Patent ID: 7665724

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a pick tire; a pad opposite the pick tire; a first kicker having a first face and a first projection extending beyond the first face, wherein the first kicker is configured to move between a first position in which the first projection engages a leading edge of a sheet while a bottom of the sheet extends across the first face and a second position retracted below the pad; and a second kicker on an opposite side of the pick tire having a second face and a second projection extending beyond the second face, wherein the second kicker is configured to move between a first position in which the second face extends above the pad tangential to the pick tire such that the second projection engages a leading edge of a sheet extending across the second face and a second position retracted below the pad, wherein the first face is resiliently compressible and is formed by a material different than a remainder of the first kicker, wherein the first kicker includes a cavity filled with the material.