Rotating Tucking Device for a Single Roll Wrapper System

A method for securing a wrapper to a roll, the method comprising:

• providing a roll to a roll packaging system, the roll having a tubular body with a first end. and a second end and a hollow cavity running therethrough;
• moving the roll through the roll packaging system;
• placing a wrapper at least partially around the outer circumference of the roll;
• folding the wrapper over a portion of the first end of the roll such that an edge of the wrapper extends over the hollow cavity of the roll;
• and
• inserting a tucking arm into the hollow cavity of the roll to push the edge of the wrapper into the hollow cavity in order to secure the wrapper on the roll;
• wherein the moving step and the inserting step are coordinated in speed and direction such that the wrapper is secured to the roll while the roll moves continuously though the roll packaging system.

A roll packaging system comprising:

• a roll conveyer moving a roll through a roll packaging system, the roll having a tubular body with a first end, a second end, and a hollow cavity running therethrough;
• a wrapping apparatus operationally connected to the roll conveyor for covering at least a portion of the roll with a wrapper;
• a first folding apparatus operatively connected to the roll conveyer and adjacent the wrapping apparatus for folding the wrapper over the first end of the roll such that an edge of the wrapper extends over the hollow cavity of the roll;
• and
• a first rotating tucking device operatively adjacent to the roll conveyor for securing the wrapper to the roll by tucking the edge of the wrapper into the hollow cavity as the roll moves continuously on the roll conveyer, the rotating tucking device including:
• a tucking arm;
• and
• a rotating insertion system connected to the tucking arm and moving the tucking arm in a rotational pattern, the rotational pattern coordinated with the movement of the roll on the roll conveyer such that the rotating insertion system inserts the tucking arm into the hollow cavity of the roll as the roll moves continuously along the roll conveyor.