Integrated pin and socket fiber optic cleaner tip

A cleaning module adapted to clean a socket style ferrule or a pin style ferrule of a connector, comprising:

• a housing;
• a tip assembly extending from the housing, the tip assembly comprising a tip, the tip adapted to receive a cleaning media;
• a retractable alignment sleeve with a first end thereof having a larger outer diameter than an inner diameter of a socket opening, the retractable alignment sleeve adapted to move along the tip assembly during use between a first position adjacent the tip and a second position displaced from the tip in a direction toward the housing, wherein the retractable alignment sleeve retracts when the first end presses against a surface of the connector, and further wherein the retractable alignment sleeve is sized to surround the pin style ferrule;
• a sleeve spring having a first end portion engaged with a portion of the tip assembly and a second end portion engaged with the first end of the retractable alignment sleeve, the tip assembly comprising a block movably secured within a portion of the housing;
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• a main spring engaged within the housing and engaged with an end portion of the block that allows the tip assembly to move relative to the housing during use, and further wherein the sleeve spring has both a spring constant and total compressive force that are lower than that of the main spring.