Patent ID: 6966961
Filing Date: 2005-11-22
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A splicing device to splice a first web material, coming from a reel being fed, to a second web material, coming from a standing by reel, comprising two heads, each of which comprises: a roller associated with a clamping bar to hold between said roller and said clamping bar an initial edge of the second web material; a counter-pressure member cooperating with said roller to press said first and second web materials against each other; a cutting member; wherein said counter-pressure member and said cutting member are carried by a moving unit controlled by an actuator which, through the movement the actuator imparts on said moving unit, causes the first and the second web material to be pinched between said roller and said counter-pressure member, the first web material to be cut by said cutting member and the second web material to be released by a movement of said roller in respect of said clamping bar, the roller being pushed by said counter-pressure member and removed from the clamping bar.