Did You Know...
...that one person who claimed to be the inventor of the television is Russian emigre Vladimir Zworykin? In 1929 David Sarnoff, founder of RCA, asked Zworykin what it would take to develop TV for commercial use. He said: a year and a half and $100,000. In reality, it took 20 years and $50 million! Before his death in 1982 at the age of 92, Zworykin said of his invention: "The technique is wonderful. It is beyond my expectations. But the programs! I would never let my children even come close to this thing."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7361392 | Packaging from a polymer film for food products A polymer film is disclosed for effectively smoking and/or drying products packed therein, which are to be smoked and/or air dried, in particular, smoked cheeses, smoked, uncooked smoked, and air-and-sunshine dried sausages, meat and fish products. This single-layer... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7011858 | Concertina-shaped casing suitable for edible materials The present invention relates generally to a shirred concertina formed from a seamless, tubular foodstuff casing that is tied-off at one end, and has an outer surface provided with a coating or impregnation including a food additive. The tied-off end of the present ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6409018 | Caddy of shirred food casing sticks A caddy having a plurality of shirred food casing sticks arranged in a unique configuration therein that aids in achieving optimal utilization of available space for a plurality of caddies nested within a carton. A preferred embodiment of the present inve... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6395356 | Food casings having modified release properties and methods of manufacture Regenerated cellulose food packaging film, including fibrous food casings which has modified cling properties for packaging sausage products. The cellulosic food casings have a fibrous reinforcement impregnated with regenerated cellulose composition which... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6279737 | Food casing package and method of preparing Disclosed is a package containing a plurality of cut lengths of fibrous casing which are moisturized to substantially soaked levels of moisture and are retained in an evacuated plastic bag wherein the moisture level of the casing is derived from free wate... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6250468 | Easy to remove overwrap A tubular film package comprising a tubular film provided with a tear strip secured upon an outside surface of the film. The tear strip is defined by a longitudinal edge of the film and a heat seal joint provided in the film essentially parallel to the lo... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6174580 | Sausage casing packaging A holder for retaining shirred gut sausage casing comprising an elongated, flexible, self-supporting, flattened tube having a longitudinal uninterrupted slit. The flattened tube comprises a pair of opposed parallel walls terminating in longitudinal edges ... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6171668 | White food casing having low TiO2 loading An improved white food casing comprising regenerated cellulose containing titanium dioxide pigment in a weight ratio of less than 0.5 to regenerated cellulose in the casing and containing from about 0.3 to about 1.2 milligrams per square meter of casing o... | 01/09/2001 |
| 5975301 | Vacuum packed shirred sticks A caddy for packaging and transporting shirred food casings. A caddy according to the present invention comprises a plurality of shirred food casings, each of the shirred food casings being generally cylindrical and of generally equal length and diameter,... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5939156 | Easy to open plastic caddie A package comprising tubular food casing strands encased in a plastic film, said film encompassing said strands, said package being provided with a tear strip secured upon the outside surface of the film; weakened areas being provided in the film along pa... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5928738 | Shirred stick packaging casing The invention relates to a biaxially stretch-oriented and heat-set, single-layer or multilayer shirred stick, polyamide-based packaging casing which has a shirring density of up to 1:200, at a length of the shirred stick of from 40 to 100 cm, and to a pro... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5865312 | Packaging of shirred food casing Disclosed herein are caddies and methods for loading caddies with food casings in a manner that provides optimum food casing support. The caddy includes opposite side panels having alternating support surfaces for supporting alternating rows of n and n-1 ... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5834076 | Cellulose casing for stuffing meat products Such has discontinuous areas soaked in a proofing substance, preferably polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC) which is impermeable to both gases and liquids, and thereby on establishing areas representing a logotype, a text, an anagram or any other design with s... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5811162 | Sheet-like or tubular food casing based on cellulose hydrate A food casing based on cellulose hydrate, which is preferably used as a sausage casing, in addition to cellulose hydrate, includes a copolymer having units of methyl vinyl ether and maleic acid and/or alkali metal maleate. It can additionally contain furt... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5794779 | Multifunctional container A multifunctional container capable of being used for packaging, transporting and/or soaking folded casings, said containing comprising two transverse walls, at least one of which is provided with an outlet and an outlet cover; two longitudinal side walls... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5698279 | Heat shrinkable nylon food casing having a functionalized ethylenic polymer core layer Tubular, biaxially stretched, heat shrinkable multilayer film food casings comprising inner and outer polyamide layers on either side of a core layer predominantly of one or more ethylenic polymers having a functional moiety selected from the group of est... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5662971 | Cellulose-based food casing having improved ripening properties A fiber-reinforced cellulose-based food casing which comprises alginic acid and/or alginate, and fats, fat-like compounds, and/or oils and a non-reinforced cellulose-based food casing which comprises a copolymer containing 80 to 20 mol % of units of the f... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5612104 | Five-layer, biaxially stretched tubular film for packaging and encasing pasty food stuffs A five-layer, tubular polyamide film for wrapping and/or covering pasty foodstuffs, in particular for use as a sausage casing, in which the film is made up of an inner layer and an outer layer made of the same polyamide material consisting of at least one... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5595796 | Foodstuff casing based on cellulose hydrate with improved peelability The invention relates to an optionally fiber-reinforced foodstuff casing based on cellulose hydrate, which is impregnated on the inside with a mixture containing 40 to 200 mg/m2 of an adhesive component and 20 to 2000 mg/m2 of a non-... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5549943 | Heat shrinkable nylon food casing with a polyolefin core layer Tubular, biaxially stretched, heat shrinkable multilayer film food casings comprising inner and outer polyamide layers on either side of a core layer predominantly of one or more polyolefins such as VLDPE or EVA and a coextrusion process for making the fi... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5501886 | Cellulose hydrate-based flat or tubular film A cellulose hydrate-based flat or tubular film which is useful as a food casing, particularly preferably as a sausage casing. In addition to cellulose hydrate, it contains a homopolymer having units of N-vinylpyrrolidone, N-vinylpyridone or N-vinylcaprola... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5419962 | Bonded fibrous casing substrates and method of making same A porous fibrous sheet material for use in the manufacture of food casings and the like is pressed prior to bonding and is bonded with about 10% by weight or less of a non-viscose bonding agent. The pressed and bonded material can be used to form casings ... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5405664 | Tubular casing with an organochlorine-free coating impermeable to oxygen and water vapor, a process for its production and its use This invention relates to a multilayer organochlorine-free tubular casing consiting of a. a regenerated cellulose substrate, b. optionally a layer of primer, c. a 5 to 40 μm thick, organochlorine-free polymeric water vapor barrier layer which is characterized... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5399399 | Shirred casing article and method A shirred casing article is composed of a cut length of fibrous casing and must be soaked prior to stuffing. A loop is attached at one end of the cut length for hanging the casing after stuffing. However prior to stuffing, the loop is extended longitudina... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5399427 | Single-layered, transparent, biaxially oriented, thermoset tubular food casing A single-layered, transparent, biaxially oriented, thermoset tubular food casing, in particular a synthetic sausage casing, based on polyamide, containing a mixture of a) a linear, aliphatic polyamide, b) a partially aromatic copolyamide, c) an acid-modified p... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5391108 | Method and apparatus for packaging of shirred food casings and resulting article The bundling together of shirred food casing sticks is accomplished by loosely supporting the sticks in a desired stack configuration, drawing a stretch film from below the stack, folding the film over the top of the stack and taping the film to itself, a... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5382190 | Package of shirred food casings A package or "caddie" of fifty (50) shirred tubular sticks of food casing is formed by stacking the sticks in seven rows one on another the lowermost row containing five side-by-side stack, each of the next four rows containing one stick more than the row... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5364674 | Plastic film with fiber reinforcement and tubular casings produced therefrom A plastic film is reinforced with a fiber material which exhibits on at least one of its two surfaces an impregnation or covering, which includes a plastic consisting essentially of a copolymer of at least two different monomeric units selected from the g... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5356007 | Package of shirred food casing and method A package of shirred food casing sticks Wherein the sticks are bundled together by a wrap disposed in tension transversely about the bundle and the opposite ends of the wrap are overlapped and releasably connected. The releasable connection attaches the o... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5328733 | Shirred fibrous casing article and method A shirred fibrous casing article containing about 20% to about 30% moisture by total casing weight and composed of shirred portions spliced together and retained in an overwrap wherein a flag which identifies the splice location between the shirred portio... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5328031 | Method of packaging an efficient strand package with hexagonal cross section A method which comprises sequentially depositing individual shirred food casing strands into a holder, which, when filled, holds the strands in a desired configuration; stretching a tubular resilient plastic film having a stretched diameter large enough t... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5316809 | Tubular packaging casing, particularly sausage casing, based on cellulose A tubular packaging casing, in particular sausage casing, including a cellulose base layer and a barrier layer against steam and atmospheric oxygen, which is free from chlorine. The barrier layer includes random copolymer based on copolymerized vinyl mono... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5288532 | Transferable modifier-containing film An extruded film article such as a bag comprises a blend of a thermoplastic polymer such as ethylene vinyl acetate and an olefinic oxide polymer such as poly (ethylene oxide), with a modifier such as liquid smoke absorbed in the blend. The modifier is tra... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5228572 | Efficient strand package with hexagonal cross-section A package comprising, shirred, essentially cylindrically shaped, food casing strands, each of which has a strand diameter D. The strands are oriented in the package in such a way that longitudinal axes of the strands are parallel, external surfaces of the... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5215495 | One-piece shirred casing A one-piece shirred casing article that finds particular utility in making dry sausages such as pepperoni is disclosed, as is a method for making the article and for using it. A tied one-piece casing is shirred into a compact form and encased in a tempora... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5137153 | Package of strands with a hexagonal-like cross section The invention comprises a package comprising 50 shirred essentially cylindrically shaped shirred food casing strands. The strands are oriented in the package such that longitudinal axes of the strands are parallel. Within the package external surfaces of ... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5045020 | Shirred packaging tube An article is disclosed comprising a cylindrical hollow rod, composed of a shirred packaging tube, with an internal bore having a circular cross-section and ending in cavity openings at the two end faces of the hollow rod, in combination with a sheathing ... | 09/03/1991 |
| 5021252 | Vindicia containing food manufacturing method A method for making an indicia-containing food package wherein a casing article is provided having a plasticized flexible inner surface with an indicia comprising an aluminum-organic dye lake and a binder-carrier. The casing is filled with water moisturiz... | 06/04/1991 |
| 5007878 | Process for calibration of standardization of natural intestines The invention relates to a process for calibration or standardization of natural intestines for use as skins for foods or the like, and sausage in particular. A previously desalted natural intestine is subjected over a period of several minutes to an alte... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4934529 | Cassette containing flexible tubing to be dispensed therefrom In a cassette for dispensing flexible tubing, the tubing is packed in a tightly layered mass between a tubular core and the vertical wall of a casing. Subsequently a cap is mounted in an expanded portion of the casing. The cap has a vertical part fitting ... | 06/19/1990 |
