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US 5,341,744 AGranted
Cleaning shell for firearms
OwnerXiao Shiinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for cleaning the bore of a firearm including a shell housing having a rearwardly oriented base portion, a substantially tubular body defining a cavity, and a forward end, a tank for confining a compressed fluid, the tank being disposed within the cavity of the housing, a cleaning wad for cleaning the bore of the firearm, disposed forward of the tank, and a rupturing member disposed between the tank and the cleaning wad, whereby the compressed fluid is released from the tank and propels the cleaning wad through the bore of the firearm.
Claims17
An apparatus for cleaning the bore of a firearm, comprising:
- a shell housing having a rearwardly oriented base portion, a substantially tubular body defining a cavity, and a forward end;
- tank means for confining a compressed fluid, the tank means being slidably disposed within the cavity of the housing;
- cleaning means for cleaning the bore of the firearm disposed forward of the tank means;
- means for rupturing the tank means located between the cleaning means and the tank means and means for connecting the rupturing means to the cleaning means whereby the compressed fluid is released from the tank means and propels the cleaning means and the rupturing means through the bore of the firearm;
- means for displacing the tank means toward the rupturing means so as to rupture the tank means, the displacing means comprising a primer disposed in the cavity of the housing between the base portion of the housing and the tank means, whereby actuation of the primer causes the tank means to displace toward the rupturing means;
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- a ring mounted within the housing between the tank means and the forward end of the housing so as to retain the tank means in the cavity of the housing.
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An apparatus for cleaning the bore of a firearm, comprising:
- a shell housing having a rearwardly oriented base portion, a substantially tubular body defining a cavity, and a forward end;
- tank means for confining a compressed fluid, the tank means being slidably disposed within the cavity of the housing;
- cleaning means for cleaning the bore of the firearm disposed forward of the tank means, the cleaning means comprising a cleaning material attached to a base, the base being disposed in the forward end of the housing;
- means for rupturing the tank means located between the cleaning means and the tank means and mounted to the base whereby the compressed fluid is released from the tank means and propels the cleaning means and the rupturing means through the bore of the firearm;
- means for displacing the tank means toward the rupturing means so as to rupture the tank means, the displacing means comprising a primer disposed in the cavity of the housing between the base portion of the housing and the tank means, whereby actuation of the primer causes the tank means to displace toward the rupturing means;
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- a ring mounted within the housing between the tank means and the forward end of the housing so as to retain the tank means in the cavity of the housing.
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An apparatus for cleaning the bore of a firearm, comprising:
- a shell housing having a rearwardly oriented base portion, a substantially tubular body defining a cavity, and a forward end;
- tank means for confining a compressed fluid, the tank means being slidably disposed within the cavity of the housing;
- cleaning means for cleaning the bore of the firearm disposed forward of the tank means, the cleaning means comprising a cleaning material attached to a base, the base being disposed in the forward end of the housing;
- means for releasing the compressed fluid from the tank means located between the cleaning means and the tank means and mounted to the base whereby the compressed fluid propels the cleaning means and the releasing means through the bore of the firearm;
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- means for displacing the tank means toward the releasing means so as to operate the releasing means, the displacing means comprising a primer disposed in the cavity of the housing between the base portion of the housing and the tank means, whereby actuation of the primer causes the tank means to displace toward the releasing means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.