Card feeding system

Claim 1

IN A CARD FEEDING APPARATUS INCLUDING A FRAME TO CONTAIN THE VARIOUS COMPONENTS THEREOF, A PAIR OF VERTICALLY JUXTAPOSED, RESILIENT RODS, A PLURALITY OF END BEARINGS ROTATABLY MOUNTED IN SAID FRAME, EACH OF SAID RESILIENT RODS BEING MOUNTED IN A PAIR OF SAID END BEARINGS SO THAT SAID RODS ARE VERTICALLY SPACED APART BY A SUBSTANTIALLY FIXED DISTANCE, A PLURALITY OF RUBBER ROLLER ELEMENTS MOUNTED ON EACH OF SAID RESILIENT RODS AT SPACED INTERVALS THEREALONG SUCH THAT THE ROLLER ELEMENTS OF SEPARATE SHAFTS ARE DISPOSED OPPOSITE EACH OTHER, SAID ROLL ER ELEMENTS HAVING A DIAMETRIC DIMENSION WHICH IS LESS THAN THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID RESILIENT RODS SO THAT SAID OPPOSED ROLLER ELEMENTS ARE SPACED SLIGHTLY APART, A PAIR OF TENSION BARS ARRANGED SO THAT ONE TENSION BAR IS MOUNTED ADJACENT EACH OF SAID RESILIENT RODS, SAID TENSION BAR BEING ROTATABLY MOUNTED, A PLURALITY OF TENSION SPRINGS EXTENDING FROM EACH OF SAID TENSION BARS TO SAID RESILIENT RODS, EACH OF SAID TENSION SPRINGS INCLUDING A HALF-BEARING AT THE END ADJACENT SAID RESILIENT RODS, SAID HALF-BEARINGS RESTING ON SAID RESILIENT RODS SUCH THAT FORCE MAY BE APPLIED TO SAID RODS VIA SAID TENSION SPRINGS WHEREBY SAID RODS ARE SO DEFORMED THAT SAID OPPOSED ROLLER ELEMENTS ARE CAUSED TO BE IN CONTACT WHEN SAID TENSION BAR IS ROTATED IN A PREDETERMINED DIRECTION, STOP MEANS, A CONTROL LEVER EXTENDING FROM SAID TENSION BAR TO SAID STOP MEANS WHEREBY THE ROTATION OF SAID TENSION ARM MAY BE CONTROLLED, AND DRIVING MEANS COUPLED TO AT LEAST ONE OF SAID RESILIENT RODS FOR DRIVING SAID ROLLER ELEMENTS VIA SAID RODS WHEREBY CARDS MAY BE MOVED THROUGH SAID CARD FEEDING APPARATUS.