Patent ID: 8485354

Claim:
A package structure for coreless roll paper having a hollow portion instead of a winding core in the axis portion thereof, the package structure comprising: an outer case for storing roll paper; a lower base member having an external shape that closely matches the outer case, the lower base member being placed on the bottom of the outer case; an upper base member having an external shape that closely matches the outer case, the upper base member being removably secured to the inside of the outer case at a location above the lower base member so that the roll paper is held between the lower base member and the upper base member; and a rod-like member extending between the lower base member and the upper base member, the ends of the rod-like member being secured to the lower base member and the upper base member with being removable from at least one of the lower base member and the upper base member, and the rod-like member having an outside diameter that closely matches the inside diameter of the hollow portion of the roll paper; and the lower base member and the upper base member having slits in the outer periphery of the region facing the roll paper, or along a slightly larger circumference than the outer periphery.