in fig1 the article abrading apparatus 10 includes an article abrading tool 12 which reciprocates in the direction shown by the arrowheads on the tool 12 . articles to be abraded are placed in the feed means 14 . feed means 14 generally consists of sets of pinch rollers . however , a direction of travel is first defined by a pair of rollers 16 , 18 which allow placement of flat articles thereon and provide support for these articles . the rollers 16 , 18 are free to rotate along a central axes of symmetry . the ends of each roller are mounted in a shaft retaining member 20 which is preferably a low friction block , such as teflon , a trademark for polytetraflouroethylene , thereby obviating the need for shaft bearings . an article placed on the free spinning rollers 16 , 18 is pushed forward until it passes between a first pair of opposed driven pinch rollers 21 , 22 . lower roller 22 , is in the same horizontal plane as the feed rollers 16 , 18 . a second set of pinch rollers including the upper pinch roller 24 is located immediately behind rollers 22 , 22 . an article to be abraded passes between pinch rollers 21 , 22 toward the abrading tool 12 . a motive means 26 , a motor , provides the rotary force necessary to drive the lower roller 22 of feed means 14 . the article abrading tool 12 is connected to a power means 28 for providing reciprocal motion to the abrading tool . the abrading tool 12 includes a first carriage 30 and a second carriage 32 . the first carriage 30 has a first support bar 31 from which a pair of opposed article abrading surfaces 34 , 35 are suspended , and are described below with reference to fig3 . support bar 31 is mounted in an aperture in the low friction shaft retaining block 20 . the construction of the abrading tool 12 is shown in more complete detail in fig2 . in fig2 the first pair of article abrading surfaces 34 , 35 consist of elongated members having mutually facing abrasion materials 36 , 37 adhered to the respective operative surfaces 34 , 35 . for example , the abrasion materials 36 , 37 may be elongated abrading blocks which are adhesively connected to the abrasion surfaces 34 , 35 for removable replacement thereon . the abrading blocks are preferably made of a resilient member which is generally rectangular in cross - section , except for a slightly chamfered edge facing the direction of travel of an incoming flat article to be abraded . this is more clearly illustrated in fig3 a sectional view . in fig3 the line of travel of a flat article is shown by an arrowhead 39 . a first abrading block 40 associated with the abrading surface 34 is shown to have an inwardly chamfered edge 41 for facing a correspondingly chamfered edge 42 of abrading block 43 associated with the abrading surface 35 . the two abrading surfaces 34 , 35 are connected to the first carriage 30 by a suspension means 45 , in fig2 and 3 . the suspension means includes rods 46 , 47 extending from the support bar 31 and through colinear apertures in opposed abrading surfaces 34 , 35 . edge springs 53 , 54 comprising a second spring means tend to force the abrading surfaces 34 , 35 to converge inwardly thereby applying force to the article to be abraded . a pair of springs 51 , 52 comprising a first spring means help keep opposed abrading surfaces 34 , 35 parallel and centered . a flat article entering the chamfered region of the abrading material causes abrading surfaces 34 , 35 to uniformly spread in a vertical plane as a unit . fig3 further illustrates opposed pairs of pinch rollers which drive flat articles into the chamfered regions of the respective sanding blocks . pairs of pinch rollers 58 , 59 ; 60 , 61 ; 62 , 63 ; each have a driven member , usually the lower pinch roller 59 , 61 , 63 respectively turned by a motor , i . e . motor 26 in fig1 with each lower roller urged upwardly by a spring , not shown . the opposite corresponding pinch rollers 58 , 60 , 62 , respectively , are urged downwardly by springs , shown in fig5 and by gravity for a positive control of the motion of a flat article which may be passing between such rollers . fig4 illustrates an abrading tool in which abrading surfaces 34 &# 39 ;, 35 &# 39 ; have paired cylindrical abrasion materials 36 &# 39 ;, 37 &# 39 ; mounted thereon . the surfaces 34 &# 39 ;, 35 &# 39 ; are free to rotate if urged by an article passing therebetween . however , surfaces 34 &# 39 ;, 35 &# 39 ; are not driven , in contrast to prior art cylindrical abrasion tools which generally are driven . fig5 illustrates a means of maintaining the pinching effect exhibited by the pinch rollers described herein . a lower , driven roller 59 has a shaft 64 which extends into a mounting block 20 . it is driven by an external source , such as motor 26 , shown in fig1 . an upper pinch roller 58 has a shaft 65 which fits into an aperture 66 immediately above the location where the lower roller 59 is mounted . the aperture for receiving shaft 65 is elongated completely through block 20 allowing for upward motion of the roller . simultaneously , a downward bias is exhibited on shaft 65 by a spring 70 which pushes downwardly on a follower member 67 . the spring and follower are held in place by a cap member 68 which covers the top of a slot 69 wherein the follower 67 and the spring 70 reside . the enlargement of aperture 66 allows pinch roller 58 to ride upwardly when a flat article of considerable thickness passes between pinch rollers 58 , 59 . in fig1 the first and second carriages 30 , 32 are united by means of a drive block 68 to which is connected a drive arm 73 which in turn is connected to a cam 74 , all comprising parts of the power means 28 which cause reciprocating motioned for the tool 12 . reciprocating power is ultimately obtained from the motor 75 and gear box 78 which transmit torque through a pulley 76 to a drive shaft 77 . fig6 shows a side sectional view which illustrates the article cleaning features of the present apparatus . a series of fluid bath members 80 , 81 , 82 , 83 , 107 , 108 are connected to a fluid source 84 . a hose connection 85 is provided at an exterior wall 90 of the housing for supplying cleaning fluid , e . g ., water . the fluid bath means direct fluid at both upper and lower surfaces of a flat article being wetted by means of nozzles 86 , 87 , 88 , 89 , 106 , 109 at respective positions above and below the line of travel of a flat article indicated by the arrow 90 . a drain pan 91 collects fluid which drops after it has been directed against an article to be abraded , or any other obstacle in its path . a drain hose 92 is located at a low point in the drain pan 91 for fluid collection by runoff . a drain connection 93 is provided at exterior wall 90 . a cover member 94 fits over the top of the apparatus for retaining fluid within the immediate confines of the machine . when the material removed from flat articles consists of metallic powders of valuable materials , the drain material may be filtered to remove any such valuable substances . for example , printed circuit boards are often plated with gold and silver . in many instances it is desirable to recover such precious metals and this can easily be done by removal of particles by filtering the runoff from the cleaning operation . the fluid bath is provided not only for purposes of cleaning but equally important , for purposes of lubricating the abrasion process . just before each board enters between the abrading surfaces of an abrading tool , fluid is provided on the surface of the board for reducing the total amount of friction which would otherwise occur . after a flat article passes through the abrading tool , it passes underneath a further pinch roller 95 , 96 and then between the linear air jet means 97 , 98 ; 99 , 100 . the linear air jet means comprise tubes having longitudinal slits therethrough and sealed at one end . see fig7 and 8 . the opposite end is open and connected to high velocity , high pressure air blowers , 101 , 102 of the type commonly found in vacuum cleaners . air pressure from such blowers is boosted as the air passes through the longitudinal slit 105 and the combination of high pressure and high velocity creates an air jet which blasts a flat article with sufficient air to dry the article . the moisture eventually condenses and returns to pan 91 and is eventually collected by drain 92 . the dry boards emerge from between the last pinch rollers in their line of travel and are removed from the housing from a shelf 103 . it will be realized that the terms upward , downward , inward , outward , and vertical , horizontal , as used herein are relative and that no absolute directions are implied .