partial limb tip slots to thereby form limb tip slots at each end.
- 2. An archery compound bow limb prepared in accordance with the method of claim 1.
- 3. A fiber glass resin molded archery bow limb paddle having an area defining a partial limb tip slot, said partial limb tip slot area having a depression therein which defines the partial limb tip slot.
- 4. The molded archery bow limb paddle according to claim 3 wherein said limb paddle is composed of longitudinally oriented filaments.
- 5. The molded archery bow limb paddle according to claim 4 wherein an edge of said limb tip slot is radiused.
- 6. The molded archery bow limb paddle according to claim 5 wherein said limb further includes reinforcing material proximate an edge of said limb tip slot.
- 7. The molded archery bow limb paddle according to claim 6 wherein said reinforcing material includes fiber glass, carbon or aramid filaments disposed in and along said edge.
- 8. The molded archery bow limb paddle according to claim 7 wherein said reinforcing material is chopped glass, carbon, or aramid fibers.
- 9. The molded archery bow limb paddle according to claim 3 wherein the depression is less than 85 percent of the total paddle thickness.
- 10. A fiber glass molded archery bow limb paddle according to claim 3 wherein the partial limb tip slot is of reduced thickness compared to the thickness of the surrounding limb tip.
- 11. The method of fabricating an archery bow limb comprising the steps of:
- (a) compression molding a bow limb paddle having an area defining a bow limb tip, said area being of reduced thickness;
- (b) removing said paddle area of reduced thickness to thereby provide a limb tip fork.
- 12. An archery compound bow limb prepared in accordance with the method of claim 11.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation of patent application Ser. No. 07/867,369, filed Apr. 13, 1991, which is a divisional application of patent application No. 07/648,693, filed Jan. 31, 1991, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,141,689, issued Aug. 25, 1992.
STATEMENT AS TO RIGHTS TO INVENTION MADE UNDER FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
The invention disclosed and claimed herein was not made under any federally sponsored research and development program.
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