Abstract: A reservoir for a bobbin changer for cigarette paper or a similar paper web includes, adjacent to an inlet (15) at which the paper (10) enters the reservoir, a movable deflector (20) arranged to engage and deflect the paper as it enters the reservoir (at least while paper is being accumulated in the reservoir) and to promote folding of the paper into loops in which the paper can safely be stored in the reservoir. The deflector is preferably pivoted and is arranged to be pushed away from the inlet by the accumulating loops of paper until the deflector reaches a nearly vertical position whereupon the bunched up loops of paper drop into the reservoir.