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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7883399 | Method for producing a netted casing Methods for combining a tubular net with a carrier casing are disclosed. Air is blown into a carrier casing so that it is inflated to have a circular diameter. The inflated carrier casing is pulled in the direction of a tubular net toward a pleating head. The tubula... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7753763 | Multi-layer arrangement method for a tubular net on a support tube A tubular net arrangement is made by placing a tubular net on a transfer tube and inserting a support tube coaxially inside the transfer tube. The support tube has a support tube diameter that is smaller than the transfer tube diameter. The tubular net is then moved... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7641541 | Multi-layer arrangement of a tubular net on a support tube, and device and method for obtaining same A multi-layer arrangement of a tubular net is first positioned on a transfer tube. A toothed loader is used to slide the net along the outside of the transfer tube, to an end zone thereof which is slightly conical. When the net reaches the end zone, it falls onto a ... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7166020 | Method and apparatus for transporting sausage to a treatment room A method is for transporting one or more sausages provided with a suspension member into a treatment room. The sausages are placed in a holder in a desired position. A number of holders with the sausages therein are disposed adjacently of each other in the desired p... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7051415 | Net rucking apparatus and method An apparatus and method for shirring netting onto a netting tube. A second tube is placed over and coaxially to the netting tube and netting is stretched over the second tube. The two tubes are caused to move in a reciprocating manner through a plurality of spring-l... | 05/30/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6514553 | Tubing used for encasing food products and a method for manufacturing the tubing The invention is a method of manufacturing lightweight fibrous casings constructed of abaca paper substrates suitably wet-strengthened using viscose, or viscose and resin, and subsequently viscosed a second time, and the casings made by this method. The m... | 02/04/2003 |
| 5980374 | Meat product casing and method of shirring This invention relates to a casing (10) for use in encasing meat products. The casing (10) comprises a combination of a first tubular casing (11) which may comprise a fibrous casing material and a knitted tubular net (12) located around and substantially ... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5897432 | Shirred food casing end system A method for forming a vented end closure in a shirred food casing stick by forming an unshirred tail on the food casing stick, inserting a rod through the tail and into the stick, plunging the tail into the stick, and tamping the tail to form a closed en... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5782683 | Cold temperature shirring The present invention provides an improved method of shirring cellulosic skinless sausage casing comprising applying a shirring solution to the interior of the casing interior the improvement comprising applying a shirring solution to the casing at a temp... | 07/21/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5470519 | Method of manufacturing a cellulosic article containing an olefinic oxide polymer A method of manufacturing a cellulosic article of cellulose or a cellulose derivative that has incorporated a polyethylene oxide composition having a molecular weight of at least 70,000.... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5431598 | Large encased meat product with flat ends method and apparatus A joining system for flat end discs is used in an elongated encased food product. The food casing is joined to the flat end discs permitting food stuffing of the casing. An adhesive joining, a clamping joining, a tension band joining or a piercing joining... | 07/11/1995 |
| 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 |
| 5356331 | Method of preparing an end closure for shirred casing The present invention relates to a method of forming an end closure in one end of a tubular shirred casing and the like for stuffing meat products into the casing. The partially twisted, compacted end closure is suitable for withstanding breakage during p... | 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 |
| 5277648 | Large encased meat product with flat ends A joining system for flat end discs is used in an elongated encased food product. The food casing is joined to the flat end discs permitting food stuffing of the casing. An adhesive joining, a clamping joining, a tension band joining or a piercing joining... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5238443 | End closures for shirred casing sticks and method and apparatus for making them An end closure for a shirred casing stick is formed by compacting an inturned portion of the casing within the stick bore. During compaction a portion of the end closure is formed by pressing directly against the stick bore while an opposite portion is fo... | 08/24/1993 |
| 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 |
| 5203734 | Food casings with improved tubular tab ends Flattened tubular food casing in combination with a deformable semi-rigid sleeve member, separate from but attached to one end of the casing in the form of a casing extension. The generally cylindrical shaped sleeve comprises a leading edge opposite the e... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5173074 | Method and apparatus for severing shirred tubular food casing, and article Severing a shirred stick of sausage casing from casing feed stock joined to the stick is accomplished by perforating a section of the casing across its flat width prior to moving the section through a shirring zone. The section is then moved to a shirring... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5131883 | Food emulsion casing end-closure A food emulsion casing end-closure, and the method of making it, are disclosed. The end-closure is formed of a twist knot through which an air escape aperture is extended. The twist knot forms part of a wadding which is stuffed into the bore of a shirred ... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5088956 | Method and device for the formation of an end closure on a hose-type packing wrapper A method and apparatus are disclosed for forming a vent hole in an end closure in the form of a twisted plait on a hose-type packing wrapper, especially a sausage skin, shirred to form a caterpillar with an unshirred wrapper section (34). A first elongate... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5046219 | Prepackaged shirred food emulsion casing with integral casing sizing and brake control The shirred casing disclosed is packaged in a plastic tube with the lead end of that tube formed into a combined brake/size means which applies oblique frictional force and variable size control to the food emulsion as it is being extruded into the case; ... | 09/10/1991 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5003666 | Method and apparatus for making stuffed casing products having one flat end A method and apparatus for forming stuffed food products having one flat end by cutting a slit in a food casing forward of a stuffing horn and inserting an end flattening disc directly into the casing through the slit. A fixture at the end of the stuffing... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4873748 | Burnished end shirred casing stick, method and apparatus A shirred stick of cellulosic casing having an open end formed to a desired profile by burnishing. A portion of the surface of the stick bore adjacent the open end is part of the desired profile. The burnishing action forms the stick end to a surface of r... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4759100 | Method of making an end closure for a stick of shirred food casing An end closure for a shirred casing stick is formed from casing inturned into the bore of the stick. A vacuum assist is used to prepleat the casing within the bore prior to compaction. The resulting end closure is a generally cylindrical plug composed of ... | 07/26/1988 |
| 4734956 | Food casing article A casing article is disclosed which includes a shirred casing having a tubular leader extending through its bore wherein one end of the leader is attachable to a web for drawing the web through the bore of the shirred casing.... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4690173 | Shirred casing article A shirred casing article having a relatively high pack ratio uniformly distributed over the length of the stick and a substantially uniform outside diameter.... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4688298 | Cored high density shirred casings Flexible tubular cellulosic food casing shirred and compressed onto a rigid hollow tubular core to a high compaction condition to produce a casing stick with additional stuffing length capacity, enhanced structural stability and strength, and larger stuff... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4683615 | Shirring device An improved shirring device for sausage casing includes a station having opposed shirring wheels for shirring casing onto a mandrel. Opposed jaws positioned for movement transverse to the mandrel operate to engage shirred casing. Both the wheels and jaws ... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4594274 | End-dressings for tubular casings Improved strands of sausage casings having their filling ends dressed have fewer failures as a result of loose tab-ends. Residual casing material remaining on the end of the casing from severing from other casing material is made to cling to the terminal ... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4585680 | Shirred casing stick article with end closure displaced within stick bore A shirred casing stick article, and method of manufacture thereof, having an implanted end closure positioned in the stick bore, or in a support tube within the casing stick, such that the closure is axially displaced away from the first-to-be-stuffed end... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4578842 | Method and apparatus for compacting shirred casing A method and apparatus for compacting strands of shirred casing by applying substantially equal and opposite forces simultaneously to both ends of the strand. In one embodiment this double-ended simultaneous compaction is achieved by compacting the strand... | 04/01/1986 |
| 4571922 | Method and apparatus for the preparation of a sausage casing package A sausage casing package is formed utilizing a tool constituted by a rigid tube having a low-friction surface. The folded casing support is introduced into the tube and the casing sections as applied with the assembly of casing sections being drawn off th... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4551370 | Shirred casing stick article with end closure and method for making the same A shirred stick casing article with a symmetrically invaginated and axially compressed closure forming a plug of casing material implanted in either an end of the casing stick or in a support tube within the casing stick. An apparatus and method are descr... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4525984 | Process and device for production of an end closure on a shirred length of tubular material, especially synthetic casing for sausage manufacture A method and device to close an open end of a length of shirred casing material. A shaft mounted on a housing is moved against the said opened end to engage the same and then turn about its axis to tighten an end portion of the casing material onto the sh... | 07/02/1985 |
