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US 9,851,168 B2Granted
Cleaning implements for firearms
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InventorChien Hwang
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The present disclosure pertains to systems and methods for cleaning implements for firearms. In one embodiment, a single-use cleaning implement may include a hollow member; and a cleaning surface disposed along a length of the hollow member. The cleaning surface may be disposed about a circumference of the hollow member. A flexible shaft may be configured to extend through the hollow member. The flexible shaft may comprise a retainer component disposed at a distal end, the retainer component configured to abut a distal end of the cleaning implement and to impede the cleaning implement from passing over the retainer component. The flexible shaft may be used to pull the hollow cleaning implement through the barrel of the firearm while the retainer component abuts the distal end of the cleaning implement and the first cleaning surface engages with an inner surface of the barrel to clean the barrel.
A system to clean a barrel of a firearm, comprising:
A system to clean a barrel of a firearm, comprising:
A method of cleaning a barrel of a firearm, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.
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Cleaning or lubricating arrangements: scrapers or cleaning rods
Functional features or details common to both smallarms and ordnance
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This disclosure relates to systems and methods for cleaning a barrel of a firearm. More specifically, the present disclosure may include embodiments in which a cleaning implement may be used in connection with standard firearm cleaning equipment.
Non-limiting and non-exhaustive embodiments of the disclosure are described, including various embodiments of the disclosure, with reference to the figures, in which:
FIG. 1 illustrates a plurality of disposable cleaning implements having one or more cleaning surfaces consistent with embodiments of the present disclosure.
FIG. 2A illustrates a cross-sectional view taken along line 2A-2A of one of the cleaning implements illustrated in FIG. 1.
The embodiments of the disclosure will be best understood by reference to the drawings, wherein like parts are designated by like numerals throughout. It will be readily understood that the components of the disclosed embodiments, as generally described and illustrated in the figures herein, could be arranged and designed in a wide variety of different configurations. Thus, the following detailed description of embodiments of the systems and methods of the disclosure is not intended to limit the scope of the disclosure, as claimed, but is merely representative of possible embodiments of the disclosure. In addition, the steps of a method do not necessarily need to be executed in any specific order, or even sequentially, nor need the steps be executed only once, unless otherwise specified.
In some cases, well-known features, structures or operations are not shown or described in detail. Furthermore, the described features, structures, or operations may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments. It will also be readily understood that the components of certain embodiments, as generally described and illustrated in the figures herein, could be arranged and designed in a wide variety of different configurations.
FIG. 1 illustrates a plurality of cleaning implements 110, 120, 130, and 140 having one or more cleaning surfaces consistent with embodiments of the present disclosure. Cleaning implement 110 includes a single cleaning surface 112 disposed at a distal end of a shaft 116. In some embodiments, the cleaning surface 112 may comprise cotton, wool, felt, flannel, synthetic fibers, and the like. In other embodiments, a more abrasive material may be used to form the cleaning surface 112, such as steel wool, brass wool, pumice mixed with cotton threads, ceramic abrasives mixed with cotton threads, other metals/metallic alloys, and the like. A more coarse or abrasive substance may be used when dictated by the condition of the barrel (i.e., amount of fouling in the barrel).