Patent ID: 7758038

Claim:
A printer comprising: a support frame; and a sheet media pick-up device pivotally mounted to the support frame so as to be pivotable relative to a supply of sheet media, the pick-up device comprising: a driven roller arranged to be rotated so as to contact and pick-up sheet media from the supply of sheet media and deliver the picked sheet media to a sheet media transport mechanism of the printer; a motor for rotatably driving the roller; and a gear assembly for engaging driving power from the motor to the driven roller, the gear assembly comprising a first gear on a shaft of the driven roller and a second gear directly coupled with the first gear, the gear assembly being configured to decouple the second gear from the first gear to thereby disengage said driving power upon delivery of the picked sheet media to the sheet media transport mechanism, wherein the motor and driven roller are arranged to pivot with the pick-up device, the pick-up device being configured to pivot so that the driven roller is consistently positioned to contact and pick-up the sheet media as the supply of sheet media is successively depleted after each pick-up, and the supply of sheet media is incorporated in a media cartridge, and the support frame is arranged to removably engage with the media cartridge.