US Patent 7383867 Film splicing machine

A splicing machine (10) to join strip material, the strip material being intended to be delivered to a packaging machine. The splicing machine (10) supports two rolls of strip material on supports (12, 13), with the strip material being taken from one of the rolls. When the material taken from one roll becomes depleted the trailing end of the material is engaged by a first web securing member (18). A second web securing member (19) engages and retains the leading portion of the next roll. The trailing portion of the first roll is then joined to the leading portion of the next roll so that the strip material is continuously delivered to an associated packaging machine.