Backup drive icons not cleared

Not sure whether this is a Time Machine problem or a Finder problem -- could not find any references in Discussions or Support.
The icons for "Backup of (my computer)" do not get cleared after each backup; as a result, I have an ever-growing list of these in the Devices tree in the Finder window. They cannot be clicked on to open or eject them. Running "ls /Volumes" in Terminal shows that there are no extra drives mounted under these names.
Anyone know how to get Finder (or whatever) to clear these icons when backup is done?

Ken,
It seems to be normal for the first time you run Time Machine on the Time Capsule.
The next day, I did not have the disk image of the computer name nor did I even have the Time Capsule on the desktop. It does everything in the background after the first day.
   Joseph Kriz

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