Automatic web splicing and feeding apparatus

An automatic web splicing and feeding apparatus comprising:

• a web feeder including supporting means, a rotary shaft with both ends thereof rotatably supported by said supporting means, a pair of spaced apart web roll holding arms with their central portions fitted to said rotary shaft, two pairs of push members secured to opposing surfaces of said arms near the extreme ends thereof for detachably holding both ends of hollow shafts of two web rolls, lever members mounted on said rotary shaft on the outside of said arms, automatic web splicing means supported by said lever members for bonding the trailing end of the web of one of said two web rolls to the leading end of the web of the other web roll, and means for driving said rotary shaft so as to move one of said two pairs of push members to a web working position;
• web storing means for storing said web supplied from said web splicing means and for feeding said web therefrom to web working means located downstream of said web storing means;
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• means for determining direction and angle of rotation of said rotary shaft.