Patent ID: 7533844

Claim:
A paper splicing apparatus that carries out paper splicing to feed paper continuously by sticking a tip of a new web pulled out from a rolled web to an old web drawn out from another rolled web, comprising: a first reciprocating member provided to freely reciprocate in a direction toward or away from a surface of the old web; a second reciprocating member provided to freely reciprocate in the direction toward or away from the surface of the old web independently of said first reciprocating member; a first roller pivotally supported to freely rotate with respect to said first reciprocating member; and a second roller pivotally supported to freely rotate with respect to said second reciprocating member for fastening the new web between said first roller and said second roller, wherein the second roller is arranged to press the new web directly against the first roller to sandwich the web between the first and second rollers and therefore fasten the new web therebetween.