Abstract: Methods and apparatus for cleaning according to various aspects of the present invention include a cleaner and a lighting system. The cleaner, such as a handheld cleaner like a brush or lint roller, cleans the item or area to be cleaned. The lighting system illuminates the area or item to be cleaned. In one embodiment, the lighting system generates ultraviolet light to illuminate debris having phosphor materials.

Abstract: An adhesive roller for detritus removal having an elongated strip where the strip has both a backing layer and an adhesive layer overlying and covering a first side of the backing layer. The strip also has a first end, a second end and two spaced apart sides. The strip is wound from its first end and to its second end into a tubular cylindrical roller with the adhesive layer facing outwardly. An adhesive release coating also overlies at least a portion of a second side of the backing layer. The adhesive release coating may be either applied as a liquid coating, or may be a solid substrate. This adhesive release coating facilitates removal of individual sheets from the roller. Alternatively, a portion of the backing layer is crimped to form alternating peaks and valleys along at least a portion of the backing layer.

Abstract: The invention disclosed is an adhesive strip for wrapping around the fingers to remove lint from garments or fabric. The strip has adhesive on one side only and is wrapped around the fingers with the adhesive side facing out. A looped end of the adhesive strip provides an anchor for removing a protective strip and for wrapping the free end of the adhesive strip around the fingers. The free end is adhered to the adhesive surface of the looped end. The strip is easily stored in a flat or folded configuration. Adhesive strips may be offered in stacks with no protective strips applied or the non-adhesive side of one adhesive strip acting as the protective strip for the adhesive side of the adjacent adhesive strip.

Abstract: A lint roller holder having a pair of elongated housing parts which are substantially identical to each other. Each housing part includes an elongated handle section and semi-cylindrical lint roller support section which is longitudinally adjacent the handle section. The housing parts are secured together in a facing relationship, such that an outer peripheral edge of both of said semi-cylindrical lint roller support and said handle sections abut against each other to form both a cylindrical lint roller support and a handle. The outer peripheral edges of the housing parts are then secured together by ultrasonic welding. Each housing part also includes at least one cut-out in the semi-cylindrical lint roller support section to reduce raw material usage requirements.

Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of a substrate cleaning apparatus includes a hand held hand roller including a roller cleaning member rotationally mounted in a handle and having a tacky peripheral contact surface, the tacky peripheral contact surface adapted to transfer foreign particles during cleaning of substrates. A roller cleaning substrate has opposed first and second surfaces. The first surface is coated with an adhesive adapted to transfer and retain said foreign particles from the surface of the roller for disposal; the second surface is a smooth surface. A mounting pad includes a soft layer of hardness lower than 100 Shore Hardness Scale A adapted to bond or adhere the second surface of the roller cleaning substrate to the mounting pad without the use of adhesives or mechanical clamping.

Abstract: A duster and a dusting apparatus using the same are provided. The duster is used for removing a particle. The duster includes a body and at least one detachable member. The body includes at least one connecting member. One end of the detachable member is detachably coupled to the connecting member, and the other end of the detachable member has a colloid part. The colloid part having adhesiveness is used for adhering the particle thereto.

Abstract: A pick-up device for picking up debris or other objects that includes a base to which an operating handle is attached by way of a swivel. A supply of sticky elements is releasably held to the base by retaining structure. The supply includes a plurality of tacky sheets arranged in a stack that are attached to a backing member. The structure for holding the supply to the base may comprise retainers and tabs, pins frictionally engaged in corresponding apertures, hook and loop elements or clips forming part of the base. The tablet-like supply includes an outermost sheet having a tacky surface to which debris or objects are held. An exhausted sheet is peeled from the stack to expose the tacky surface of an adjacent sheet.

Abstract: A lint removing device is formed in the shape of a stick, with a central, rectangular support member and a length of pressure-sensitive adhesive material wound around the support member. The use of an essentially two-dimensional support member allows for the lint removing device to be relatively small and compact, easy to carry in a pocket or purse. The edges of the support member can be used to assist in removing used portions of the adhesive. Cuts or perforations may be formed at locations along the length of the adhesive to simplify the removal of used material. A separate protective covering layer is used to prevent debris from sticking to the adhesive between uses.

Abstract: A rolling lint and pet and human hair remover will function in at least two different positions and with the option of extending the handle in order to reach hard to reach places for use in automobiles, homes, and other locations, as well as on a person's clothing. The handle is foldable against the lint roller portion for compact storage and for use in tight places. An air-freshener body may be incorporated into the lint roller portion. Air-freshener beads are placed inside the air-freshener body and give off an aromatic fragrance while the lint remover is in use due to the tumbling action of the air-freshener beads inside the lint roller as it is rolled. A plurality of holes in the air-freshener body allow the aromatic fragrance to flow out and away from the lint roller.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an adhesive roll cleaner for cleaning beds or carpets, and apparatus for and method of manufacturing the adhesive roll cleaner. The adhesive roll cleaner can catch up hairs, fine dusts or the like, that cannot be sufficiently caught up by general cleaning tools, using an adhesive force of an adhesive tape, prevent that the adhesive tape is torn in a longitudinal direction when a soiled portion of the adhesive tape is separated from the adhesive tape, and allow the soiled portion of the adhesive tape to be easily separated from the adhesive tape without any damage of the adhesive tape even in a state where long hairs or vinyl segments adhere to the adhesive tape.

Abstract: The cleaning applicator (1) assembled to the main adapter body (2), for use in cleaning applications. The cleaning applicator (1) is restrained by a fitting within the main adapter body (2) and the clamp force from the restraining clamp (3). The clamping process holds the cleaning applicator (1) in place for operation. The adhesive tape and/or foreign substrate (4) wrapped around the outside of the cleaning applicator (1), and held into position by the force of the restraining clamp (3) spring-loaded in the assembly with the main adapter body (2). The entire assembled unit can be assembled to a handle/pole (6) for extended reach applications. An insect or foreign debris (5) can be picked up by the adhesive tape and/or foreign substrate (4). This material can then be removed from the assembled unit and disposed of.

Abstract: An adhesive lifting mechanism for retrieving retractable material from an underlying surface includes a housing having a retrieval opening. A tape spool, as well as applicator and, retrieval rollers, are mounted within the housing. The rollers have circumferential engagement surfaces that protrude through and outwardly from the retrieval opening. The rollers are engaged by successive segments of tape extending from the supply spool and across the retrieval opening. Each roller is positioned in the housing for being driven rotatably across an underlying surface with the peripheries of the respective rollers simultaneously bearing against the underlying surface such that a first segment of tape lifts extractable matter from the underlying surface and is retrieved into the housing. A fresh, second segment of tape from the supply spool is then pulled across the opening and peripherally engaged with the applicator roller.

Abstract: A cleaning tool is to remove foreign matter from a surface of a photographic device. The cleaning tool includes an adhesive member and a stick body. The adhesive member has an adhesive surface for the foreign matter to adhere to. The stick body has an end to which the adhesive member is attached. The adhesive surface has an arcuate area, of which part of the outline is an arcuate section and a rectangular area that has a rectangular shape. The arcuate area is located between two theoretical lines which extend from two adjoining sides of the rectangular area.

Abstract: An adhesive roller for detritus removal having an elongated strip where the strip has both a backing layer and an adhesive layer overlying and covering a first side of the backing layer. The strip also has a first end, a second end and two spaced apart sides. The strip is wound from its first end and to its second end into a tubular cylindrical roller with the adhesive layer facing outwardly. An adhesive release coating also overlies at least a portion of a second side of the backing layer. The adhesive release coating may be either applied as a liquid coating, or may be a solid substrate. This adhesive release coating facilitates removal of individual sheets from the roller. Alternatively, a portion of the backing layer is crimped to form alternating peaks and valleys along at least a portion of the backing layer.

Abstract: Applicant discloses a broom that comprises at least one particle capture sheet. In various embodiments, the particle capture sheet can comprise a nonwoven material, a woven material, a knitted material, or a synthetic polymeric membrane. The particle capture sheet can be air permeable or air impermeable, and can comprise an electret material and/or an adhesive.

Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of a substrate cleaning apparatus includes a hand held hand roller including a roller cleaning member rotationally mounted in a handle and having a tacky peripheral contact surface, the tacky peripheral contact surface adapted to transfer foreign particles during cleaning of substrates. A roller cleaning substrate has opposed first and second surfaces. The first surface is coated with an adhesive adapted to transfer and retain said foreign particles from the surface of the roller for disposal; the second surface is a smooth surface. A mounting pad includes a soft layer of hardness lower than 100 Shore Hardness Scale A adapted to bond or adhere the second surface of the roller cleaning substrate to the mounting pad without the use of adhesives or mechanical clamping.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for cleaning test probes used in a semiconductor testing machine of the type having a plurality of test probes configured to contact the surface of a semiconductor wafer to test one or more dies formed thereon. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a roller-support arm and a cylindrical roller supported by the roller-support arm. The roller has an outer surface comprising a sticky material. Debris on the probes will adhere to the sticky material as roller is rolled across tips of the probes. The probes are thereby cleaned.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods for removing unwanted materials from the surface of fabrics—such as lint, pills, fuzz, and hair—by contacting the fabric with an open-cell foam or an article of manufacturer comprising an open cell foam and a non-soiling and non-staining benefit agents and/or an auxiliary means for trapping material removed by the fabric exfoliation method.

Abstract: A lint removal apparatus containing a tabbed end or ends on any side so a user to grip and hold the apparatus. One side of the apparatus contains an adhesive side that is protected by a backing. The backing must be removed by the user prior to using the apparatus. Once the backing is removed, a small portion of the backing will remain so that user can easily grip the apparatus. While gripping the apparatus, the user may remove lint by pressing the exposed adhesive side of the apparatus against the desired area containing lint or other particles to be removed. The apparatus is a small, durable, portable, economic, practical and be used by all individuals regardless of physical size.

Abstract: An adhesive roll cleaner 1 comprises a core tube and a plurality of adhesive tapes 3 having an adhesive portion A on one side thereof helically wound around the core tube in a layered configuration with the adhesive portion A out. Each of the adhesive tapes 3 is wound with a gap G of prescribed width between a side edge S1 and an adjacent side edge S2, and the width of the adhesive tapes 3 increases toward outside.

Abstract: A disposable lint removal device that is a ring shape with a flat square, rectangular, circular or other shaped piece of adhesive mounted onto it. Any finger slides into the ring with the mount piece either on top or bottom of the hand. A protective layer is removed from the adhesive mount, and then the sticky piece of adhesive is repetitively brought in and out of contact with the article to remove any particulate matter. Messages may be stored on the device for later retrieval.

Abstract: A lint roll apparatus includes an orienting mechanism for orienting the free edge of the outermost sheet of a adhesive roll with a predetermined point on a roll support. Orientation is implemented by cooperating stop members on the roll and the roll support, by a slidable member on the roll support moveable into and out of engagement with a notch in the roll or a roll core, or a trigger activated moveable pin which is engagable with a stop member carried on the roll or roll support. A motor driven spindle rotates a cylinder on which the roll is mounted.

Abstract: A cleaning sheet adapted to be attached to the head (20) of a cleaning tool (2) and having a wiping portion (1A) adapted to be disposed on the lower side of the head (20). In the state attached to the head (20), the cleaning sheet has, in the wiping portion (1A) thereof, a plurality of tacky recesses (10) open to the front and the rear of the head (20). The cleaning sheet has pointed parts (10b) projecting to the front and the rear between borders (10a) of adjacent two of the recesses (10).

Abstract: A rolling lint and pet and human hair remover will function in at least two different positions and with the option of extending the handle in order to reach hard to reach places for use in automobiles, homes, and other locations, as well as on a person's clothing. The handle is foldable against the lint roller portion for compact storage and for use in tight places. An air-freshener body may be incorporated into the lint roller portion. Air-freshener beads are placed inside the air-freshener body and give off an aromatic fragrance while the lint remover is in use due to the tumbling action of the air-freshener beads inside the lint roller as it is rolled. A plurality of holes in the air-freshener body allow the aromatic fragrance to flow out and away from the lint roller.

Abstract: A cleaning device for removing foreign particles off of a digital single lens reflex (DSLR) camera sensor filter comprising a hand held application wand, a double sided adhesive foam tape and a grouping of extra foam tapes that form a pad which is kept clean within a reusable bag. The user would hold the application wand by the finger grip, remove one release tab from the pad and adhere the base of the application wand to the top of the exposed foam tape so that the shape of the wand base and the foam tape align. The user would then lift up on the wand with their hand and remove the foam tape from the pad. The next step would be to insert the wand base and foam tape into the DSLR lens opening where the sensor filter resides. The foam tape would be pressed down onto the sensor filter and adhere any foreign particles to its adhesive. The wand and foam tape would then be removed by lifting up on the wand with ones hand.

Abstract: A cleaning device for removing foreign particles off of a digital single lens reflex (DSLR) camera sensor filter comprising a hand held application wand, a double sided adhesive and static foam tape and a grouping of extra foam tapes that form a pad which is kept clean within a reusable bag. The user would hold the application wand by the finger grip, remove one release tab from the pad and adhere the base of the application wand to the top of the exposed foam tape so that the shape of the wand base and the foam tape align. The user would then lift up on the wand with their hand and remove the foam tape from the pad. The next step would be to insert the wand base and foam tape into the DSLR lens opening where the sensor filter resides. The foam tape would be pressed down onto the sensor filter and adhere any foreign particles to its static layer. The wand and foam tape would then be removed by lifting up on the wand with ones hand.

Abstract: The present invention provides a brushing assembly and a method of cleaning a surface. In one embodiment, the brushing assembly comprises a lint roller comprising a handle and a roll of adhesive tape supported by a barrel, wherein the adhesive tape has an exposed tacky surface. The brushing assembly further comprises a caddy cover comprising an opening for placement over the barrel and roll of adhesive tape of the lint roller and at least one working surfaces. In one embodiment, the method of cleaning a surface comprises providing a lint roller, providing a caddy cover having at least one working surfaces, placing the caddy cover over the lint roller, brushing the surface to be cleaned with at least one of the working surfaces of the caddy cover to gather debris, removing the caddy cover from the lint roller, and rolling the lint roller over the surface to be cleaned to capture the debris.

Abstract: A method for cleaning a laminated substrate fabrication apparatus that efficiently cleans a surface used to attract a substrate while enabling stable cleaning. A cleaning unit, which includes an attraction surface for attracting and holding the substrate, is arranged in a processing chamber to clean the attraction surface.

Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet roll includes a core and a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet being wound around the core, wherein the core and the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet contain one or more substantially identical components. The pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet may include a base material and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer. The base material may contain a plastic resin. The pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet may be a removable pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet. The core can be formed from one or more materials derived from a waste of the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet roll. As the waste, at least one selected from wastes by-produced in production processes of the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet roll, used pressure-sensitive adhesive sheets and used cores may be used.

Abstract: A lint roller assembly having a holder with a handle and a lint roller support section longitudinally adjacent each other. The lint roller support section is adapted to rotatably support a tubular cylindrical lint removal roller. A tubular cylindrical rigid roller cover is open at one end and dimensioned to be positioned over the roller so that the cover entirely encloses the roller. A latch in the cover automatically engages a catch on the holder as the cover is longitudinally inserted over the holder to detachably lock the cover and holder together.

Abstract: A lint/pet hair roller assembly includes a body supporting a tubular adhesive lint remover roll. The assembly includes a handle and a roll support. The roller support includes a cross-member transversely mounted on the handle and carrying a pair of outwardly extending legs. Roll support members are fixed or rotatably carried on the legs for supporting a lint roll. The legs, in one aspect, are moveably mounted in the cross-member and biased to a normal first spacing to support a lint roll, but extendable outward for movement of the lint roll relative to the legs. In another aspect, a telescoping lint roll support is normally biased to an extended position to support the lint roll, but is collapsible for movement of the support relative to the legs. Alternately, a dispenser is carried on the handle for dispensing fluid from a storage chamber. Alternately, an additional cleaning element is carried on the support.

Abstract: A cleaning tool is for removing foreign matter from a surface of a photographic device. The cleaning tool includes an adhesive member and a body. The adhesive member has an adhesive surface for the foreign matter to adhere to. The body has a first end to which the adhesive member is attached, and has an end surface located at a second end being opposite to the first end. The outline of the adhesive surface includes a linear section, and the shape and orientation of the adhesive surface are represented on the end surface.

Abstract: A cleaning tool is to remove foreign matter from a surface of a photographic device. The cleaning tool includes an adhesive member and a stick body. The adhesive member has an adhesive surface for the foreign matter to adhere to. The stick body has an end to which the adhesive member is attached. The adhesive surface has an arcuate area, of which part of the outline is an arcuate section and a rectangular area that has a rectangular shape. The arcuate area is located between two theoretical lines which extend from two adjoining sides of the rectangular area.

Abstract: A lint removal device is provided. A first version provides a compactly designed, flexible and portable substrate having an adhesive disposed on an outer surface. The first version allows a user to insert one and up to four fingers into a channel and contact therein an inner surface of the substrate. A modification of the first version includes layers of protective sheeting interposed between layers of adhesives, whereby the first device provides consecutively available layers of adhesives for multiple use occasions. A second version allows the tips of the user's fingers to extend fully through and be exposed during use of the device, whereby the device may roll about the user's fingers as the user's fingers pass across and press against a fabric or textile sheet. A third version includes a thumb hole, where the substrate is shaped to substantially shaped to enclose the user's palm and four fingers when in use, and the user's thumb extends through the thumb hole.

Abstract: A cleaning apparatus with an integrated cleaning sheet for cleaning the internal working components of a piece of electronic equipment along a predetermined media path. The cleaning apparatus includes a base material having a leading end and a trailing end. A cleaning sheet is disposed proximate the leading end of the base material and is for cleaning at least one internal working component of the electronic equipment. An adhesive strip attaches the cleaning sheet to the leading end of the base material. To clean an internal component of electronic equipment, the cleaning apparatus is fed through the reading, writing or scan heads (r/w/s heads) of a piece of electronic equipment when the electronic equipment is disposed in a normally-engaged position.

Abstract: An improved cleaning tool is provided with a flexible connection between the head or spindle and the handle. The improved tool broadly includes a spindle or head, a handle and a flexible connection between the head and handle to permit relative pivotal movement therebetween and rubber bumpers to protect against scratching furniture. The flexible connection regulates relative movement between the spindle head in such a way that lateral movement is greater than the up and down movement.

Abstract: A lint roll apparatus includes an orienting mechanism for orienting the free edge of the outermost sheet of a adhesive roll with a predetermined point on a roll support. Orientation is implemented by cooperating stop members on the roll and the roll support, by a slidable member on the roll support moveable into and out of engagement with a notch in the roll or a roll core, or a trigger activated moveable pin which is engagable with a stop member carried on the roll or roll support. A motor driven spindle rotates a cylinder on which the roll is mounted.

Abstract: A lint roller holder having a pair of elongated housing parts which are substantially identical to each other. Each housing part includes an elongated handle section and semi-cylindrical lint roller support section which is longitudinally adjacent the handle section. The housing parts are secured together in a facing relationship, such that an outer peripheral edge of both of said semi-cylindrical lint roller support and said handle sections abut against each other to form both a cylindrical lint roller support and a handle. The outer peripheral edges of the housing parts are then secured together by ultrasonic welding. Each housing part also includes at least one cut-out in the semi-cylindrical lint roller support section to reduce raw material usage requirements.

Abstract: Particulate removal apparatus including a handle, a central member extending axially from an end of the handle, and a rotating member positioned about the central member and rotatable relative to the handle. The apparatus also includes a particulate remover having an internal interface configured to receive the rotating member, and a substantially cylindrical outer interface configured to adhesively retain particulate contacted thereby. A shroud is detachably coupled to the rotating member and substantially envelopes the particulate remover outer interface, such that the shroud is rotatable with the rotating member relative to the central member and the handle.

Abstract: Cleaning sheets comprise an additive that is selected to enhance the pick up and retention of particulate material from surfaces, while minimizing the amount of residue left on the surface being cleaned. If the type of additive and level of additive on the cleaning sheet are not carefully selected, the sheet will leave a residue on the surface being cleaned resulting in filming and streaking of the surface that is unacceptable to consumers. The additive is preferably selected from the group consisting of a wax, an oil, and mixtures thereof. Cleaning implements comprise a mop head having a resilient bottom surface, a portion of which preferably has a substantially smooth curved profile or crown which engages a removable cleaning sheet.

Abstract: An improved cleaning tool is provided with a flexible connection between the head or spindle and the handle. The improved tool broadly includes a spindle or head, a handle and a flexible connection between the head and handle to permit relative pivotal movement therebetween and rubber bumpers to protect against scratching furniture. The flexible connection regulates relative movement between the spindle head in such a way that lateral movement is greater than the up and down movement.

Abstract: A cleaning apparatus includes a handle, a support coupled to the handle and a cleaning element mountable on the support. The support is fixed to the handle or is rotatably coupled to the handle for rotation by a drive motor mounted in the handle. The cleaning element may include bristles extending from a flexible mat fixed about the support of about a core mountable on the support. A cleaning sheet is windable about the support, the core or the cleaning element, including over and through the bristles, for dual cleaning action.

Abstract: A lint roll apparatus includes an orienting mechanism for orienting the free edge of the outermost sheet of a adhesive roll with a predetermined point on a roll support. Orientation is implemented by cooperating stop members on the roll and the roll support, by a slidable member on the roll support moveable into and out of engagement with a notch in the roll or a roll core, or a trigger activated moveable pin which is engagable with a stop member carried on the roll or roll support. A motor driven spindle rotates a cylinder on which the roll is mounted.

Abstract: The lint removal assembly of the present invention comprises a stack of lint remover sheets and a support package. Each sheet comprises a top surface, a bottom surface opposite the top surface, an adhesive on a portion of the top surface, and a non-adhesive region on a portion of the top surface. The bottom surface of at least one sheet adheres to the top surface of a subsequent sheet to form the stack of lint remover sheets having a top surface, bottom surface, and sidewall. The support package comprises a backing for receiving the bottom surface of the stack, a first side support capable of covering a portion of the sidewall of the stack and a portion of the top surface of the stack, a second side support capable of covering a portion of the sidewall of the stack and a portion of the top surface of the stack, wherein at least a portion of the first side support or the second side support includes a release treatment on a side adjacent the top surface of the stack.

Abstract: An adhesive wipe for cleaning a surface is disclosed. The adhesive wipe comprises a backing having a working surface that is substantially planar, adhesive on at least a portion of the working surface of the backing, and at least one spacer strand independently arranged on the adhesive on the working surface. At least a portion of the adhesive is covered by the spacer strand and at least a portion of the adhesive is exposed.

Abstract: A lint roller dispensable fluid container apparatus includes a support for mounting a lint roll on a dispensable fluid container. The support may be a hollow tubular member rotatably carrying the lint roll and which is releasably mountable over one end of the container. The support may also be formed on the container cap which covers a discharge nozzle or outlet in the cap.

Abstract: A method of cleaning a head of a printer when the printer is in a normally-engaged position is disclosed. A step of the method includes providing a base a material with a leading end and trailing end. Another step includes providing an abrasive cleaning sheet which has distal and proximal ends. The abrasive cleaning sheet is located proximate to the leading end of the base material. At least the proximal end of the abrasive cleaning sheet is adhered to the base material. The next method step includes feeding the base material into a printing path of a printer and then moving the base material at least partially through the printer so the abrasive cleaning sheet contacts at least a head of the printer.

Abstract: A cleaning tool to remove foreign matter from a light receiving surface of an imaging device in a photographing device includes a body, a planar member, and a connecting member. The body extends in a longitudinal direction thereof. The planar member is provided at the end of the longitudinal direction, and has an adhesive surface to adhere to the foreign matter, a first edge, and a second edge that is at the opposite side of the first edge. The connecting member connects the body and the planar member, and the connecting member causes one of the first edge or the second edge of the planar member that is contact with the light receiving surface to detach from the light receiving surface earlier than the other, by an operation of the body, so that said foreign matter adheres to said adhesive surface.

Abstract: A cleaning apparatus with an integrated cleaning sheet for cleaning the internal working components of a piece of electronic equipment along a predetermined media path. The cleaning apparatus includes a base material having a leading end and a trailing end. A cleaning sheet is disposed proximate the leading end of the base material and is for cleaning at least one internal working component of the electronic equipment. An adhesive strip attaches the cleaning sheet to the leading end of the base material. To clean an internal component of electronic equipment, the cleaning apparatus is fed through the reading, writing or scan heads (r/w/s heads) of a piece of electronic equipment when the electronic equipment is disposed in a normally-engaged position.

Abstract: A pull tab is formed at a separable edge of each of a plurality of individually separable sheets of outwardly faced adhesive tape wound into a roll by a non-adhesive portion carried on the adhesive layer of the tape to facilitate gripping and removal of an outermost sheet from the tape roll to expose an underlying sheet. The separable edges extend at least partially through the tape roll dividing the tape into a plurality of separable sheets and across substantially all of the lateral extent of the roll. The separable edge can be two spaced separable edges disposed in registry with each non-adhesive portion to define opposite leading edges.