Patent ID: 7415814

Claim:
A method for packaging rolls of paper-based web material, the method comprising the steps of: providing a wrapping dispensing system for dispensing wrapping onto a roll of web material, said wrapper dispensing system comprising a wrapper dispensing station and a wrapper dispensing means, supporting the roll of web material on a roll rotation station, rotating said roll rotation station horizontally with said roll of web material supported thereon, said wrapper dispensing system remaining stationary relative to said rotated supported roll, dispensing wrapping onto the rotating supported roll from said wrapper dispensing system via said wrapper dispensing means so that a first wrapping is wound so as to form on said rotating supported roll, moving roll rotation station stepwise laterally in the axial direction of the rotating supported roll relative to the wrapper dispensing system after dispensing said first wrapping, and dispensing wrapping onto the rotating supported roll from said wrapper dispensing station via said dispensing means after the moving step so that a second or third wrapping is wound so as to form on said rotating supported roll, said second or third wrapping being formed to overlap said first or second wrapping in a stagewise manner.