Patent ID: 8079170
Filing Date: 2011-12-20
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
1. A gun barrel cleaning apparatus comprising: a barrel holder having a first interior chamber for receiving a gun barrel, said first interior chamber having a first opening on an inner side of said barrel holder; a sleeve shaped and dimensioned to be insertable into said first interior chamber through said first opening, said sleeve further having an interior opening shaped to receive and hold at least a first portion of a gun barrel inserted into said barrel holder through said first opening; a brush guide having inner and outer ends and slideably mounted to said barrel holder so as to be movable toward the inner end of said barrel holder into a closed position after insertion of a gun barrel into said barrel holder, said brush guide having a second interior chamber having an opening on the inner end thereof aligned with the first opening of said first interior chamber of said barrel holder, said brush guide further having an opening in the outer end thereof permitting insertion of a barrel cleaning tool into and through said first and second interior chambers and through a gun barrel disposed in a said sleeve positioned in said first interior chamber; and wherein said brush guide is further hingedly mounted to said barrel holder such that as said brush guide moves away from the closed position to an open position, the brush guide pivots or drops downward with respect to the barrel holder.