Pull-thru firearm cleaning system and method
View Patent ↗A firearm cleaning device comprises a flexible cable and threaded coupling assembly, to which a plurality of components may be attached individually or in combination for optimal configuration based on cleaning need and firearm type. A spear-point piercing adapter may be threadably attached to a cable with a coupling portion fixed thereto. The piercing adapter includes a threaded shank with a sharp tip, on which a cleaning patch is speared and a jag is threadably attached thereto, thereby sandwiching the cleaning patch between a body of the piercing adapter and the jag. The cleaning device and various components and attachments can be packaged and sold as a single compact device, which provides mobility for field use, configurability for use with a wide range of firearm types, and cost savings due to fewer components and reduced packaging size.
1. A gun barrel cleaning apparatus that captures cleaning patches, the apparatus comprising:
a flexible cable, the cable having a handle end and an attachment end, the attachment end having a coupling portion with a threaded bore;
a piercing adaptor comprising a body portion with a threaded male coupling portion extending from a first end and a threaded male coupling portion with a spear point extending from the opposite second end, the threaded male coupling portion extending from the first end sized to couple with the threaded bore of the coupling portion of the flexible cable, the piercing adapter having an external knurled surface;
a jag having a threaded female coupling portion sized to couple with the threaded male coupling portion with the spear point, the jag having a plurality of circumferentially extending grooves therein; and
a cleaning patch pierceable by the threaded male coupling with the spear point, whereby the cleaning patch may be piercingly attached to the piercing adaptor on the threaded male coupling portion with the spear point and may be captured thereon by threadingly attaching the jag to said threaded male coupling portion with the spear point.
2. A gun barrel cleaning apparatus that captures cleaning patches, the apparatus comprising:
a flexible cable, the cable having a handle end and an attachment end, the attachment end having a coupling portion with a threaded bore;
a piercing adaptor comprising a body portion with a threaded male coupling portion extending from a first end and a threaded male coupling portion with a spear point extending from the opposite second end, the threaded male coupling portion extending from the first end sized to couple with the threaded bore of the coupling portion of the flexible cable;
a set of jags, each of the set having a threaded bore sized to threadingly engage the threaded male coupling portion of the piercing adapter, and each member of the set having a different outer diameter from the other members of the set;
a cleaning patch pierceable by the threaded male coupling with the spear point, whereby the cleaning patch may be piercingly attached to the piercing adaptor on the threaded male coupling portion with the spear point and may be captured thereon by threadingly attaching one of the set of jags to said threaded male coupling portion with the spear point; and
a plurality of brushes, each brush having a threaded shaft sized for being received in the coupling portion of the cable.
3. A firearm barrel cleaning device comprising:
a flexible cable having a first end and a second end;
a fitting fixably coupled to the second end of the flexible cable, the fitting having a female threaded coupling portion;
a piercing adaptor having a body with a knurled exterior surface and having a threaded male coupling portion configured to threadingly engage the female threaded coupling portion of the fitting, a body connecting to the threaded male coupling, and a threaded shank extending to a piercing point extending from the body,
a cleaning patch that is pierceable onto the threaded shank of the piercing adapter; and
a jag comprising generally an elongated cylindrical shape with a plurality circumferential extending grooves which is threadably coupleable to the threaded shank with the piercing point of the piercing adapter, thereby sandwiching the cleaning patch between the piercing adapter and a selected jag.
4. The firearm barrel cleaning device of claim 3 , wherein the device comprises a plurality of interchangeable jags, each of which is dimensioned to clean a particular caliber firearm barrel.
5. A gun barrel cleaning apparatus that captures cleaning patches, the apparatus comprising:
a flexible cable, the cable having a handle end and an attachment end, the attachment end having a coupling portion with a threaded bore;
a piercing adaptor comprising a body portion with a threaded male coupling portion extending from a first end and a male coupling portion with a spear point extending from the opposite second end, the male coupling portion extending from the second end having threads commencing on said male coupling portion at a juncture with the body portion, the threaded male coupling portion extending from the first end sized to couple with the threaded bore of the coupling portion of the flexible cable;
a plurality of jags having a threaded female coupling portion sized to couple with the male coupling portion with threads at the second end with the spear point, the plurality of jags each having a plurality of circumferentially extending grooves therein; and
a cleaning patch pierceable by the threaded male coupling with the spear point, whereby the cleaning patch may be piercingly attached to the piercing adaptor on the threaded male coupling portion with the spear point and may be captured thereon by threadingly attaching a selected one of the plurality of jags to said threaded male coupling portion with the spear point.
6. A gun barrel cleaning apparatus of claim 5 further comprising a plurality of brushes, each brush having a threaded shaft sized for being received in the coupling portion of the cable.
7. A gun barrel cleaning apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
a flexible cable, the cable having a handle end and an attachment end, the attachment end having a coupling portion with a threaded bore;
a piercing adaptor comprising a body portion with and knurled surface and with a threaded male coupling portion extending from a first end and a male coupling portion extending from the opposite second end, the male coupling portion extending from the second end having threads, the threaded male coupling portion extending from the first end sized to couple with the threaded bore of the coupling portion of the flexible cable;
a plurality of jags having a threaded female coupling portion sized to couple with the male coupling portion with threads at the second end, the plurality of jags each having a plurality of circumferentially extending grooves therein;
a cleaning patch pierceable by the threaded male coupling, whereby the cleaning patch may be piercingly attached to the piercing adaptor on the threaded male coupling portion t and may be captured thereon by threadingly attaching a selected one of the plurality of jags to said threaded male coupling portion with the spear point; and
a plurality of brushes, each brush having a threaded shaft sized for being received in the coupling portion of the cable.