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EP 0154169 B1 19870429 - CLEANING DEVICE FOR BARREL WEAPONS

Title (en)

CLEANING DEVICE FOR BARREL WEAPONS

Publication

EP 0154169 B1 19870429 (DE)

Application

EP 85101101 A 19850202

Priority

DE 3404246 A 19840207

Abstract (en)

[origin: US4726137A] A cleaning device for guns in which a cleaning brush fastened to a brush carrier is moved to-and-fro in the barrel by means of a rod. A drive unit with drive wheels which can be engaged with the rod is arranged in the front of the muzzle of the gun so that the cleaning operation can be simply carried out with a small expenditure of time and labor.

IPC 1-7

F41F 17/14

IPC 8 full level

F41A 29/02 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

F41A 29/02 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH FR GB IT LI NL SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0154169 A1 19850911; EP 0154169 B1 19870429; EP 0154169 B2 19911023; AT E26886 T1 19870515; DE 3404246 A1 19850814; DE 3404246 C2 19891116; US 4726137 A 19880223

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 85101101 A 19850202; AT 85101101 T 19850202; DE 3404246 A 19840207; US 69839285 A 19850205