Gun Cleaning Device

Abstract

A gun cleaning device is formed of a rod having at one end a handle and at the other end a cleaning member or a holder therefor. The handle is slidable through a hole in a permanent magnet. On the face of the magnet directed towards the cleaning member there are laterally extending fingers of a non-metallic material such as rubber or plastic to prevent contact between the rod and the barrel and an extending nipple which fits into the gun barrel and guides the rod.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The invention relates to a cleaning device for guns.

2. The Prior Art

Various arrangements are known for guiding a cleaning rod so as to center it in the muzzle of a gun barrel. All of these however are either complicated or expensive or unsatisfactory and inefficient.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The gun cleaning rod according to the invention is provided with a handle on one end and a gun cleaning device on the other end. The body of the rod is slidable through a disk of permanent magnetic material enclosed in a cup. On the side of the magnet facing the cleaning tool there are laterally projecting fingers of a soft or non-metallic material with a nipple extending therefrom for engagement into a barrel of the gun.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 shows in side elevation a gun cleaning device embodying the invention;

FIG. 2 is a cross-section on the line 2--2 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a cross-section on the line 3--3 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a cross-section on the line 4--4 of FIG. 1.

Referring to the drawings, there is a rod 2, preferably of round cross-section, of whatever is needed for cleaning the gun. This rod may be formed in several parts separated by threaded joints at 4, so that it can be made as long as desired and can be taken down for packing. One end section of the rod is secured in a metal sleeve 6 held in a plastic handle 8 and projecting slightly therefrom as shown at 10. The other end of the rod has a threaded joint 12 for attachment of a cleaning tool, such as a wire brush 14, a holder for cleaning rods or the like.

Slidable along the cleaning rod 2 is a permanent magnet 16 set in a rubber or plastic cup 18, and projecting slightly therefrom on the face of this magnet opposite cup 18 is a plastic member having a tapered nipple 20 extending therefrom and adapted to fit into the muzzle of the gun to be cleaned and having fingers 22 extending laterally therefrom.

The magnet need not be round but may be of any suitable shape so long as it is substantially wider than the thickness of the nipple 20 and the fingers 22 can be of any suitable shape or may constitute simply a continuous annular member.

When the device is to be used, it is positioned at the muzzle of the gun with the cleaning tool extending into the barrel and the nipple 20 extending into the mouth of the barrel. The magnet 16 is of sufficient strength to hold the guide member in position at the mouth of the barrel while the rod is reciprocated therethrough to clean the gun. The nipple 20 centers the device in the barrel and prevents any contact between the cleaning rod and the mouth of the barrel, thus preventing damage to the barrel. The fingers 22 constitute a shield to protect the mouth of the barrel from contact by the magnet itself, which is of hard material.

When cleaning is finished, a pull on the rod sufficient to overcome the magnetism of the magnet 16 will remove the rod completely from the barrel.

When the device is to be packed, the guide member is moved to the portion of the rod adjacent the handle 8. The magnet has sufficient strength to hold the guide member rather securely through magnetic attraction to the sleeve 10. Thus the guide member is prevented from loss when the device is not in use.

The nipple 20 may be of any soft or smooth surface material which will not scratch or mar the metal of the body. It is preferably made of plastic, which may then be comparatively rigid.

The magnet is secured in the cap 18 by an annular rivet 24 which is brazed, welded or otherwise secured in the magnet and which extends through the cap 18 and is riveted at 26 against the side of the cap remote from the magnet. This member cooperates with the sleeve 10, transferring the magnetic flux to the sleeve.

Claims

I claim:

1. A cleaning device for guns comprising a rod having a handle at one end and means at the other end to hold a cleaning element and having a longitudinal axis, and a guide member slidable on the rod in the direction of said longitudinal axis and having a guard member extending transversely to the longitudinal axis and having one face directed along the longitudinal axis and a nipple extending from such face in the direction of the longitudinal axis substantially coaxial with the longitudinal axis and of substantially less cross-section at all points in a plane transverse to the longitudinal axis than the greatest transverse dimensions of at least the exterior of said guard member, said nipple and said face of the guard member being formed of a material which is non-injurious to the metal of a gun barrel, and a permanent magnet secured to the guard member on the side thereof in the direction of the longitudinal axis opposite to said face, whereby to hold the guide member on the muzzle of a gun with the nipple extending into the muzzle during reciprocation of the rod therein.

2. A device as claimed in claim 1, in which the guide member includes a cup on the other side in the direction of the longitudinal axis from the guard member enclosing the magnet.

3. A device as claimed in claim 2, in which said handle includes at least a central metallic part of magnetizable material at the end thereof from which said rod projects.

4. A device as claimed in claim 3, in which a metallic securing member is fixed in said magnet and extends through said cap to the side thereof in the direction of the longitudinal axis remote from the magnet.

5. A device as claimed in claim 1, in which said handle includes at least a central metallic part of magnetizable material at the end thereof from which said rod projects.

6. A device as claimed in claim 5, in which a metallic securing member is fixed in said magnet and extends through said cap to the side thereof in the direction of the longitudinal axis remote form the magnet.

7. A centering and holding device for gun cleaning rods comprising a guide member including a guard member having a hole therein with a longitudinal axis and extending laterally with respect to the longitudinal axis and having one face directed along the longitudinal axis and a nipple extending from such face in the direction of the longitudinal axis substantially coaxial with the longitudinal axis and of substantially less cross-section at all points in a plane transverse to the longitudinal axis than the greatest transverse dimensions of at least the exterior of said guard member, said nipple and said face of the guard member being formed of a material which is non-injurious to the metal of a gun barrel, and a permanent magnet secured to the guard member on the side thereof in the direction of the longitudinal axis opposite to said face, whereby to hold the guide member on the muzzle of a gun with the nipple extending into the muzzle during reciprocation of a cleaning rod therein.