Abstract: Disclosed is a sheet splicer for splicing sheets of paper, sheet or film, especially for splicing paper rolls together to form a continuous web joining the old and new rolls of paper when used in continuous web printing presses so that they can be spliced together by a butt end splice. A traverse blade cuts both the old and new plies along a butt edge line. The blade is followed by a tape applicator and paper stripper which strips the selvage and then joins the plies together as a butt edge seam of the old and new sheets. The splicer is designed as a stand alone unit or as an in-place attachment for a printing press.

Abstract: Disclosed is a printing press of the rotary offset or rotogravure web feed type having an arbour mounted feed roll from which paper to be printed is drawn. The press is equipped with a constant inventory follower of the feed roll such that at any time the inventory of the remaining paper stock can be taken.

Abstract: Disclosed is a roll fed rotary web device such as a rotary offset or rotogravure web printing press or a collator, having an improved perforator. Also disclosed are examples of prior art perforators. The perforator is incorporated in a standard perforating cylinder which rotates during the process of perforation. Perforating blades are mounted in the perforating cylinder and several improvements relating to spring biased positioners of the perforating blade are illustrated.