Method of preparing a shipment package of printed products arriving in an imbricated formation and package obtained thereby

Abstract From the Canadian patent

The imbricated product formation is fed to a wind-up location and is wound-up to form a roll at this location. At the start of the wind-up operation the leading edge of the frontmost printed product is rolled back towards the bottom side or surface of this frontmost product which does not contact any one of the following or trailing printed products in the imbricated formation. The wind-up of the following printed products in the imbricated product formation is effected in the same product winding direction. At the end of the wind-up operation a cover or strapping band is laid around the completed product roll which then holds the product roll together and also possibly protects the same. …