Cutting device for rolls of ribbon-like material, in particular a paper material

A cutting device for rolls of ribbon-like material, in particular a paper material, comprising:

• cutting means active on at least a roll of ribbon-like material in order to divide this latter in at least two pieces each having a predetermined length, said cutting means being commutable between a non operative condition, in which they do not act on said roll, and an operative condition, in which they transversally cut said roll;
• and
• handling means for relatively moving said roll and said cutting means between a first position, in which said cutting means are spaced from said roll and a second position, in which said cutting means intercept said roll in order to cut this latter,
• wherein said cutting means comprise:
• at least a substantially thread-like cutting element, developed longitudinally and transversally to the longitudinal development of said roll, said thread-like cutting element being movable along its longitudinal development at least when said cutting means are commutated in an operative condition, whereby when said handling means are in a second position, said thread-like cutting element cuts said roll in at least two pieces each having a predetermined length;
• and
• at least a handling member operatively associated to said thread-like cutting element in order to move this latter along its longitudinal development.