Improvements in and relating to Wiping-rods for Guns and the like.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Mar., 1892-Accepted, 16th Apr., 1892
WALL LEIN DIMIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Wiping-rods for Guns and
the like.
We, HENRY CLAY PATTERSON, Machinist, and CHARLES GORDON PATTERSON,.
Registry Clerk Post Office Department, citizens of the United States of America,
residing respectively at No. 415 Lafayette Avenue, in the City of Marshall, County
of Saline, and State of Missouri, one of the United States of America, and at
No. 1320 Olive Street, Kansas City, in the County of Jackson and State of
Missouri aforesaid, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, and in what.
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
Our invention consists in a new and improved wiping rod, which can be made
out of iron, brass, or steel wire of sufficient diameter for guns, rifles, or pistols, and
which can also be made of wood for guns of larger caliber. Our invention will be
hereinafter fully described and claimed.
Referring to the accompanying drawings-
Figure 1 is a side elevation of our new and improved wiping-rod ;
Figure 2 is a sectional detail view on a larger scale, of the handle-end of the
same.
Figure 3 is a detail view on an enlarged scale of the point or inner end of
the rod.
Referring to the several parts by their designating numerals:
1, indicates the rod proper, which may be of any desired length or thickness, and
which is usually formed of iron, brass, or steel wire of sufficient diameter when
intended to be used in guns, pistols, or rifles, but which may be formed of wood if
used in guns of larger caliber.
The point or inner end of the rod is reduced near its extremity to form the
shouldered knob, 2, and above this knob a spiral thread, 3, is formed around the
rod. It will be seen that this construction affords a ready and effective means for
attaching the wiping material to the end of the rod, as by inserting the end of the
rod in the wiping material and giving the rod a few turns the material will be
twisted around the end of the rod and will be securely held there by the end-knob
and spiral thread, which are twisted into the material so as to hold it firmly on
the rod.
4, indicates the handle of my wiping rod, which is formed with a central
longitudinal bore or opening, 5, extending entirely through it. A washer, 6, is
secured on the upper end of the rod at a suitable distance from the upper extremity
of the same, and the handle is then placed on the upper end of the rod with its
inner end in close proximity to the washer, 6, when the second washer, 7, is secured
upon the rod at the upper or outer end of the handle. A cap-piece, 8, is preferably
secured upon the upper end of the revolving handle 4, so as to conceal the upper
washer, 7, from view and give a neat finish to the handle. The bore of the handle
is of such diameter that it fits loosely upon the rod, and a sufficient distance is left
between the washers 6 and 7, and the ends of the handle to enable the handle to
turn or revolve freely on the rod.
In operation when cleaning a rifle the inner end of the rod is inserted in the end
of the barrel and the handle, 4, is held stationary in the hand, and it will now be
readily seen that as the wiping rod is pushed into the barrel of the rifle that my
peculiar handle will enable the rod to turn freely and thus enable the inner end of
the rod to follow the rifles or spiral grooves which are formed in the inside of the
rifle barrel so that it will be, certain to thoroughly and effectually clean out the
spiral grooves. For as the end of the revolving rod will travel around and follow
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the curves of the grooves in the rifle barrel it will be certain to clean them out
completely and effectually and in a more thorough manner than is possible where a
rod having a rigid handle is pulled-over the grooves in the barrel...
My new and improved. wiping rod can be manufactured as cheaply as the old rod
having the stationary handle, and can be as readily used, as it is only necessary to
insert the end of the rod in the barrel and then push in on the handle, when the
rod will revolve automatically as its end travels around in the curved grooves of
the rifle or pistol barrel. This rod will be made of two calibers and lengths for
. rifles, guns, and pistols, and will clean out the rifle with one-half the labor required
with the ordinary rod.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is
1. The combination, of a wiping rod for rifles, &c., having the washers, 6, and 7,
secured at a suitable distance apart upon its outer end, and the handle, 4, formed
with the central longitudinal bore, and fitting loosely upon the outer end of the rod
between the said washers; substantially as set forth.
2. The herein-described new and improved wiping rod for rifles, &c., consisting of
the rod, 1, formed at its inner end with the shouldered knob, 2, and the spiral
thread, 3, and having the washers, 6 and 7, secured at a suitable distance apart
upon its outer end, and the handle, 4, formed with the central longitudinal bore
and fitting loosely upon the outer end of the rod between the said washers; sub-
stantially as set forth.
Dated this 8th day of March 1892
JENSEN & SON,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.