Method and an apparatus for packing cardboard end covers of paper rolls and a package

A method for packing paper roll end covers for transportation, comprising the steps of:

• stacking the end covers into a stack of end covers;
• compressing the end cover stack in its axial direction;
• wrapping the compressed end cover stack in a protective sheet of material that is wider than the width of the axial direction of the stack so that it envelops the entire end cover stack;
• cutting the edges of the sheet of material at the ends of the end cover stack into strips;
• folding and fastening the strip-cut edges of the protective sheet of material outside of the ends of the end cover stack onto the outermost end covers of the end cover stack so that the protective sheet of material and the outermost ends of the end cover stack form a unitary package;
• and
• releasing the end cover stack from compression.

A method for packing paper roll end covers comprising the following steps:

• compressing a stack of paper roll end covers in the direction of the axis of the stack into a smaller space than their free space, said stack having ends and a circumferential surface extending between said ends, first and second of said end covers being positioned at the ends of the stack;
• covering the entire circumferential surface of the stack with a protective sheet of material;
• and
• securing portions of the protective sheet of the material to the first and second end covers so the protective sheet of material and the first and second end covers together completely envelope the stack of end covers.