Abstract: A tape dispenser includes a body section having first and second side elements separated by a space. Each side element includes a flange projecting into the space between the first and second side elements. A rod extends between the first and second side elements, the rod having a first end coupled to the first element and a second end coupled to the second element. The tape dispenser is adapted to hold a roll of tape having an inner cylindrical surface and an outer cylindrical surface. When the tape dispenser is engaged with the roll of tape, the roll of tape is disposed in the space between the first and second side elements, the first and second flanges are disposed proximate, and in contact with, the inner cylindrical surface, and the rod is disposed proximate, and in contact with, the outer cylindrical surface.

Abstract: A cleaning system includes a base element, a cleaning element coupled to the base element, wherein a surface of the cleaning element includes an adhesive material, and a removable cover having a first position and a second position. In the first position, the removable cover covers the cleaning element and is engaged with a first end of the base element. In the second position, the removable cover does not cover the cleaning element and is engaged with a second end of the base element.

Abstract: A pouch formed from sheet material that is commonly referred to as a drape. The pouch is formed by folding the drape, which has a tacky surface, on itself and placing fasteners through holes punched in the drape which ensures the pouch maintains is maintained. The pouch catches medical instruments that may slide off of the drape, preventing the medical instruments from failing to the floor and becoming contaminated.

Abstract: A cleaning device has a cylindrical housing with a semi-cylindrical cradle and a semi-cylindrical cover which is rotatably mounted in the cradle. A roller is rotatably mounted in the cover and has an adhesive sleeve thereon. Because the cradle, cover, roller and sleeve are coaxial, it makes the device an easily usable cleaning device.

Abstract: A cleaning device has a cylindrical housing with a semi-cylindrical cradle and a semi-cylindrical cover which is rotatably mounted in the cradle.

Abstract: A pouch formed from sheet material that is commonly referred to as a drape. The pouch is formed by folding the drape, which has a tacky surface, on itself and placing fasteners through holes punched in the drape which ensures the pouch maintains is maintained. The pouch catches medical instruments that may slide off of the drape, preventing the medical instruments from failing to the floor and becoming contaminated.

Abstract: A method of using a sheet of silicone rubber with one smooth, tacky side as a non-slip surface for one or more articles. The sheet is placed on the surface of an object, and articles to be supported are placed on the smooth, tacky side of the sheet. The articles will not slide off the sheet despite inclination or movement of the object surface.

Abstract: A roller having a core of natural rubber and an electrostatically activatable, mechanically chargeable outer surface is secured to a handle for rotation about its axis. The outer tacky surface is composed of a soft, flexible, open-air cured silicone polymer having a Shore A durometer hardness of approximately 30. The tacky outer surface is not caused by sticky adhesive but is permanent and formed during the curing process. The outer surface is mechanically chargeable and cleanable by rolling the surface over a second surface covered with a pressure sensitive adhesive. The second surface in one embodiment is the outer surface of a second roller which is biased into contact with the outer surface of the first roller as the first roller is rolled over the surface of a disk to be cleaned.

Abstract: An electrostatically activatable strip of mechanically chargeable, resilient, flexible material capable of retaining for at least twenty-five minutes, an electrostatic voltage sufficient to remove dust particles from the surface of a disk to be cleaned, the strip being softer than the disk to be cleaned. The strip is charged either by brushing or by separating it from a pressure sensitive adhesive surface. The strip is then passed over the disk to be cleaned, either manually or by mounting the strip radially across the disk and rotating the disk with respect thereto. Particularly favorable materials for the strip are silicone rubbers and latex rubbers having a Shore A durometer hardness of less than 100.