Device for feeding reels into a packaging machine

Device for feeding reels of tape material into a packaging machine comprising:

• a buffer magazine for said reels, along which said reels are advanced after one another;
• distribution means for guiding a first one of said reels into a removal position;
• transfer means for transferring said reels one after the other from said removal position to an underlying receiving position;
• a reel guiding channel for guiding said reels being transferred by said transfer means from said removal position to said receiving position, said reel guiding channel comprising a guide element arranged in front of said buffer magazine;
• a device for changing the reel to be unrolled in the packaging machine being arranged at said receiving position;
• wherein said distribution means comprises an element for supporting said first reel in said removal position, said element being pivoted at a first end thereof to said buffer magazine for acting as a bridge to support said first reel as it descends from said buffer magazine to said transfer means, and said transfer means comprises an element for bearing said first reel in said removal position, said bearing element being provided with a lower tab for supporting in said removal position a second end of said supporting element which is opposite to said pivoted first end thereof, said bearing element being movable along said guide element of said reel guiding channel.