MXPA99002769A - Gun barrel and tube cleaning device - Google Patents

Abstract

This device is a cleaning tool (10) for cleaning the inside of gun barrels. The device consists of a metal brush (14) which is enclosed within a tubular sheath of material (12), typically a woven fabric. The bristles (24) of the brush (14) extend through the wall of the woven sheath of fabric. The tubular sheath (12) is pulled through a gun barrel and the bristles (24) of the brush (14) clean the inside of the gun barrel. Also enclosed within the tubular sheath (12) are one or more foam inserts (16), which create a bulge in the tubular sheath (12) and clean debris from the gun barrel, spread gun cleaning solvent in the gun barrel, absorb solvent and combustion and bullet residues, and spread a layer of gun oil in the gun barrel.

Description

CLEANING DEVICE FOR FUSE AND PIPE CANE BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Technical field. The present invention relates, in general, to devices for cleaning the interior of pipes and, more specifically, to devices for cleaning the interior of rifle barrels.

Background; When a bullet is fired at a rifle, the explosive chemicals inside the cartridge are burned. This ignition causes a rapid production of ignition gases, which expand and push the bullet out of the brass box. The expanding gases cause the bullet to move quickly through the barrel of the rifle and out of it. Inside the most modern rifle barrel there are very delicate spiral cut grooves known as rifle scratches, which make the bullet turn as it passes through the barrel and over the scratch. The rotation of the bullet as it leaves the barrel greatly improves the accuracy of its trajectory. It is very important for better shot accuracy that scratching keeps your surfaces machined with precision. As the bullet passes through the barrel of the rifle, it touches the side of the rifle barrel and leaves traces of metal. In addition to the metal deposited by the bullet, the expanding combustion gases leave residues inside the barrel. Both deposits can accumulate with repeated firings. In an extreme state, the deposits of the bullet material as well as combustion residues can accumulate on the walls of the rifle barrel to a point where accuracy is affected and the back pressures can become dangerously high. To avoid this accumulation of material inside the rifle barrel, the deposits inside the rifle barrel must be removed by cleaning. Traditionally, the cleaning of rifle barrels is carried out by forcing a wire brush through the barrel of the rifle, or forcing a cloth saturated with solvent or oil through the barrel of the rifle. Often these operations are performed in sequence. A widely used method for cleaning gun barrels in this form is by using a rigid aluminum rod that is in sections of approximately 8 inches in length. The ends of each section are screwed and screwed together. At the end of an assembled rod, the utensils are screwed onto the rod. These utensils may include a wire swab or a slotted metal tool in which a cloth or swab is inserted. It is possible to apply solvent to the cloth or swab to help release the hardened residues in the barrel. The metal swab is pushed completely through the barrel and removed again. The metal swab is more effective at releasing metal particles and other hardened debris inside the rifle barrel. After the barrel has been treated with a metal swab, clean scrubbers are usually passed through the barrel to absorb the solvent and loose debris. The final step in the process is usually another clean scouring pad to which a small amount of light gun oil is applied. This leaves a layer of oil on the metal of the barrel to protect it from rust and corrosion. The use of a sectional rod with utensils at its end has several disadvantages. This requires assembling, disassembling, changing the joints and several panels during the process. In this way, it is delayed "and complex in its use.Another drawback is that the cloths and pieces of cloth when they are passed through the slot of this cleaning device and pushed towards the barrel of a gun will be compressed around the The cloth or cloth can be released into the barrel, depending on the diameter of the rod and the thickness of the cloth, even if the rod and cloth have the size to provide a firm fit between the rod and the barrel of the gun, the contact of the cloth with the surface of the rifle barrel is in itself irregular due to the folds of the fabric., this becomes a problem if a large size fabric sticks in the barrel and gets stuck. Another problem with the use of rigid rods with utensils at their end is the impossibility of these combinations to make directional changes in the interior. In the use of this rigid rod, it is normal practice to push the utensil, either the swab or the cloth, completely through the barrel. However, sometimes the user will reverse the direction of the part of the rod halfway through the inside of the barrel. When this happens, a cloth cloth, especially a thick cloth that provides good contact and cleaning characteristics, is forced to return on itself and may get stuck in the barrel. This can result in the tip of the utensil of the rod breaking inside the barrel of the rifle. In some cases the use of gunsmithing tools and techniques is required to remove the jammed utensil. In the case of a swab that makes a directional change in the middle of the interior of the barrel, the swab wires are forced to change from an angle inclined backward to a forward inclined angle. This change in the alignment of the swab filaments can increase the resistance of the swab that travels through the barrel by 400%. This can result in the broom being broken off from the rod or the rod itself breaking, usually in an unscrewed connection. A rod device can also make a directional change in the middle of the inside of the barrel with a small cloth if the small cloth is square, round or some other type not elongated, if the user is careful. However, these cloths lack sufficient surface area to be effective for cleaning the interior of the barrel in this way backwards and forwards or "swinging." These will be "loaded" with waste. Also, sometimes these will "bend" over themselves and get stuck in. As stated above, the elongated cloths have a somewhat larger surface area, and therefore are more effective in absorbing waste, but any attempt by 'swinging' with elongated cloths can result in the extremely difficult problem of 'bending' and jamming in the barrel.Other cleaning devices simply are not 'easy to operate' in this regard, and in the real and practical amount they can cause problems With regard to the rifle barrels and the forces that are needed to push objects through these, the following is explained. Approximately 8 to 15 pounds is required to push a swab through a worn but still useful barrel in a clean state. Approximately 9 to 18 pounds of force is required to push a metal swab through a worn but still useful cannon that is in need of cleaning. Approximately 10 to 22 pounds of force is required to push a wire swab through new barrels or barrels with little use and that are in a clean state. Approximately 10 to 25 pounds of force is required to push a wire swab through new barrels or low-use barrels that are in need of cleaning. Approximately 20 to 40 pounds of force are required to remove rarely large and hardened amounts of accumulations from inside a canyon. 90 pounds of force or more may be necessary to remove large, severely jammed rifle cleaning cloths that have been "folded" and wedged with a broken cleaning tip.On occasions these jammed tips require the services of a gunsmith to remove them. The problem with current cleaning devices is that they contain exposed metal parts.A wire rod commonly used in the industry consists of a spiral steel wire in which relatively soft braze-phosphor metal bristles are attached. The spiral of these wire brushes is exposed at the end.Many devices also contain accessories, connections, fasteners, lugs, wires, rod ends to push and other metal parts. Any of these metal parts can, due to poor design, misuse, lack of care or accident, be harmful or abrasive to barrel areas of sensitive rifles, especially throat, scratch and crown. The damage to these areas is an especially important consideration for owners of well-informed rifles that includes: shooters, long-range shooters and owners of fine precision rifles and pistols. Damage to these areas often occurs when cleaning utensils are inserted into the barrel. At the time of insertion, the rod or utensil may be at an angle to the long axis of the barrel. And this can allow 1 wire rod tip to touch the sides of the barrel or the barrel scratch. Any hardened metal-to-metal contact with the scratch or barrel can cause damage. Other devices to introduce make use of connections on the main body of the wire or flexible rope. These connections require knots or other connections that are fired, glued, twisted, fused, clamped, welded or molded by injection. All these connections increase the size and / or decrease the compression potential at the connection site, thus requiring the use of a rope or wire of smaller diameter that would otherwise pass through the barrel. Smaller rope or wire decreases strength, durability, facilitate clamping. In addition, connections often have a greater propensity to be defective or to wear, break or otherwise be separated. Some cleaning devices use a rope that is dragged through the barrel, and drag a cloth cloth, but does not contain a characteristic of the metal swab. These devices are usually of the nature of a coarse woven wick or rope with the appearance of a cable. This wire-like wick or rope makes contact with the rifle barrel along its entire surface. This requires that the resistance along the entire surface of the wick be a very low pressure against the inside of the rifle barrel. A high pressure would make it impossible or difficult to put the wick through the barrel of the rifle. Sometimes a rifle cannon will have dust, mud, sand, ice or other environmental debris in the barrel of the rifle. If this material is abrasive, such as sand or dust, it is preferable that this abrasive material be removed before a metal swab is passed through the barrel. If a metallic swab is passed through a canyon with sand or dust, the sand and / or dust will be embedded in the swab bristles and rubbed into the barrel of the rifle as an abrasive. This can scratch and cause irregular wear on the rifle barrel and scratching. A preferable technique is to use a utensil to clean these environmental debris before the metal swab goes through the barrel. Current gun cleaning devices do not provide a means to do this, except that they add another step to the process and run a clean cloth inward and then out of the barrel. To do a good job of cleaning the environmental waste from a canyon, three or more clean cloths may be required. Since sand and dust are most likely in a canyon during field conditions, this inconvenient cleaning process will most likely not be used, even if the user has got into the problem of wearing a cleaning cloth. All cleaning devices in use today require assembly, changing accessories and / or changing cloths or fabrics before and during their use. This is always an inconvenience and can be shown to be a detrimental disadvantage under stress circumstances, time constraints, poor divisibility or severe environmental conditions. Many cleaning devices require compartments or specialized storage containers.

Accordingly, an object of the invention is to provide a cleaning device for rifle barrels that performs various cleaning functions with a passage through the barrel of a rifle, thereby saving the user a great deal of time and trouble. Among the steps that can be carried out in one step of the cleaning device through the rifle are: (1) removing the environmental waste from the barrel before and away from the use of a barrel swab or swab, (2) distribution of the solvent cleaner on the inner surface of the barrel, (3) clean the barrel with a metallic wire swab, (4) absorb the solvent and collect the waste released by the wire swab, and (5) distribute a thin layer of light oil to rifle inside the cannon. Another object of the invention is to provide a tool for cleaning a rifle barrel that eliminates the possibility of metal-to-metal contact with the gun itself. Another object of the invention is to provide a cleaning device for rifle barrels that eliminates the possibility of broken cleaning rod tips, broken cleaning rods, clogged cleaning utensils or clogged cloths, fabrics or swabs providing changes of direction in the middle of the interior of the barrel with a simple operation.

Another object of the invention is to provide a cleaning tool for gun barrels that is lightweight, that can be easily carried under field conditions and that reduces or eliminates the metal parts commonly used in a cleaning device. Another object of the invention is to provide a cleaning device for rifle guns that eliminates assembly, disassembly, changing parts, changing cloths, etc. and that is easy to use. Further objects, advantages and novel features of the invention will be set forth in part in the following description, and in part will be apparent to those skilled in the art with an examination of the following, or may be learned by practice of the invention. The objects and advantages of the invention can be realized and achieved by means of the instrumentation and combination particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, the above and other objects and advantages are obtained by a tube cleaning device which is useful for cleaning the inner surface of a variety of different kinds of tubes. This can include the inside of rifle barrels. It may also include other pipes such as food processing lines, chemical processing lines, pipes for the treatment of sludge and any other structure of a tubular nature. This tube cleaning device consists of a swab or swab and a tubular sheath or cover. The swab has a body of the swab where the bristles are anchored. The bristles extend from the body of the swab. The body of the swab is contained within and surrounded by the tubular cover. The shank bristles extend through the wall of the tubular cover. This device works by dragging the tubular cover through the tube with the tube bristles extending out of the tubular cover. In this way, the bristles of the swab clean the internal surface of the tube or rifle barrel. In this embodiment of the invention, the tubular cover would usually be composed of a woven fabric. In the best mode for carrying out the invention, the tubular cover is made of a hollow, multi-strand, woven cord having a sufficiently loose tissue to allow the insertion of a splicing tool or other object approximately equal in the inner diameter of the tissue. tube that is being cleaned without damaging the rope fabric when the splicing tool or other object is removed from the rope. The most appropriate rope is a textured rope.

According to another aspect of the invention, the invention consists of a tube cleaning device for cleaning the inner surface of gun barrels. This aspect of the invention includes a foam insert that is inserted and is surrounded by a tubular cover. One aspect of this invention is one in which the tubular cover is made of a woven fabric. In this aspect of the invention, the tubular cover with its wrapped foam insert is drawn through the inside of a rifle barrel, and the foam insert resists compression by the rifle barrel walls, which makes the insert of foam press the woven fabric of the tubular cover firmly against the inner surface of the rifle barrel. In this aspect of the cleaning device, one or more foam inserts can be inserted and contained within the tubular cover. Instead of foam inserts, the tubular cover can be folded on itself and fired in such a folded position to form a cleaning section. In the best mode of the invention, the tubular cover is made of a hollow, multi-strand, woven cord having a sufficiently loose tissue to allow the insertion of a splicing tool or other approximately equal object into the inner diameter of the tube that is being cleaned without damaging the rope fabric when the splicing tool or other object is removed from the rope. The rope to be more suitable is a textured rope. According to another aspect of the invention, the cleaning device is used to clean the inside of the tube. As can be a rifle barrel, performing one or more cleaning steps in a passage through the tube. The cleaning device is designed so that it is unable to get stuck in the tube as a result of a change of direction in the middle of the barrel. The cleaning device of this version of the invention includes a swab, which has a swab body and bristles, which anchor and extend from the body of the swab. This device also has one or more cleaning sections, which are located adjacent to the body of the swab, and serve for the purpose of making contact and cleaning the inner surface of the tube to be cleaned. This version of the cleaning device also includes a flexible cord which is attached to one end of the cleaning section and to one end of the swab, and which is used to extract the cleaning sections and the swab through the tube to clean the internal surface of the tube. This flexible rope can be the tubular cover in which the swab and the cleaning sections are contained. The cleaning sections of this version of the cleaning device can be foam inserts that are inserted into and contained in the tubular cover. The cleaning sections may also be made of regions of the tubular cover that are bent over themselves. The tubular cover of this device can be composed of a woven fabric. In the best mode of the invention, the tubular cover is made of a hollow, multi-strand, woven cord having a sufficiently loose tissue to allow insertion of a splicing tool or other approximately equal object into the inner diameter of the tube that is being cleaned without damaging the rope fabric when the splicing tool or other object is removed from the rope. The rope that has been found most appropriate is a textured rope. This cleaning device may also include a weight attached at one end of the tubular cover. This cleaning device can also be designed so that the flexible cord of the cleaning device is a cable covered with vinyl, which is attached to the cleaning sections and the body of the swab and removes them through the tube to be cleaned. According to yet another aspect of the invention is a device for cleaning the inner surface of the gun barrel by performing one or more cleaning steps that may occur in a passage through the barrel. This cleaning device for the rifle barrel is designed so that it is unable to get stuck in the barrel by a change of direction in the middle of the barrel. This version of the cleaning device includes a swab, which in itself includes a body of the swab and bristles that anchor and extend from the body of the swab. It also includes one or more tubular woven fabric covers in which the body of the swab is contained and through which the bristles of the swab extend. If a tubular cover is used, the swab is inside the hollow rope. If more than one tubular cover is used, the swab is sandwiched between two or more tubular covers. The tubular cover of woven fabric is dragged through the barrel of the rifle and the bristles extending through the woven fabric clean the inner surface of the rifle barrel. This cleaning device also includes one of several optional variations for particulates and / or cleaning liquids from inside the barrel of the barrel [sic], before or after the passage of the swab through the barrel of the rifle. In one variation of this device, the arrangement for cleaning particulates and / or liquids from the barrel of the rifle is the use of one or more resilient foam plugs that are contained within the tubular cover of woven fabric. These inserts of resilient plugs are resistant to compression, and when they crawl into the rifle barrel, they press the tubular cover of the woven fabric more firmly against the inner surface of the gun barrel, thereby causing the woven fabric to pick up any environmental waste in the barrel, distribute the cleaning solvent on the inner surface of the barrel, collect metal particles and other debris released by the brush, collect the cleaning solvent for rifle and combustion residues from the inner surface of the rifle barrel, and distribute a layer of light oil for the rifle on the rifle barrel. Resilient plug inserts can be made from a closed cell non-absorbent foam. These can also be made from an absorbent foam. In the best mode of the invention, the tubular cover is made of a hollow, multi-strand, woven cord which has a sufficiently loose tissue to allow the insertion of a splicing tool or other object approximately equal to the diameter of the tube that is going to be cleaned without damaging the rope fabric when the splicing tool, or other object, is removed from the rope. The rope that has been found most appropriate is a textured rope. The cleaning section can be formed by a region of the rope that bends itself. This rifle barrel cleaning device may include a section that is specifically designed to deposit a layer of oil on the inner surface of the rifle barrel after the passage of other cleaning and brushing components of the cleaning device. This lubricating section or lubricating wick may be at the frayed ends of the hollow woven cord, in which the hollow, woven cord is partially inserted into itself with the frayed end protruding. This version of the rifle barrel cleaning device may include a weight that is attached at one end of the tubular cover. This weight can be lowered through the barrel of the rifle to allow the user to hold it and pull the rest of the cleaning device from the barrel of the rifle through the barrel of the rifle. An optional variation of this is a rigid or semi-rigid section that can be attached to the weight. This rigid or semi-rigid section would be used optionally to dislodge a lock [sic] in the barrel of the rifle, such as pole, mud or ice, which would otherwise prevent the weight in the tubular cover from falling through the barrel . This invention provides a way to clean a tube, and more particularly a "gun", with a number of cleaning steps carried out in a passage of the cleaning device through the barrel of the gun. rifle barrel the environmental waste is removed, the cleaning solvent of the rifle is distributed, the metal is dislodged from the bullets and the residues from the combustion of the rifle barrel by means of a metal swab, the solvent is absorbed and removed from the rifle barrel together with the metal particles and the combustion residues, and a layer of light oil is distributed on the inner surface of the rifle barrel. This cleaning device can also be manufactured in such a way that no metallic component (besides the phosphor-brass bristles, soft, standard for the industry) can touch the inner surface of the rifle barrel, which eliminates scratches, marks or irregular abrasion of the crown of the rifle barrel, the scratch or other metals of the barrel. Still other objects and advantages of the present invention will be more apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description, wherein I have shown and described only the preferred embodiments of the invention, simply by way of illustration of the best mode contemplated for carry out my invention. As can be seen, the invention is capable of modifications in various obvious aspects, all without departing from the invention. Accordingly, the drawings and description should be considered as illustrative and not restrictive.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Figure 1 is a top view of the cleaning device of the rifle barrel. Figure 2 is a side view of the wire swab for use in the invention. Figure 3 is a side view of the lubricating wick of the invention. Figure 4 is a perspective view of one embodiment of the rifle cleaning device. Figure 5 is a side view of a splicing tool used in the manufacture of the invention. Figure 6 is a side view of the splicing tool being inserted into a woven cover. Figure 7 is a side view of a splicing tool being inserted through a woven cover and a wire swab being inserted into the splicing tool. Figure 8 is a side view of a wire swab on the woven cover in which the splicing tool has been removed. Figure 9 is a side view of a foam insert. Figure 10 is a top view of a rifle barrel cleaning device with sections of the tubular cover bent forming the cleaning sections. Figure 10a is a sectional view of a cleaning section formed by bending a region of the tubular cover on itself. Figure 11 is a side view of a tubular, hollow rope of loose fabric, 16 strands. Figure 12 is a side view of a folded section of a tubular, loose, woven rope, 22 strand. Figure 13 is a side view of a rifle cleaning device with two ropes, with a contained brush and a two loop cleaning section. Figure 14 is a side view of a two-string rifle cleaning device, with a cleaning section of a loop.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION With reference to Figure 1, the advantage of the invention is shown. The cleaning device 10 includes a tubular cover 12, swab 14, optional foam insert 16, a cleaning section 26, a cleaning section 28, the weight 18, the rope 46 and lubricating wick 20. The cleaning section 26 and 28 can be made to from the bent section 48 of the tubular cover 12, as shown in Fig. 10 and 10a. The swab 14 is shown in its inner structure in Figure 2, and includes the body of the swab 22 and bristles 24. The lubricant wick 20 is shown in greater detail in Figure 3. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the lubricant wick 20 is formed of the tubular cover 12 which is folded on itself with its frayed end extending from the insert. The lubricating wick 20 can also be formed of a loop or fold of the tubular cover 12. The preferred woven fabric of which the tubular cover 12 is composed (for smaller bore rifle holes) is the hollow braided rope of 7- 16 inches 52, of 16 woven strands, with 270 fibers per strand 54, as shown in Figure 11. For larger caliber rifle orifices, a similar rope 56 of 5-8 inches in diameter, with 22 strands, is used woven 54, as shown in Figure 12. Both strings are "textured." This means that each strand 56 of these strings is wavy, twisted or zig-zag-shaped. When a large number of these filaments are grouped, the tubular cover 12 has considerable resilience. When a section of this type of material bends on itself, as shown in Figs. 10 and 10a, creating a section that is a tube within a tube, this section has considerable resilience and applies pressure to the inner walls of the tube. rifle hole that is cleaned. Still, when a 'tube' is dragged, the seam transmits the traction to the inner tube and the tubular cover acts as a seamless tubular body.Two thicknesses allow a swab body 14 to fit into the single, thinner tubular area. the area bent by the insert itself, the rope acts in the same way as resilient foam for the purpose of traveling through the hole, but with the additional benefit of the longitudinal strength, durability and chemical resistance of the rope material, which is usually nylon or polyester. The loosely woven strings of textured fibers are shown in Figures 11 and 12. The fibers of this braided, hollow rope are multi-filament nylon filaments more or less textured, but can also be used, polyester, cotton or other materials. This rope has a fluffy texture, not smooth. This texture provides a good grip to the user and also provides increased resilience and friction and absorption to clean the inner surface of the rifle barrel. This type of rope is extremely loose weave, does not exist in the retail market, and is specifically manufactured by a rope manufacturer for the purpose of this invention. Since the fibers of this type of material remain flat, do not twist and are of unusually loose tissue, the splicing tool 34 can be inserted between the strands and can come out at the other point and not damage the tissue of the fabric. A feature of this rope is that a splicing tool or other object that is approximately the diameter of the barrel of the rifle to be cleaned can be inserted through one wall of the rope and out into the other wall of the rope, without damage the tissue of it. This embodiment of the invention also includes a rope 46 which is attached to the tubular cover 12. The rope 46 is preferably a 3/16 inch parachute cord. Attached to the end of the rope 46 is the weight 18. The rope 46 is attached to the weight 18 first by applying a small amount of epoxy resin to the end of the rope 46. This rope with epoxy resin is inserted into the interior of the weight 18. The weight 18 is then bent and the resin in the rope 46 is allowed to dry. Once the epoxy resin on the rope 46 dries, this connection exceeds the strength of the parachute cord of the rope 46. The weight 18 is a cut of copper or brass tube of diameter 3/16"in length, and it is bent at its end.Of course, other weight configurations can be used with equal success.The swab 14 of this invention has the size according to the caliber of the rifle barrel.A bullet diameter of 0.224 requires the use of a broom with a diameter of 0.234 inches A diameter bullet of 0.243, which includes a Remington of 6mm, requires a swab with a diameter of approximately 0.253 inches.A bullet with a diameter of 0.257 requires a swab diameter of 0.267.A bullet diameter of 0.263 requires a broom diameter of 0.273, a bullet diameter of 0.277 requires a broom diameter of 0.287, a bullet diameter of 0.284 requires a broom diameter of 0.294. of 0.308 bale requires a brush diameter of 0.318. A bullet diameter of 0.32 or 8 mm requires a brush diameter of 0.335. A bullet diameter of 0.338 requires a brush diameter of 0.352. A bullet diameter of 0.357 requires a brush diameter of 0.372. A bullet diameter of 0.375 requires a swab diameter of 0.390. A bullet diameter of 0.410 to 0.458 requires a brush diameter of 0.468. A 12-gauge pistol canister requires a 0.889-inch steerer, other hole sizes can be easily adapted with a swab that is slightly larger than the orifice. Shorter brushes can be used for pistols, and the use of more than one swab is also possible. The diameter of the foam insert 16 is also related to the caliber of the bullet, and the size is in the range from 0.291 to 0.375 for the previous calibers. The foam insert 16, used in the cleaning section 28, is slightly smaller in diameter than that used in the cleaning section 26, and is in the range from 0.271 inches to 0.355 inches. The differential is required as section 26 is further compressed by the 'drag' of the swab.The 'drag' of the swab causes the tissue to tighten and thus compresses the front section. The cleaning section can be made of a bent section of the tubular cover 12. A second preferred embodiment of the invention is shown in Figure 4. This embodiment includes a swab 14, a cleaning section 26, a cleaning section 28, a vinyl covered cable 30 and threaded connections 32, 50 and 36. In the preferred embodiment shown in Figure 1,. the cleaning device is formed by inserting the swab 14 into the tubular cover 12 without cutting the fibers of the tubular cover 12. This is carried out by the use of the splicing device 34, which is shown in Figure 5. The insertion of the The swab 14 is carried out first by inserting the swab 14 into the splicing device 34. The sharp tip of the splicing device 34 is then inserted between the woven fibers of the tubular cover 12. This is shown in Figure 6. The splice 34 is inserted through the wall of the tubular cover 12 and exits through the wall of the tubular cover 12, as shown in figure 7. With the splicing device 34 in the position as shown in the figure 7, the swab 14 is inserted into the splicing device 34. This can be carried out by any tightening tool, such as the sharp-pointed tweezers 36 shown in FIG. 7. With the swab 14 being its When the spiked nose pliers 36 or some other clamping device is engaged, the splicing device 34 is removed from its insertion in the tubular cover 12. After the splicing device 34 is thus removed, the swab 14, being tightened by the sharpened point pliers 36 or some other tightening device, is left inside the tubular cover 12, as shown in figure 8. The insertion point of the tubular cover 12 is closed behind [sic] of the splicing device 34 by dragging the rope, and the swab 14, and the bristles 24 of the swab 14 extend through the wall of the tubular cover 12, as shown in Figs. 1 and 8. The foam inserts 16 are also inserted into the tubular cover 12 using the same technique. A foam insert 16 is shown in Figure 9 and is also shown in outline in Figures 1 and 4. Another preferred embodiment is shown in Figure 13. When large diameter rifle guns, such as shotguns, are to be cleaned, A large swab can be sandwiched between two or more tubular covers 12, as shown in Figure 13. The tubular covers are sewn together at a point near each end of the enclosed swab. The shank bristles extend through the walls of the tubular covers. In this configuration, the foam or other inserts can be used to form the cleaning sections, or one or both tubular covers can be formed in a loop as shown in Figures 13 and 14. During use, the cleaning device shown in figures 1, 4, 10 or 13 it is used to clean a rifle barrel as follows. The counterweight 18 or the front section of the vinyl covered wire 34 is inserted into the gap of a rifle or the barrel end of a gun and is dropped or pressed completely through the barrel and exits at the opposite end. The user can then optionally apply gun solvent to the front end 38 of the cleaning section 26 and / or the swab 14 and also apply a light oil to the lubricant wick 20. The tubular cover 12 is then held firmly by the user and it is dragged through the barrel so that the front end 38 of the section 26 enters the barrel and picks up the environmental waste in the barrel, such as dust, mud, ice, sand, etc. At the same time, the gun cleaning solvent is squeezed from the cleaning section 26 and dispersed around the inner surface of the gun barrel. As the tubular cover is continuously drawn through the barrel of the gun, the swab 14 comes into contact with the inner surface of the gun barrel. As the swab 14 travels the barrel of the rifle, the bristles 24 of the swab 14 contact and brush the inner surface of the barrel of the rifle., releasing metal parts and combustion residues from explosive charges. As the cleaning section 28 enters the rifle barrel, its front end 48 absorbs the cleaning solvent for the rifle, the metal particles and the combustion residues loose inside the barrel of the rifle. As the rear end of the tubular cover 12 passes through the barrel of the rifle, it drags the lubricant wick 20 along the latter. The lubricating wick 20 disperses a thin layer of light oil for the rifle through the now clean rifle barrel. In gun barrels that are exceptionally dirty or have a large metal build-up due to intense use without cleaning, the user may need to perform a "back and forth" action with the rifle cleaner. cleaning device back and forth in short aggressive movements while moving the device in all direction through the barrel In effect, the user is making a multitude of directional changes inside the barrel while moving the device in a general direction through the canyon.

The preferred embodiment shown in Figure 4 is used in a similar manner. This may have an additional cleaning section attached thereto after the cleaning section 28 which may act as the lubricating wick, or the lubricating oil may be applied at the rear end 44 of the cleaning section 28 to act as the lubricating wick portion. Of the device. In this embodiment of the device, the cleaning section 26, the cleaning section 28 and the swab 14 can be disassembled from the vinyl cable 30. This provides the user with the option of assembling the device only using the cleaning section 26 and the swab 14 or only using the cleaning section 26 without a swab and without the cleaning section 28. The preferred embodiment shown in figure 1 can also be constructed so that a swab 14 is not included in the device, so that the cleaning section 26 is included in the device, but the cleaning section 28 and the swab are not part of the device. By using foam inserts 16 contained in the woven cover 12, this foam insert can provide 2 5 to 100 square inches of surface area. This is much more than a cloth cloth could provide, and also provides a firm pressure against the wall and improved brushing and absorption capabilities.

The device shown in figures 1, 4 and 10 is also of very light weight, made of inexpensive materials, made of materials whose resistance exceeds to a large extent the requirements of the activity of extracting this device through a barrel. rifle, can be reusable or disposable, and can be easily washed in a mesh bag in a washing machine or under a wrench.

In another preferred embodiment, the device is a cleaning device for a rifle barrel made of a tubular cover which is a multi-strand hollow rope. The rope can be made of 16 or 22 strands, as already described, or it can have less or more strands. The strands are made of textured filaments. The cleaning sections are provided in this material, which may be bent sections, loops, enclosed foams or enclosed swabs. The innovative aspect of this modality is the use of this type of cloth to clean a rifle. Although the current preferred embodiment of the invention has been shown and described, it should be understood that this invention is not limited thereto but may be incorporated in different forms into practice within the scope of the following claims.

Claims (10)

1. A rifle barrel cleaning device for cleaning a gun barrel with an internal surface, comprising: one or more swabs each with a broom body and bristles that anchor and extend from the body of the swab; a cintería of cloth in which the bodies of brushes are contained completely or partially, where the bristles of the swabs extend through the fabric cintería, and where the fabric cintería with bodies of contained brushes and brush bristles spreading is dragged through the barrel of the rifle to clean the internal surface of it.

2. A device for cleaning a rifle barrel having an internal surface, performing a plurality of cleaning steps in a passage through the barrel of the rifle, and being unable to get stuck in the barrel of the rifle as a result of a change of direction in the middle of the barrel, consists of: one or more swabs with a body of brush and bristles anchored in and extending from the body of the swab; a cintería of cloth in which the bodies of broom are contained completely or partially, where the bristles of the swabs extend through the fabric cintería, and where the fabric cintería with the bodies of the brushes contained and the bristles of the swabs spreading is dragged through the rifle barrel to clean the inner surface of the rifle barrel; and one or more thickened regions formed in the fabric belt, each region thickened to perform a specific cleaning step while in contact with the inner surface of the gun barrel.

3. A device for cleaning a rifle barrel which has an internal surface, performing a plurality of cleaning steps in a passage through the rifle barrel, and being unable to get stuck-in the rifle barrel as a result of a change in direction in the middle of the barrel, comprises: one or more swabs, each with a body of brush and bristles anchored in and extending from the body of the swab; one or more thickened regions, each thickened region joined at one end to one end of the swab body, to make contact with the inner surface of the rifle barrel; Y . a flexible rope that is attached to one end of a thickened region and one end of the swab, and which is used to drag the thickened regions and the swabs through the barrel of the rifle to clean the inner surface of the barrel of the rifle.

4. The rifle barrel cleaning device of claim 1 or 2, wherein the fabric collar is a tubular woven fabric. The rifle barrel cleaning device of claim 1 or 2, wherein the fabric collar consists of a multi-strand hollow rope, woven with a sufficiently loose tissue to allow insertion of a splice tool or other object approximately equal to the internal diameter of the rifle barrel that is being cleaned without damaging the rope fabric when the splicing tool or other object is removed from the rope. 6. The rifle barrel cleaning device of claim 1 or 2, which further comprises a multi-strand hollow rope, woven in which each strand is composed of textured filaments. The rifle barrel cleaning device of claim 2 or 3, wherein the thickened regions of the fabric ribbon are formed by folding a section of the fabric ribbon inward or on itself, and fixing the thickened region in a bent position. The rifle barrel cleaning device of claim 2 or 3, wherein the thickened regions are formed by the use of foam forms. 9. The rifle barrel cleaning device of claim 1, 2 or 3 further comprising a weight attached to one end of the rifle barrel cleaning device. 10. The rifle barrel cleaning device of claim 9 wherein a rigid or semi-rigid section may be attached to the weight.