Gun Barrel Cleaning Apparatus and Method

Abstract

A gun barrel cleaning tool for receiving and enclosing a gun barrel while guiding a cleaning brush back and forth through the enclosed gun barrel. Cleaning fluid is introduced through a suitable passage way into the interior of the apparatus and a cleaning brush may thereafter be passed back and forth through an enclosed gun barrel in order to clean it.

1 . A gun barrel cleaning apparatus comprising:
 means for receiving and enclosing a gun barrel while guiding a cleaning brush back and forth through said gun barrel, and   means for introducing cleaning fluid into an interior of said means for receiving and enclosing.   
     
     
         2 . The apparatus of  claim 1  wherein said means for receiving and enclosing comprises:
 an interior chamber; and 
 a barrel holder having a sleeve positionable in said interior chamber, said sleeve being shaped and dimensioned to hold a gun barrel. 
 
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 2  wherein said means for receiving and enclosing further comprises:
 a brush guide positioned to guide said brush towards said gun barrel, said brush guide further having an opening therein permitting insertion of said brush into said means for receiving and enclosing. 
 
     
     
         4 . The apparatus of  claim 3  further comprising:
 a fluid reservoir removably attached at one end of said means for receiving and enclosing. 
 
     
     
         5 . The apparatus of  claim 4  wherein said brush guide is pivotally mounted to the barrel holder. 
     
     
         6 . The apparatus of  claim 5  wherein the barrel holder has first and second side rails and wherein the brush guide includes first and second slots disposed to slidably mate with a respective one of said first and second side rails. 
     
     
         7 . The apparatus of  claim 6  wherein the brush guide comprises an upper housing component including a cylindrical chamber and an undercarriage fastenable to said upper housing component. 
     
     
         8 . The apparatus of  claim 1  wherein said means for receiving and enclosing a gun barrel comprises a lower housing section, and a handle attached to a hinged cover, the cover including a sleeve for holding a gun barrel, the cover further being shaped and dimensioned to mate with said lower housing section so as to entirely encapsulate said gun barrel. 
     
     
         9 . Gun barrel cleaning apparatus comprising:
 a barrel protector component having outer rounded rear contours on either side of a threaded opening for receiving a barrel cleaning rod; and   an interior threaded opening for receiving the threaded end of a barrel cleaning brush.