A system for supplying moving web to a web-consuming utilization device, from successively used rolls of web, includes a splicer for splicing the expiring end of a dispensing roll to the beginning end of a ready roll. Between the splicer and the utilization device is a festooner or other web storage...http://www.google.com/patents/US3995791?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US3995791 - Continuous web supply system
