Patent ID: 8387908

Claim:
A feeding station for a splicer of a rotary offset printing press comprising: a feeding device for feeding a paper reel into a splicer, the feeding device including a feeding carriage having a reel support supporting a new prepared paper reel; an unpack station for unpacking a paper reel; a first buffer station for storing an unpacked and prepared paper reel; a core container holding at least two residual reels or reel cores; an unpack conveyor leading from the unpack station to the feeding device; and a first buffer conveyor leading from the first buffer station to the feeding device; the feeding carriage including a core container support holding the core container, the core container support arranged offset with respect to the reel support; the feeding carriage being mobile between: a feeding position, in which the reel support is adapted to feed a new paper reel to the splicer; an unpack position, in which the reel support is adapted to be loaded with a prepared paper reel from the unpack conveyor; and a first buffer position in which the reel support is adapted to unload a prepared paper reel to the first buffer conveyor or to receive a prepared paper reel from the first buffer conveyor; wherein the feeding carriage includes a base, the reel support being pivotable with respect to the base around a vertical axis of reel support.