Patent ID: 7290304

Claim:
A cleaning apparatus for cleaning and decontaminating the internal working components of a piece of electronic equipment along a predetermined media path, comprising: a base material having first and second surfaces, leading and trailing edges, and a width; a cleaning substrate disposed in a generally strip-like manner on at least one of the first surface and the second surface for cleaning at least one internal working component of the electronic equipment; and an adhesive substrate disposed in a generally strip-like manner on at least one of the first surface and the second surface for decontaminating the internal working component of the electronic equipment, wherein the cleaning substrate extends substantially the width of the base material and is disposed on at least one of the first surface and the second surface adjacent at least one of the leading and trailing edges and the adhesive substrate extends substantially the width of the base material and is spaced a distance from the cleaning substrate, and wherein the cleaning of the internal working components takes place when the internal working components are disposed in a normally engaged position.