Abstract: A packaging apparatus for packaging rolled articles. The apparatus forms a pair of packaging materials for wrapping side portions of the rolled article. Edges of the pair of packaging materials are adhered to additional packaging material which wraps a circumferential portion of the rolled article. A splicer splices a trailing end of the second packaging material to a leading end of the rolled article and a winder winds the leading end of the rolled article and the second packaging material around the periphery of the rolled article. A gusseting device gussets the pair of packaging materials along the sides of the rolled article.

Abstract: A packed assembly of roll-form photographic light-sensitive materials comprising a substantially disk-shaped supporting member fixed to a pallet. The supporting member has a concave portion near the center thereof. An assembly of roll-form photographic light-sensitive materials is placed on the supporting member in a piled state, a central post inserted into the assembly through the cores of the photographic light-sensitive materials and is fixed to the concave portion of the supporting member at the lower end and to a flange cap at the upper end, and a light-shielding material is closely place around the assembly in a light-tight state.