Abstract: An apparatus for handling sheets of material of various lengths such as consecutive plots from a computer printout device. The apparatus is comprised of a housing adapted to be affixed to a source such as the output section of a computer printout device. A takeup roller is mounted in the housing and is adapted to receive the material as it is fed from the source. When all of the material of a particular sheet has been rolled, a means ejects the material off the roller. As the roll of material is ejected from the roller, a securing means, e.g., elastic band, is automatically applied to the material to secure it in a rolled condition.

Abstract: An apparatus for splicing together two large sheets of material, e.g., seismic sections, where one operator can carry out the splicing operation. The apparatus is comprised of a work surface onto which the material is positioned and held in place by vacuum and mechanical means. A carriage, mounted on guide means which extend across the work surface, has a knife which cuts the material along a desired line as the carriage moves in a first direction and adhesive dispensing means to apply tape to the material along said desired line as the carriage moves in the opposite direction.