Splicing tape for splicing webs used as wrapping material for rod-like article together and feeding device of the same

A feeding device of a splicing tape for an automatic splicing device of webs, the automatic splicing device splicing a first web being fed from an active roll along a main delivery path to wrap a filling material into a rod shape and a second web drawn from a standby roll in a stand-by state along a sub-delivery path with a splicing tape fed from said feeding device between the first and second webs, and cutting the first web upstream from a splicing portion of the first web and the second web, the main delivery path and the sub-delivery path each having a feeding position for receiving supply of said splicing tape;

• said feeding device comprising:
• a feeding reel wound with a web-like base material, wherein the base material has a large number of splicing tapes attached thereto at prescribed intervals in a longitudinal direction thereof;
• a take-up reel capable of taking up the base material fed from said feeding reel;
• a feeding path extending between said feeding reel and said take-up reel to guide the feeding of the base material, said feeding path including a peeling member located above said feeding position, said peeling member having a sharp tip directed to said feeding position, thus peeling one splicing tape off the base material and making said splicing tape hang from the base material toward said feeding position when the base material passes said tip of said peeling member;
• and
• driving means for feeding every given length of the base material from said feeding reel by controlling rotation of said take-up reel,
• wherein said splicing tape has longitudinal rigidity with respect to a direction along a longitudinal direction of the first and second webs and width rigidity with respect to a direction along a width direction of the first and second webs, said width rigidity being smaller than said longitudinal rigidity.