Patent ID: 8112012

Claim:
An information handling system peripheral comprising: a housing; components disposed in the housing and operable to perform a peripheral function; a transparent portion disposed in the housing; a cleaning passageway formed in the housing proximate the transparent portion, the cleaning passageway having an entry portion, a rear portion, and a guide, the guide having a distal portion and a proximate portion; a cleaning tool deflector proximate the rear portion, the cleaning tool deflector operable to accept a cleaning device inserted at the entry portion and passed in the distal portion to the rear portion and to redirect the cleaning device to the proximate portion for removal from the cleaning passageway through the entry portion, the proximate portion maintaining the cleaning device in contact with transparent portion during the removal; and one or more exit flaps associated with the entry portion and operable to allow insertion of the cleaning device in the distal portion, to restrict insertion of the cleaning device in the proximate portion, and to allow removal of the cleaning device at the entry portion from the proximate portion.