An Improved Cleaning Device for Fire-arms.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Aug.. 1894
Complete Specification Left, 1st May, 1895-Accepted, 1st June, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Cleaning Device for Fire-arms.
I, WLADIMIR WESENKOFF, of Pokrowsky Casern, Moscow, in the Empire of
Russia, Sub-lieutenant of the Bulgarian Army, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention' to be as follows:-
My invention relates to a cleaning device for small arms such as rifles and
revolvers.
In carrying out my invention I employ a screw-threaded steel pin the head of
which is provided with an eye for fixing a cord therein. Over the pin I pass two
cylinders made of india rubber and having different diameters the cylinder of
larger diameter being designed when covered with petroleum or grease, for cleansing
the bore of the barrel, while the cylinder of smaller diameter is intended to be
wrapped in a greased cloth and serves for finishing the cleansing the inner surface
of the barrel and coating it with a thin layer of grease.
Two nuts screwed upon the pin serve to hold the cylinder of smaller diameter
in place and an internally screw-threaded knob is screwed upon the end of the pin
for the purpose of retaining the cylinder of larger diameter in place and also to
allow of fastening another cord, the knob being provided with an eye to this end.
One of the two cords is provided with a weight for introducing the cleaner into
the bore and drawing it lengthways, in both directions. The chief advantage of
my cleaner is that by its use the cleansing of the barrel-bore can be effected more
efficaciously and in a shorter time than in the usual way; it being sufficient for
this purpose to draw the cleaner twice along the bore in order to remove all dirt
and powder dust, the india rubber by reason of its elasticity entering all the riflings
and grooves of the bore. In order to secure a satisfactory result it will, however,
be found expedient to coat 'the surface of the cylinder of india rubber of larger
diameter with a mineral or animal fat..
The diameter of the said cylinder is equal to that of the bore of the fire-arm,
the diameter of the other cylinder being preferably 1 or 2 smaller.
The nuts and the knob allow of pressing the cylinders together with more or
less force and so regulating in a very precise nanner the "respective dianiëters"of
the said cylinders.
By the use of the two cords which allow the cleaner to be drawn in both directions
a ramrod is rendered absolutely unnecessary.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved"Cleaning Device' for Fire-arms!
I, WLADIMIR WESENKOFF, of Pokrowsky Casern; Moscow, in the Empire of
Russia, Sub-lieutenant of the Bulgarian Army, 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:
My invention relates to a cleaning device for small arms such as rifles and
revolvers
An"Improved Cleaning "Device' for Fire-armš."
I, WLADIMIR WESENKOFF, of Pokrowsky Casern; Moscow, in the Empire of
Russia, Sub-lieutenant of the Bulgarian Army, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention and in what manner tlie same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:
My invention relates to a cleaning device for small arms such as rifles and
revolvers

page_text: In the accompanying drawing,-
Figure 1 is an elevation of my cleaning device; and,
Figures 2 to 6 are views of the various parts of the same hereinafter described.
In carrying out my invention I employ a screw-threaded steel pin b (shewn
in Figure 1 and also in longitudinal elevation and end, view at Figure 2) the
head of which is provided with an eye for fixing a cord e therein. Over the
pin I pass two cylinders h and k, (shewn respectively at Figures 3 and 4 in
longitudinal section and end view) made of india rubber and having different
diameters, the cylinder h of larger diameter being designed, when covered with
petroleum or grease, for cleansing the bore of the barrel, while the cylinder k
of smaller diameter is intended to be wrapped in a greased cloth and serves for
finishing the cleansing of the inner surface of the barrel and for coating it with
a thin layer of grease.
Two nuts c, c (shewn in section and elevation at Figure 6) screwed upon the
pin 6 serve to hold the cylinder k in place, and an internally screw-threaded
knob d (shewn in longitudinal elevation and end view at Figure 5) is screwed upon
the end of the pin b for the purpose of retaining the cylinder h in place, and
also to allow of fastening a cord f, the knob d being provided with an eye to
this end.
The corde is provided with a weight g for introducing the cleaner into the
bore and drawing it lengthways in both directions.
The chief advantage of my cleaner is that, by its use, the cleansing of the
barrel-bore can be effected more efficaciously and in a shorter time than in the
usual way, it being sufficient for this purpose to draw the cleaner twice along
the bore in order to remove all dirt and powder dust, the india rubber, by
reason of its elasticity, entering all the riflings and grooves of the bore. In
order to secure a satisfactory result it will, however, be found expedient to coat the
surface of the india rubber cylinder h with a mineral or animal fat.
The diameter of the cylinder is equal to that of the bore of the fire-arm, the
diameter of the cylinder being preferably 1 or 2 m smaller.
The nuts c, c and the knob d allow of pressing the cylinders h and k together
with more or less force and so regulating in a very precise manner the respective
diameters of the said cylinders.
By the use of the two cords e and f, which allow the cleaner to be drawn in both
directions a ramrod is rendered absolutely unnecessary.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A device for cleaning small fire-arms in which a cylinder of india rubber is
fixed on a screw-threaded pin by means of nuts which allow the cylinder to be
compressed with more or less force so as to regulate its internal diameter, substantially
as herein before described.
2. In a device for cleaning small fire-arms the combination with the india rubber
cylinder referred to in Claim 1 of another india rubber cylinder of smaller diameter
and fixed on the same pin, the latter being provided at its ends with two cords by
means of which the cleaner can be drawn in both directions through the bore of
the fire-arm, substantially as hereinbefore described.
3. The improved device for cleaning fire-arms hereinbefore described and
illustrated in Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing.
Dated the let do. S M 1005
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.