US1015915A

US1015915A - Rifle-bore cleaner.

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Publication number: US1015915A
Application number: US60986611A
Authority: US
Inventors: David Strickler
Original assignee: GEORGE STYRES
Current assignee: GEORGE STYRES
Priority date: 1911-02-21
Filing date: 1911-02-21
Publication date: 1912-01-30
Anticipated expiration: 1929-01-30

Description

D. STRIGKLE-R. RIFLE ,BORE CLEANER. APPLICATION FILED 1 213.21, 1911.

1,015,915. Patented Jan.30,1912.

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RIFLE- BORE CLEANER;

Specification of Letters Patent. .Pateflted J an 30 1912.

"a aa um tiled February 21, 1911. Serial at. 809,866.

Be it known that I Davin S'rmcxmx, a citizen of the United States, residing at .Shelby, in the'county of Richland and State .of Ohio, have invented certain new and use- 111 Improvements in Rifle-Bore Qleaners; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe. 1nvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to'make and use the same. v i

This invention relates to devices for cleaning the bore of gun barrels. or cannons and the object of the invention is to provide a device-which will efiectually clean the bore of. a gun orrifle, cuttingfromfihe sides thereof" all lead, burned J charges, -etc., ad-

hering thereto from firing the firearm.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which may be-connected to a series of extension rods to adapt the same to the various lengths of or cannons. Another object of the invention is to provide a bore cleaner which is adapted to 1'0- tate as it is thrust into the firearm to clean theinner surface eifectively.

A- further object is to construct a device of this character adapted to be used in connection with brushes which may be interchangeably connected to the extension rods, one brush or cleaning'member adapted to scrape the foreign matter loose from the interior of the barrel or bore, and the other.

to brush the loosened matter out of the firearm.

I made a part of this applicatiom-I is a ,view of the upper end of the device,

showing a swab or removing brush secured thereto, to brush out the dirt loosened b the cleaner, and Fig. 4 is a fragmentar etail view (partly in section) of the orm of swivel connection betweenthe brush and the Referring in detail to the drawings, .the

5 various parts of my invention and cooperating accessories will be designated by numerals, of which- I 1 indicates a hollow conical body, the

outer end of which is substantially of about the same diameter as the bore of the gun, while 2 indicates a pluralityof integral split portionsor prongs designed to perform the office of cleaning the'bore of the gun, the normal position of *said pron (whlch are a continuation 'of the belllike or vconlcal body 1) being in acontinuation of the lane occupied by the walls of said body. j T e numeral 3 designates the body oranchorm portion, which is formed integral w1th t e flared or conical section 1 and is provldedwith' a centrally disposed or dia- .metrical bore in which the anchoring pin 4 is mounted, said pin being anchored in any suitable way in the end of the first extension rod 5.

The extension rods 5 may be secured to one another in an suitable manner, but are preferably provi ed uponone end with a hollow internal portion 6 and upon the op-- posite end with the threaded reduced exten- S1011 7,-the threaded extension of one rod screwing within the threaded recess of the adjacent rod 5. The swab or removing brush 8 (which may be composed of any suitable material) is secured to one end of the rod/5 in any suitable manner.

The cleaning member or the; swab may be, if so. desired, secured to the rod 5 as shown in Fig. 4. In this inst-ancethe head of the cleaning member is provided with a reduced extension 9 having the circumferentiall arranged groove 10. The adjacent end 0 the rod 5 is provided with a recess or bore 11, to accommodate the extension 9, and extending through the side of therod 5 is the retaining and guiding screw 12, the inner end of which rests within the oove 10, to hold the cleaning member within the -end of the rod 5 for rotation therein..

It will be apparent that the above de scribed cleaning device may be made of any size or of any suitable material for use with any typeof firearm from the smallest rifle or pistol to the largest'cannon. It will also be apparent that any number of extension rods may be employed, and that when made for use with pistols or guns of ordinary size, the device may be carried within the vusers pocket.

In use when the barrel of a gun or pistol or a cannon requires cleaning for efl'ective operation, the cleaning member is connected with the required number of extension rods 5, the outer ends of the resilient prongs or cutting members 2 compressed or brought closely together and inserted within the end of the firearm to be cleaned. The device is then forced into the gun or other firearm, by exertin pressure against the outer end. of the hand within the bore, it is rotated by'means of the spirally formed interior of the bore and the resllient prongs 2 thus come in contact with every portion of the surface and scrape the foreign matter from. said surf face. The device is then withdrawn from the bore, the swab or removing brush secured upon the rods 5 after the loosening member has been detached therefrom, an

the operation just described repeated. This brush, however, instead of scraping the interior of the bore serves to sweep the same and remove the foreign matter loosened therefrom by the cleaning brush..

By the construction which I have provided it will be observed that since the outer end of the flared or hell like body portion 1 is substantially of the same diameter as the bore of the gun, it follows that the plu-w rality of prongs when compressed within the bore will lie substantially arallel with e interior surface thereof and as a consele or rod 5. Asthe brush travels 'c luence the edges'of the said rongs will be from, as corrosion, or the like. It followsthat the resilience of each of the ron s will insure that it will bear niost s arp y against said surface, while the extreme or prongs will follow the free ends of the rifling in the bore' What I'claim'is: f-

A gun bore cleaner comprising interlocking extension rods, in combination-with a cleaning head proper, consisting of a conical, hollow b0dy,port1on having integral, flexible extensions or prongs, the upper end of saidconical body being substantially of the same diameter as the bore of the gun, the said conical section being integrally formed with the body portion 3, 'thelatter having a diametrical bore, and a pinprovided with a head resting in the hollowed portion of said conical body and connected with the end of the extension rod.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

DAVID STRICKLER.

Witnesses:

C. J. ANDERSON, A. BQMABEE.