Abstract: An apparatus for loading rewind cores onto a winding mandrel (3) of a web winding machine comprises a first conveyor for conveying each of a plurality of rewind cores from a hopper or store to a loading position immediately adjacent to and coaxial with the free end of the said winding mandrel and a second conveyor (7,8) adapted to engage with a rewind core at the said loading position and to convey said rewind core over the free end of the winding mandrel (3) and along the length thereof to a predetermined position.

Abstract: An applicator for applying a closure sticker to the free end of each of a plurality of rolls (18) mounted side by side, comprises a dispenser (1) for dispensing closure stickers one after the other to a single pick up point (10) and a mount (12) carrying a plurality of closure sticker applicator heads (4-7). The heads (4-7) are spaced along the mount (12) by the pitch of the rolls (18) to which the closure stickers are to be applied and an indexing mechanism (17) moves the mount (12) past the pick up point (10) such that each applicator head (4-7) in turn can pick up a closure sticker. Finally, means (13,14,15,16) for moving the mount (12) ensures that the applicator heads (4-7) are brought into engagement with the said rolls, simultaneously and each with a respective one.