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US 4,726,137 AGranted
Cleaning device for guns
AssigneeKrauss-Maffei Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsRudolf Zurek, Ferenc Kotai, Markus Spoetzl, Leonhard Pongratz
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Abstract
A cleaning device for guns in which a cleaning brush fastened to a brush carrier is moved to-and-fro in the barrel by means of a rod. A drive unit with drive wheels which can be engaged with the rod is arranged in the front of the muzzle of the gun so that the cleaning operation can be simply carried out with a small expenditure of time and labor.
Claims21
A field weapon barrel cleaning device comprising:
- a brush carrier;
- at least one cleaning brush arranged on the brush carrier;
- a cleaning rod attached to the brush carrier;
- a drive unit disposed outside of the barrel for engaging the rod and moving the rod and attached brush carrier back and forth;
- a plurality of drive wheels connected to said drive unit for engaging said rod;
- means for releasably fastening said drive unit to an end of said barrel;
- a supporting arm for holding said drive unit in front of and at a distance from said end of said barrel;
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- wherein said supporting arm extends in an axially parallel direction with respect to the longitudinal axis of said barrel beyond said drive unit and away from the barrel, and comprises rod support means for supporting the rod.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.