Patent ID: 6865053

Claim:
A system for cleaning a picker in an automated media library having a storage wall with a plurality of media bins, media cartridges located in the media bins, and the picker having a picker roller for picking and placing the media cartridges, the system comprising: a cleaning bin in the storage wall of the automated library; a cleaning cartridge removably mounted in the cleaning bin, the cleaning cartridge having a cleaning tape exposed to an exterior of the cleaning cartridge; a tape advance apparatus located adjacent to the cleaning bin for advancing the cleaning tape so that a clean, unused portion of the cleaning tape is available to clean the picker roller; and wherein the system has a parked position such that the cleaning cartridge is located in the cleaning bin and is disengaged with respect to the picker roller, and a cleaning position such that at least a portion of the cleaning cartridge extends out of the cleaning bin and is engaged with respect to the picker roller to clean the picker roller when the picker is located adjacent to the cleaning bin by contacting the picker roller with the cleaning tape and rotating the picker roller to wipe against the cleaning tape.