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REELING APPARATUS OF THE TYPE EMPLOYING A PLURALITY OF FLEXIBLE TAPES EACH RESPECTIVELY HOUSED ON SEPARATE SUPPLY REELS, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING: A BIN HAVING A MAJOR OPENING FOR ACCEPTING AND STORING SAID SUPPLY REELS; A PLATFORM POSITIONED WITHIN SAID BIN OPPOSITE SAID OPENING FOR SUPPORTING SAID SUPPLY REELS; MEANS FOR BIASING SAID PLATFORM TOWARDS SAID OPENING; A SUPPLY REEL FEEDING MECHANISM INCLUDING AN OSCILLATING SUPPORT POSITIONED ADJACENT ONE SIDE OF SAID BIN, A FIRST STOP ABUTMENT ON SAID SUPPORT NORMALLY PROJECTING THROUGH SAID SIDE INTO SAID BIN IN THE PATH OF SAID SUPPLY REELS FED FROM SAID BIN, A SECOND STOP ABUTMENT ON SAID SUPPORT SPACED FROM SAID FIRST ABUTMENT IN THE DIRECTION OF SAID PLATFORM BY AN AMOUNT NO GREATER THAN THE THICKNES OF SAID REEL AND NORMALLY CLEAR OF SAID PATH, AND A THIRD STOP ABUTMENT NORMALLY PROJECTING INTO SAID BIN IN THE PATH OF SAID REELS THROUGH A SIDE THEREOF OPPOSITE SAID ONE SIDE; MEANS FOR OSCILLATING SAID SUPPORT TO RETRACT SAID FIRST ABUTMENT FROM WHILE CONCURRENTLY INTRODUCING SAID SECOND ABUTMENT INTO SAID PATH AND FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY RETRACTING SAID THIRD ABUTMENT FROM SAID PATH TO PERMIT SAID PLATFORM TO ADVANCE AND FEED ONE SUPPLY REEL AND FOR THEREAFTER RETURNING SAID ABUTMENTS TO THEIR NORMAL POSITIONS; MEANS FOR MOUNTING SAID FIRST ABUTMENT ON SAID SUPPORT FOR MOVEMENT FROM ITS NORMAL POSITION TO A SECOND POSITION CLEAR OF SAID PATH IN RESPONSE TO THE INSERTION OF A SUPPLY REEL INTO SAID BIN; AND MEANS FOR BIASING SAID FIRST ABUTMENT TO ITS NORMAL POSITION.