Patent ID: 7273320

Claim:
A dummy router card dedicated as a cleaning card for cleaning particulate matter from contact surfaces of a plurality of fiber-optics ferrules of an electronics assembly, comprising: a mounting surface mounting a plurality of connector housings, each housing having a first connector half adapted to engage a matching second connector half, the second connector half hosting the plurality of ferrules of the electronics assembly to be cleaned; a replaceable contiguous cleaning insert bar comprising a base structure having a plurality of fingers extending through the first connector halves, sized and arranged to contact corresponding contact surfaces of the plurality of fiber-optics ferrules of the second connector halves, with the first connector halves engaged in the second connector halves, and a portion of double-back tape adhered to the cleaning end of each extending finger for simultaneously removing particulates from a plurality of engaged surfaces, wherein one side of the tape is more adherent than the other side, the less adherent side for collecting the particulate matter.