Splicing device for packaging webs

A splicing device for packaging webs comprising:

• a shiftable magazine unit having a first and a second magazine, each of said magazine being capable of housing a roll of a web, said magazine unit being movable between a first and a second position, said magazine unit when in said first position having the first magazine in an on-line position and the second magazine in a first stand-by position, said magazine unit when in said second position having the first magazine in a second stand-by position and the second magazine in the on-line position, the web within the magazine in the on-line position being used while the web in the first or second stand-by position is held ready for subsequent use when moved to the on-line position, said magazine unit being moved when the web in use is terminated;
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• splicing means for joining an end of the web in the magazine moved from either stand-by position to an end of the terminated web, said splicing means including first and second splicing units being located on said first and second magazines respectively, and said first and second splicing units being movable with said magazine unit.