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Abstract

A bow press for pressing the limbs of compound bows. The press has a pair of coplanar lever arms mounted on a frame. The lever arms are spaced inwardly from their fixed fulcrum points on the frame toward a bow-pressing location defined between their upper ends, such that their path of travel from a starting position is primarily on the downward arcuate path of their range of motion. The starting contact point with the bow's limbs can thus be closer to the bow's cams, reducing the adjustment skill needed to position the bow, and reducing stress on the limbs. In a preferred form, the lever arms are simultaneously operated by a central telescopic screw jack mounted on the frame to reciprocate on an axis perpendicular to the bow held between the lever arms.

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