Patent ID: 7025345

Claim:
A sheet feeder and separator assembly for separating and sequentially feeding individual print media sheets from a stack thereof, comprising: a frame having at least one bearing recess; a print media tray carried by said frame; a separator connected to said print media tray; and a pick module assembly removably connected to said frame adjacent said print media tray, said pick module assembly including a pick roller adjacent said separator to form a nip and at least one flexible bearing removably received in said at least one bearing recess and removably connecting said pick module assembly to said frame, wherein said at least one bearing recess has an opening width that is smaller than a diameter of said at least one flexible bearing requiring said diameter of said at least one flexible bearing to be selectively variable along a first axis aligned with said opening width of said at least one bearing recess for insertion and removal of said at least one flexible bearing from said at least one bearing recess.