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US 5,328,733 AGranted
Shirred fibrous casing article and method
AssigneeViskase Corporation
InventorJeffery A. Oxley
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Abstract
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 portions is extended radially through the overwrap.
Claims11
A shirred fibrous casing article comprising:
- a) at least two distinct axially aligned shirred portions of fibrous casing having adjacent ends and each shirred portion having a moisture content of about 20% to about 30% of total casing weight;
- b) a splice joining said adjacent ends of said axially aligned shirred portions to form one continuous shirred stick having a continuous outer surface, opposite ends, and an internal bore opening through said opposite ends;
- c) a retainer disposed about and in pressing engagement with the outer surface of said shirred stick including at least a portion of said opposite ends and said retainer providing direct access to a bore opening through at least one of said opposite ends;
- d) window means in said retainer in the region of said splice which exposes a portion of the surface of said shirred stick;
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- e) a flag associated with said splice and extending through said window means.
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A shirred fibrous casing article comprising:
- a) at least two portions composed of shirred fibrous casing having a moisture content of about 20% to about 30% of total casing weight, said two portions being disposed end-to-end and joined at a splice to form a shirred stick having a continuous bore opening through opposite ends of said shirred stick;
- b) a flag marking the location of said splice and extending from the shirred stick outer surface;
- c) a tubular overwrap disposed about said shirred stick, said tubular overwrap being longer than said shirred stick and having an unstretched diameter smaller than the outside diameter of said shirred stick, said overwrap being stretchable over the outer surface of said shirred stick and encompassing portions of said opposite ends so as to retain the integrity of said shirred stick without occluding an opening of said bore through at least one of said shirred stick opposite ends;
- d) said tubular overwrap having a window opening in the region of said splice which exposes a portion of said shirred stick outer surface;
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- e) said flag extending through said window opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.