Patent ID: 8220715

Claim:
A media storage apparatus comprising: a media storage unit that stores sheet media; an in-feed roller that conveys sheet media into the media storage unit in a transportation direction, the in-feed roller comprising: a roller body, cylindrical parts disposed coaxially with respect to the axis of the roller body, one cylindrical part positioned at one axial end of the roller body and another cylindrical part positioned at the other axial end of the roller body, each cylindrical part having a diameter that is greater than the diameter of the roller body, and a plurality of protrusions projecting radially outward from outer surfaces of the cylindrical parts; a pressure roller that presses sheet media to the roller body at a sheet media nipping position; and a pressure member that pushes a part of a sheet medium toward the in-feed roller after the sheet medium passes the sheet media nipping position; wherein top and bottom end portions of sheet medium contact at least some of the plurality of protrusions as the sheet medium is pushed by the pressure member.