Abstract: A cleaning cassette for cleaning the heads of streamer tape drives has a wiper arm (14) carrying a foam wiping pad (40) at one end and pivoted in the casing (12) at the other. A pick-up wheel (60) engages the capstan of the drive and reciprocates the wiper arm, through gear wheels (62,26) and a crank arm (30), to cause arcuate movement of the pad across the head. The pad has a thicker central portion (44) and thinner wings (46), and a metal base strip (42) is compressed over the wings. Effective head cleaning is achieved in a simple and practical structure without excessive head wear.

Abstract: Apparatus for cleaning microfloppy disc drive heads comprises two hinged leaves (38a, 38b) forming an openable shell (38) and a replaceable disc of cleaning material (70) sandwiched between the leaves. Each leaf has an aperture (16) through which a disc drive head (not shown) may contact a cleaning disc when the shell containing the cleaning disc is inserted into the disc drive, and one aperture is covered by a removable label (62) for use in a single-sided drive which is removed for double-sided use. The label is on the interior surface of the leaf. The hinge is formed by another larger label member (90) on the exterior of the shell.