Web splicing apparatus having offset splicing and taping

A web splicing apparatus for splicing webs, comprising:

• turret means for pivotally supporting an old roll from which one of said webs is unwound and a new roll from which the other of said webs starts to be unwound;
• cutting means for cutting a trailing end of said web of said old roll and a leading end of said web of said new roll at a predetermined angle of inclination with respect to a width direction of said webs;
• splicing means for splicing, with splicing tape, said ends of said webs, which are cut by said cutting means, along a cutting line between said ends of said webs;
• splicing tape supply means for supplying said splicing tape to said splicing means at an angle of inclination corresponding to said cutting line between said ends of said webs;
• and
• transporting means for transporting said leading end of said web of said new roll from said turret means to a splicing position of said splicing means, said transporting means comprising a hold member having two plates hingedly connected for pinching said end of said web of said new roll over its width, and moving means for moving said hold member from said turret means to said splicing position of said splicing means;
• wherein at least one of said plates is provided with a plurality of pins biting into said end of said web.