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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 1998
Filed:
May. 27, 1997
Steven C Kennedy, Lansing, MI (US);
Other;
Abstract
A method and apparatus (10, 110 or 210) for cleaning the barrel (100) of a gun, is described. The apparatus includes a container (12, 112 or 212) and a cleaning rod (54). The container has end caps (30 and 32) which seal the container and form an inner chamber (12A, 112A or 212A). The top end cap has an opening for insertion of the cleaning rod. The end caps have holders (48) with recesses (48C) which hold the ends of the barrel in the container. The holders preferably have an opening in the bottom wall (48D) of the recess and orifices (52) around the sidewall. To use, the barrel of the gun is mounted in the bottom end cap inside the container and cleaning fluid (102) is poured into the container. The top end cap is sealed onto the container and the cleaning rod is inserted into the container and into the inside of the barrel. As the cleaning rod is moved up and down in the barrel, the cleaning fluid is draining into the orifices and the opening in the bottom end cap and through the barrel and out through the opening and orifices in the top end cap.