Dual anchor cable separator for compound bows

Claim 1

In a compound bow of the type in which a cable is attached to a first eccentric member mounted on a first axle carried by a first limb tip, a first portion of said cable extending from said first eccentric for attachment to a bowstring, and a second portion of said cable extending from said first eccentric member for connection to a second axle mounting a second eccentric member to a second limb tip, the improvement which comprises: a body member defining a first cable passageway with an energy and a second cable passageway intersecting said first passageway with first and second openings remote from said entry; a traveling member operably associated with said body member and mounted in movable relationship with respect to said second axle; adjustment means operably associated with said traveling member for selectively changing the position of said traveling member with respect to said second axle; said second portion of said cable having an initial segment, an intermediate segment, and a terminal end and being configured and arranged with respect to said body member, second axle, second eccentric member and said traveling member as though said terminal end had been run through said entry into said first passageway, thence out said first opening, over said second axle on one side of said second eccentric member, thereby to form a fist loop, back through said first opening through said second cable passageway out said second opening, over said second axle on the other side of said second eccentric, thereby to form second loop and thence back through said second opening; said terminal end and said initial segment being secured against movement with respect to said body member; and said intermediate segment being positioned for contact by said traveling member opposite said second axle.