Continuously feeding apparatus for rolled webs

Claim 1

A CONTINUOUSLY FEEDING APPARATUS FOR CONNECTING THE LEADING END OF A READY ROLLED WEB TO THE TERMINAL END OF A RUNNING ROLLED WEB TO CONTINUE THE FEEDING OF WEBS, COMPRISING A PAIR OF SUPPORT ARMS MOUNTED ON A FRAME FOR SUPPORTING SAID ROLLED WEBS, A PAIR OF GUIDE ROLLS, A PAIR OF SWINGABLE ARMS MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME FOR SUPPORTING EACH OF SAID GUIDE ROLLS, EACH OF SAID GUIDE ROLLS INCLUDING A CYLINDRICAL TUBE HAVING A PLURALITY OF APERATURES ON THE PERIPHERAL WALL THEREOF, THE INTERIORS OF SAID TUBES COMMUNICATING WITH A VACUUM SOURCE WHEREBY SAID LEADING END MAY BE ADHERED THERETO SO AS TO BE HELD IN POSITION FOR CONNECTION TO SAID TERMINAL END, GUIDE MECHANISM MEANS INCLUDING GUIDE RAILS AND MOTOR MEANS FOR HORIZONTALLY SHIFTING EACH OF SAID SWINGABLE ARMS ALONG SAID GUIDE RAILS RELATIVE TO SAID FRAME BETWEEN AN OUTSIDE PREPARATORY POSITION WHERE SAID LEADING END MAY BE ADHERED TO ITS RESPECTIVE GUIDE ROLL AND ADHESIVE MEANS APPLIED TO ONE SIDE OF SAID LEADING END AND A CENTRAL POSITION WHERE SAID GUIDE ROLLS ARE ADAPTED TO BE BROUGH TOGETHER TO CONNECT SAID LEADING END TO SAID TERMINAL END, AND MEANS FOR MOVING SAID SWINGABLE ARMS TO MOVE SAID GUIDE ROLLS TOWARD ONE ANOTHER AT SAID CENTRAL POSITON FOR PRESSING SAID LEADING END AGAINST SAID TRAILING END TO EFFECT A CONNECTION OF SAID WEBS.