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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5297983 | Process and device for separating and placing a gut caterpillar on a filling tube A process and device for the separation and placing of a gut caterpillar 1 on a filling tube 2, the gut caterpillar 1 being withdrawn from a storage vessel 3 for storing gut caterpillars with a conveyor device, positioned in front of the filling tube 2 es... | 03/29/1994 |
| 4802511 | Shirred tubular material Shirred tubular material comprising a plurality of outer folds arranged along at least two parallel and two counter-directional parallel, longitudinal extending, crisscrossing helixes and inner folds connecting opposing points of diamond shapes defined by... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4649961 | High coherency shirred casings A shirred food casing stick with enhanced overall interpleat coherency is produced by imparting a rotational force to the stick as it is shirred, in a direction opposite to the rotational force imparted to the stick by the shirring.... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4648428 | Shirred tubular material A shirred tubular material comprising a plurality of outer folds which when the tubular material is opened are arranged along at least two substantially parallel, longitudinally extending helixes. A method for forming the disclosed shirred tubular materia... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4377885 | Shaftless gear device for axial shirring of synthetic tubular material A device for axial shirring of synthetic tubular material by forming a continuous helical fold. As the unshirred tubular material moves along a mandrel, it is engaged by the teeth of four shirring rolls having their axes located in a plane transverse to t... | 03/29/1983 |
| 4374447 | Six-wheel spinning shirring head A shirring head wherein there are a plurality of shirring wheels spaced about the circumference of a shirring mandrel and so mounted that the shirring wheels may be individully driven in unison with one another while at the same time the faces of the shir... | 02/22/1983 |
| 4370780 | Process and device for axial shirring of a tubular material using an air stream The axial shirring of thin walled inflated tubular material, especially for sausage manufacture, with a mandrel providing a radial bracing in its interior, occurs in combination with at least one air stream directed obliquely against the axis of the tubul... | 02/01/1983 |
| 4354295 | Device for axial shirring of synthetic tubular material for further processing, especially on automated sausage stuffers A device for axial shirring of synthetic tubular material by forming a continuous helical fold. As the unshirred tubular material moves along a mandrel, it is engaged by the vanes of at least three shirring tolls having their axes located in a plane trans... | 10/19/1982 |
| 4339894 | Convoluted shirring wheel An apparatus for shirring synthetic casings wherein there is superimposed on the customary helical shirring pattern another pattern which will change the folding or shirring pleat pattern of the casing from that of the customary continuous helix so as to ... | 07/20/1982 |
| 4336632 | Continuous shirring and spinning apparatus for casings This relates to a machine for shirring tubular films such as those used for sausage casings and the like. In accordance with this disclosure, the films are continuously fed onto a mandrel where they are opened from their flat state and then are fed at a s... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4210981 | Ectating ring shirring method and apparatus Sausage casing is shirred into pleated compressed sticks by an annular shirring ring-disc disposed with its axial centerline displaced from the casing axial centerline and also tilted with respect to the casing axial centerline so as to effect a continuou... | 07/08/1980 |
| 4200960 | Method and apparatus for shirring of synthetic tubes, particularly casings for sausage production A method for the shirring of synthetic tubes or casings comprising inflating the casing, inserting a long guide element of comparatively low gyrating cross-section into the casing while it remains inflated, applying pressure to the casing with a plurality... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4185358 | Apparatus for shirring casings A method and apparatus for shirring sausage casings in which in the method the casing is moved in a direction of its longitudinal axis and while so moving has a force applied to shirr the casing which moves about the longitudinal axis of the casing. At th... | 01/29/1980 |
| 4176204 | Process for shirring tubular films and product thereof In apparatus for shirring tubular films, the shirring rollers rotate not only about their own axes but also about the longitudinal axis of the shirring mandrel. This gives increased and more uniform compression.... | 11/27/1979 |
| 4085483 | Apparatus for shirring tubular films In apparatus for shirring tubular films, the shirring rollers rotate not only about their own axes but also about the longitudinal axis of the shirring mandrel. This gives increased and more uniform compression.... | 04/25/1978 |
| 4075736 | Process and apparatus for shirring tubular casings This invention relates to an improvement in the process for shirring cylindrical tubular casings, especially artificial sausage casings of synthetic material, in which an inflated casing is conveyed in the direction of its longitudinal axis and shirred, w... | 02/28/1978 |
| 4001914 | Process and apparatus for shirring tubular casings This invention relates to an improvement in the process for shirring cylindrical tubular casings, especially artificial sausage casings of synthetic material, in which an inflated casing is conveyed in the direction of its longitudinal axis and shirred, w... | 01/11/1977 |
| 3988804 | Method for shirring casings A method and apparatus for shirring sausage casings in which in the method the casing is moved in a direction of its longitudinal axis and while so moving has a force applied to shirr the casing which moves about the longitudinal axis of the casing. At th... | 11/02/1976 |
| 3986230 | Apparatus for shirring tubular casings This invention relates to an improvement in the process for shirring cylindrical tubular casings, especially artificial sausage casings of synthetic material, in which an inflated casing is conveyed in the direction of its longitudinal axis and shirred, w... | 10/19/1976 |
