Abstract: The device for severing and laying on a new reel a web wound in a turn-over type winding machine having a rotary support for moving a plurality of reels about a circular path comprises a sliding carriage movable in two opposite directions relative to the circular path, a swingable contact roller arranged on the sliding carriage and operable for taking a normal working position outside the circular path in which it contacts the web being wound on a first reel and respectively a severing and laying-on position in which it contacts inside the circular path the web to be wound on a second empty reel; web severing means supported on the sliding member and including a swingable guiding roller and a swingable severing member, the guiding roller being operable to take a normal idling position outside the circular path and respectively a laying-on position in which it contacts inside the circular path the web wound on said first reel, and the severing member being operable to take a normal idling position outside the

Abstract: There is described a device for longitudinally slitting a web and for separating the separated portions thereof before they are fed onto a takeup reel or core.