Abstract: This invention relates to a support for a roll of web material, comprising first and second support element means, means whereby the spacing between said element means is variable, said element means having opposed stop faces which in use determine the position of a roll supported between said element means, the stop face of the first element means comprising a planar surface and a member resiliently urged toward the second element means through a polygonal aperture in said surface, at least the portion of the member passing through the aperture being a frustum of a pyramid tapering in the direction of the second element means, the basal surface of which frustum is similar to and larger than the polygon of the aperture, and the stop face of the second element means tapering in the direction of the first.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improvement in an apparatus for cutting a sheet from a web of material, including a magazine roll for the web of material, a cutting station, at least one feeding device for the web upstream of the cutting station and which is stationary during a cutting operation, a feeding device downstream of the cutting station and which is in operation during a cutting operation, movable curved guide means between the cutting station and the downstream feeding device, which guide means provides a shorter path for the web of material between the cutting station and the feeding device downstream thereof during the cutting operation,The improvement comprising separate drive means for the movable curved guide means,Additional feeding means for the web including at least one rotary element means positioned between the cutting station and the movable guide means, said rotary element means being adapted to rest against a web of material with a frictional force lower than that of the other feeding de