Cleaning device for optical fiber components

A cleaning device for optical fiber strands, the cleaning device comprising:

• a dispenser container having an exterior face and a hinged support member connected to the exterior of the container by a hinge, the support member having a fabric support surface having a slotted portion in which are formed one or more cleaning slots having respective slot depths;
• a cleaning wipe fabric disposed within the container so as to be fed through a feed slot formed in the container onto the fabric support surface, to thereby provide a free length of the cleaning wipe fabric disposed in a cleaning position upon the fabric support surface and overlying the slotted portion thereof, to define a cleaning section of the fabric having one or more suspended portions of the fabric suspended over and bridging the one or more cleaning slots;
• the hinged support member being pivotable about the hinge between a closed position in which the support member overlies the exterior face and an open position in which the support member leaves the exterior face exposed;
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• wherein the hinged support member is in the open position and disposed on a work surface, whereby such work surface provides a floor surface for the one or more cleaning slots.