(57) The device comprises a station (50) in which web is normally in transit in one direction
only and in which the initial end of web from a new spool (A) is adapted to be positioned
in the same direction and aligned transversely to the station (50). Sensors (43, 44)
detect when a spool (B) is nearly exhausted, and locking members (57, 59, 64, 66 -
69) are disposed downstream of the station (50) and controlled by the sensors (43,
44) so as to stop the tail end of the web in transit in the station (50), a cutting
device (48) cuts the tail end of the transverse alignment, thus determining the terminal
end of the exhausted web. The device also comprises a selector (25) for removing the
cut tail end for the terminal end, and a gripping device (110, 111a, 114, 115) for
transferring and sticking an adhesive strip and movable from the transverse alignment
zone to a position remote therefrom and adapted to hold the strip in the remote position
and stick it in the alignment position to the initial and terminal ends placed in
abutment.
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