ARBALEST WITH UNIT PREPARING IT FOR SHOOTING, PROCESS OF MANUFACTURE OF BOW-STRING FOR ARBALEST AND ARROW FOR ARBALEST Russian patent published in 2003 - IPC

FIELD: sports and hunting equipment. SUBSTANCE: arbalest has frame in which front part bow with operational bow-string, lever cocking mechanism hinged to trigger assembly and mechanism setting operational bow-string with auxiliary bow-string, two levers comprising jaws, lever arm and attachment unit of auxiliary string are fixed. Process of manufacture of bow-string consists in formation of continuous strand of bow- string, in enveloping of zone of working part of bowstring and its lop with the use of tubular covering. Formation of continuous strand of bow-string is carried out by running of strand through two ring and three through cylindrical tubes made of thermally shrinking material. Start and finish of strand are fixed, tubes are oriented in points of attachment of loops and in working part of bowstring, then tubes are subjected to reduction with the aid of thermal treatment. Arrow for arbalest includes head, body, back and feathering. Arrow head has blind axial hole, body comes in the form of rod with through groove, is installed in hole in head and rests against its bottom. Feathering is placed in groove of rod and is fixed by back. EFFECT: raised wear resistance of articles, reduced cost and simplified technology of their manufacture. 13 cl, 10 dwg