Paper splicer with upstream splicing table

摘要

A paper splicer incorporated in a line printer of a construction, wherein paper having a series of engaging holes formed at both sides thereof is forwarded in one direction. The splicer has a paper end position detector, a paper splicing table, and a tractor having a plurality of pins to be engaged with the engaging the holes of the paper, which are arranged sequentially in contact with the lower surface of the paper. With this arrangement, a position where the last end of the paper arrives is detected by the paper end position detector, and, at the same time, the last end of the paper is stopped on the upper surface of the splicing table, and the engaging holes of the subsequent paper are engaged with the pins on the tractor, and the last end of the paper is spliced, on the splicing table, with the subsequent paper by means of an adhesive tape.