Patent ID: 7556258

Claim:
A feed roller ( 21 , 41 A, 41 B) for use in a feed roller assembly ( 20 ) for intermittently feeding sheets ( 15 ), comprising: a body having a cross-section comprising an arc portion ( 40 ) and a chord portion ( 42 ) to substantially form a semicylindrical configuration; a support member ( 29 ) connected to the body on at least one side of the body; and a distance roller ( 27 , 37 A, 37 B) provided freely rotatable at said support member, wherein: the distance roller ( 27 , 37 A, 37 B) is spaced apart in a distance opposite to said chord portion to rotate with the body about an axis of the body and extends along a longitudinal span overlapping and essentially the same as a longitudinal span of the body.