Method and apparatus for wrapping paper rolls

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Abstract of the Disclosure, Large mill reels of paper are protectively wrapped for shipment by a head capping method which folds an oversized header sheet simultaneously over the entire circular edge of a reel end-face with a volumetrically expansible elastomer, toroid. Closely spaced pleats in the header sheet excess material are simultaneously formed with the edge fold and are creased and pressed into a band of adhesive around the reel circumference. Subsequently, a cylindrical surface wrap is applied around the reel girth overlapping the header pleats and adhesively secured thereto. Since the head capping step does not require rotation of a reel, the capping and surface wrapping …