Universal Gun Cleaning Patch Assembly with Radially Compressible Frame
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing firearm cleaning systems require multiple patches or tips of different diameters to accommodate various barrel sizes, making them cumbersome and inefficient for cleaning firearms with varying bore diameters.
Innovation Solution
A universal gun cleaning patch assembly with a resilient plastic support frame and integral fabric swab that can be radially compressed to fit a wide range of bore diameters, allowing for effective cleaning of firearms with differing barrel sizes using a single assembly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple patches or tips of different diameters are used to accommodate various barrel sizes, then cleaning effectiveness for different firearms is improved, but device complexity and ease of operation deteriorate due to the need to manage multiple components
Solution Approach 1:
The support frame is designed with radially extendable legs that allow a single patch assembly to adapt to multiple bore diameters. The legs can be compressed radially to reduce the diameter of the swab material, enabling the same assembly to fit different barrel sizes without requiring multiple specialized patches.
Solution Approach 2:
The support frame incorporates resilient legs that can dynamically change their radial dimension. When inserted into the bore, the legs are compressed radially inward, allowing the swab material to conform to the bore diameter. This dynamic adjustment eliminates the need for multiple static-sized patches.
2Ease of operation
If a single universal patch assembly is used to clean various bore diameters, then ease of operation and device complexity are improved, but adaptability to different bore sizes deteriorates without the ability to adjust diameter
Solution Approach 1:
The support frame is constructed from resilient material that allows the legs to flex radially. This flexibility enables the frame to compress the swab material radially inward when inserted into the bore, allowing adaptation to different bore diameters while maintaining ease of operation with a single assembly.
Solution Approach 2:
The diameter of the swab material is changed by applying radial compression force through the resilient legs. This parameter change allows the same physical assembly to adapt to different bore diameters, maintaining both ease of operation and adaptability.
3Ease of manufacture
If fixed diameter tips are used for cleaning, then manufacturing precision and structural simplicity are improved, but adaptability to varying bore diameters deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The support frame is divided into multiple radially extendable legs rather than a solid fixed-diameter structure. This segmentation allows each leg to be independently compressed radially, enabling the overall structure to adapt to different bore diameters while maintaining simple manufacturing of individual leg components.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables efficient and adaptable cleaning of firearms with various bore diameters, ensuring thorough removal of residues and solvent application without the need for multiple patches or tips, improving maintenance efficiency and versatility.
Implementation Method 1
a resilient swab of material that is pulled or pushed through the bore; and most particularly to a universal gun cleaning patch assembly comprising a support frame having a center attachment bore and a plurality of legs formed preferably of a resilient plastic such that a fabric swab preferably integral with the legs is radially compressible or reducible in working diameter
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AI summary
A universal gun cleaning patch assembly comprising a support frame having a hub and hub bore, a plurality of resiliently deformable legs, and a swab. The assembly is radially compressible to effectively wipe the bores of weapons having a wide range of bore diameters. The swab material is preferably made integral with the support frame and may include natural or synthetic fibers and/or laminates of natural and/or synthetic fibers and a metal or plastic mesh embedded in a fabric to effectively scrub the inner bore of the firearm and remove gunpowder residues and excess solvents or oils during the cleaning process. The hub bore may sized to be self-tapping on male threads of a cable or rod that is pulled and/or pushed through the bore, or the bore may be tapered and include a plurality of deformable fingers to received a quick-disconnect stem.