Method of producing synthetic sausage skins and products produced thereby

Claim 1

A METHOD OF PRODUCING CONTINUOUSLY A WATERINSOLUBLE SYNTHETIC EDIBLE SAUSAGE SKIN IN THE FORM OF AN ENDLESS, SEAMLESS TUBULAR CASING, WHICH COMPRISES THE STEPS OF DISPERSING IN WATER, FIBERS OF A MATERIAL SELECTED FROM TEH GROUP CONSISTING OF CELLULOSE, ALGINATE, COTTON, MEAT FREED FROM FAT, AND RAMIE, SAID FIBERS BEING OF A LENGTH OF ABOUT 1 MM; DISSOLVING IN SAID WATER AN AMOUNT OF SALTS OF ALGINIC ACID SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE A MOLDABLE SOLUTION CONTAINING 4 TO 6% OF SAID ALGINIC ACID SALTS; FILTERING AND DE-AERATING SAID SOLUTION; FORMING SAME INTO A TUBULAR STRUCTURE; CONDUCTING THE FORMED TUBULAR STRUCTURE THROUGH A PRECIPITATING BATH CONSISTING OF A 10 TO 15% CALCIUM CHLORIDE SOLUTION HEATED TO A TEMPERATURE RANGING FROM ABOUT 40*C. TO ABOUT 80*C., TO THEREBY SOLIDIFY THE TUBULAR STRUCTURE BY MEANS OF SAID BATH, AND CONDUCTING THE SOLIDIFIED TUBULAR STRUCTURE THROUGH AN AQUEOUS ALUMINUM SALT SOLUTION TO EFFECT A HARDENING AFTER-TREATMENT.

Claim 2

A METHOD OF PRODUCING CONTINUOUSLY A WATERINSOLUBLE SYNTHETIC EDIBLE SAUSAGE SKIN IN THE FORM OF AN ENDLESS, SEAMLESS TUBULAR CASING, WHICH COMPRISES THE STEPS OF DISPERSING IN WATER, FIBERS OF A MATERIAL SELECTED FROM TEH GROUP CONSISTING OF CELLULOSE, ALGINATE, COTTON, MEAT FREED FROM FAT, AND RAMIE, SAID FIBERS BEING OF A LENGTH OF ABOUT 1 MM; DISSOLVING IN SAID WATER AN AMOUNT OF SALTS OF ALGINIC ACID SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE A MOLDABLE SOLUTION CONTAINING 4 TO 6% OF SAID ALGINIC ACID SALTS; FILTERING AND DE-AERATING SAID SOLUTION; FORMING SAME INTO A TUBULAR STRUCTURE; CONDUCTING THE FORMED TUBULAR STRUCTURE THROUGH A PRECIPITATING BATH CONSISTING OF A 10 TO 15% CALCIUM CHLORIDE SOLUTION HEATED TO A TEMPERATURE RANGING FROM ABOUT 40*C. TO ABOUT 80*C., TO THEREBY SOLIDIFY THE TUBULAR STRUCTURE BY MEANS OF SAID BATH, AND CONDUCTING THE SOLIDIFIED TUBULAR STRUCTURE THROUGH AN AQUEOUS ALUMINUM SALT SOLUTION TO EFFECT A HARDENING AFTER-TREATMENT.