US 2002/0039611 A1 · Concertina-shaped casing suitable for edible materials

Abstract

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 casing is turned back inwardly, into the hollow cavity formed by the concertina. Concertinas of the present invention are particularly adapted for use with automatic sausage filling, portioning, and clipping machines.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A shirred seamless, tubular concertina casing suitable for foodstuffs comprising:

an inner hollow cavity,
two ends, one of which is tied off, wherein the tied-off end of the concertina is turned inward into the inner hollow cavity, and
an outer surface provided with a coating or impregnation comprising a food additive.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

09/963,513Filed 27 Sep 2001

Priority

DE 100 48 718.129 Sep 2000

Published

4 Apr 2002

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

A22C 13/02
Sausage casings: shirring of sausage casings
A22C 13/00
Sausage casings
A22C 2013/0046
Sausage casings: suitable for impregnation with flavouring substances, e.g. caramel, liquid smoke, spices
A22C 2013/026
Shirring of sausage casings: shirring netting onto a tube

Concertina-shaped casing suitable for edible materials

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Concertina-shaped casing suitable for edible materials

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Abstract

Claims19