Patent ID: 6269579
Filing Date: 2001-08-07
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
An improved gun cleaning system for use in cleaning a firearm bore the system including:a cleaning rod having a diameter less than the bore to be cleaned, the rod having one end adapted for the attachment of a cleaning element to be moved longitudinally within the bore, the cleaning rod having a handle opposite the cleaning element;a cleaning rod centering guide, the guide formed as a hollow frustoconical member with a closed smaller end and an open larger end, the guide having a smooth outer surface, an inner surface of the hollow frustoconical member having a series of concentric annular, triangular cross section, projections, the triangular projections being disposed inward towards the longitudinal axis of the guide so as to form a series of annular stops of decreasing diameter, the closed end being formed as a thick portion at the closed end the thicker portion having a cylindrical opening formed therein the closed end with its axis coaxially aligned with the longitudinal axis of the guide, the cylindrical opening being of a size to allow the insertion of the rigid cleaning rod and allow longitudinal motion of the cleaning rod while maintaining the cleaning rod essentially centered within the bore as the cleaning element is moved longitudinally within the bore.