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US 4,734,956 AGranted
Food casing article
AssigneeViskase Corporation
InventorsPaul H. Frey, Jerome J. Rasmussen, Fredrick C. Churchill
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Abstract
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.
Claims20
A composite casing article comprising:
- (a) a shirred length of casing having an axial bore of sufficient diameter to receive a stuffing horn therethrough, said shirred length having a fore end and an aft end and an unshirred portion of casing extended forward from said fore end;
- (b) a diametrically expandable tubular leader in said bore, said leader having fore and aft end portions extending axially outward from said bore;
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- (c) said leader aft end portion constituting means for attaching to said leader the leading end of a continuous web which is formable to a casing tube about the stuffing horn and which is drawable through said bore by said leader.
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A composite casing article comprising
- (a) a shirred length of cellulosic casing having an internal bore and an unshirred casing portion extended forward from said shirred length;
- (b) a casing tube disposed in said bore, said casing tube having a fore end merged with said unshirred casing and an aft end portion extending outward from said internal bore;
- (c) said casing tube formed of a web having overlapped side edges which define a longitudinally extending seam;
- (d) a web supply from which said casing tube emanates;
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- (e) said casing tube aft end portion constituting a transition zone in which web drawn from said web supply is formed to said casing tube.
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A food product comprising a foodstuff encased in a multilayered composite casing comprising:
- (a) an outer layer composed of a tubular wall of deshirred cellulosic casing;
- (b) an inner layer composed of a non-shirred web material having side margins overlapped to define a longitudinally extending seam;
- (c) said inner layer being pressed diametrically outward against said outer layer;
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- (d) said inner and outer layers being closed and joined together at the ends of said stuffed product.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.