Patent ID: 7866658

Claim:
A media pick system, comprising: a media support surface; a trough, downwardly extending in the media support surface; a pair of retard pads, attached to the media support surface on opposing lateral sides only of the trough, the pair of retard pads extending up to, and terminating at, the opposite lateral sides of the trough; a pivotable pick arm with a pick roller, having a fully downwardly rotated position with the pick roller in the trough between the retard pads and in contact with only the pick arm during a media out condition; and a separation roller having a first width, attached to the pick arm at a pivot point of the pick arm, disposed in contact against a nip region of a separation pad, the separation pad having a second width that is narrower than the first width of the separation roller in the nip region; wherein the separation pad includes a wide portion outside the nip region, and a narrowed portion having the second narrower width in the nip region.