Patent ID: 8959695
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: B08B,G02B

Abstract:
1. A tool for cleaning at least one surface within a consumer electronics connector, the tool comprising: a body; a cleaning tip on the body, the cleaning tip having a distal end portion and being configured to be received by the connector, the distal end portion configured to align the at least one surface with the cleaning tip; a strip of cleaning material disposed in the tool and extending along a path that exposes the strip of cleaning material at the distal end portion of the cleaning tip for engaging a first surface and a second surface when the cleaning tip is received by the connector; and a mechanism in the tool for selectively advancing the strip of cleaning material along the path to wipe contaminates from the first surface and the second surface when the cleaning tip is received by the connector, wherein the mechanism for selectively advancing the strip of cleaning material along the path such that a first side of the strip wipes contaminates from the first surface and after turning the strip of cleaning material along a portion of the path a second side of the strip wipes contaminates from the second surface.