Patent ID: 7096645

Claim:
A method of packaging a rolled article by winding a packaging sheet having skirt members on respective opposite side edges thereof around the rolled article which has a rolled elongate sheet with end packaging members having planar portions attached respectively to opposite sides of said rolled article, comprising the steps of: gripping a side edge of said packaging sheet and feeding the packaging sheet to a winding position to position the packaging sheet in the winding position; positioning said rolled article with respect to said packaging sheet in said winding position; attaching an end of said packaging sheet to an end of said elongate sheet of said rolled article; rotating said rolled article while gripping an opposite end of said packaging sheet to wind said packaging sheet around said rolled article; and mounting said skirt members on said planar portions of said end packaging members while rotating said article and while contacting parts of planar outer circumferential edge portions of said planar portions of the end packaging members by a pressing element to press said parts against respective opposite ends of said rotating article.