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US3343969A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Process for wrapping food products

Assignee: Moore and Munger
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Filing: 1965-07-06
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Granted: 1967-09-26
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Expires: 1985-07-06
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 John W Padgett
  • 👤 Sherman T Van Esselstyn
  • 👤 Gaab Frederick

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-28 22:30
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D75/00; B65D75/26

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 303 words
IN A PROCESS OF WRAPPING FOOD WHEREIN A WAXED PAPER WRAPPER BAND IS SEALED BY MEANS OF THE WAX THEREON IN OVERLAPPING RELATIONSHIP TO A SHEET OF CELLOPHANE WHICH ENVELOPS THE FOOD, THE IMPROVEMENT OF USING AS THE WAX FOR COATING SAID PAPER A COMPOSITION COMPRISING IN THE RANGE OF FROM ABOUT ONE QUARTER TO ABOUT THREE QUARTERS PERCENT OF A POLAR WAX, IN THE RANGE OF FROM ABOUT ONE HALF PERCENT OF A POLAR WAX, IN THE RANGE OF FROM ABOUT ONE HALF PERCENT TO ABOUT FOUR PERCENT OF A PARTIALLY CRYSTALLINE, HARD, NON-TACKY POLYMETHYLENIC MATERIAL HAVING SUBSTANTIAL CRYSTALLINITY AND AN AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT IN THE RANGE OF FROM ABOUT 1500 TO ABOUT 30,000 AND A DENSITY GREATER THAN ABOUT 0.92 GRAM PER MILLILITER, IN THE RANGE OF FROM ABOUT ONE PERCENT TO ABOUT THREE AND ONE HALF PERCENT OF A LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT, AMORPHOUS, TACKY, WAX-CAMPATIBLE POLYMERIC ELASTOMER, AND THE REMAINDER A BLEND OF HYDROCARBON WAXES COMPRISING IN THE RANGE OF FROM ABOUT TWENTY-FIVE TO ABOUT FORTY-FIVE PERCENT OF A FIRST HYDROCARBON WAX CHARACTERIZED BY HAVING A CONGEALING POINT IN THE RANGE OF FROM ABOUT 140 TO ABOUT 170*F., A CONSISTOMETER HARDNESS AT 77*F. IN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 18 TO ABOUT 30 UNITS, A NEEDLE PENETRATION AT 77* F. IN THE RANGE OF FROM ABOUT 2.2 TO ABOUT 5 MILLIMETERS AND HAVING NOT MORE THAN TEN PERCENT DISTILLABLE AT 600*F. AND 10 MILLIMETERS OF MERCURY, AND IN THE RANGE OF FROM ABOUT SEVENTY-FIVE TO ABOUT FIFTY-FIVE PERCENT OF A SECOND HYDROCARBON WAX COMPRISING PREDOMINANTLY A MIXTURE OF SATURATED NORMAL PARAFFINS AND BRANCHED CHAIN ISOPARAFFINS AND CHARACTERIZED BY HAVING A MELTING POINT IN THE RANGE OF FROM ABOUT 140 TO ABOUT 160*F., A CONSISTOMETER HARDNESS OF 100*F. OF AT LEAST 20 UNITS AND A MAXIMUM OIL CONTENT OF ABOUT 1 PERCENT.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 303 words
IN A PROCESS OF WRAPPING FOOD WHEREIN A WAXED PAPER WRAPPER BAND IS SEALED BY MEANS OF THE WAX THEREON IN OVERLAPPING RELATIONSHIP TO A SHEET OF CELLOPHANE WHICH ENVELOPS THE FOOD, THE IMPROVEMENT OF USING AS THE WAX FOR COATING SAID PAPER A COMPOSITION COMPRISING IN THE RANGE OF FROM ABOUT ONE QUARTER TO ABOUT THREE QUARTERS PERCENT OF A POLAR WAX, IN THE RANGE OF FROM ABOUT ONE HALF PERCENT OF A POLAR WAX, IN THE RANGE OF FROM ABOUT ONE HALF PERCENT TO ABOUT FOUR PERCENT OF A PARTIALLY CRYSTALLINE, HARD, NON-TACKY POLYMETHYLENIC MATERIAL HAVING SUBSTANTIAL CRYSTALLINITY AND AN AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT IN THE RANGE OF FROM ABOUT 1500 TO ABOUT 30,000 AND A DENSITY GREATER THAN ABOUT 0.92 GRAM PER MILLILITER, IN THE RANGE OF FROM ABOUT ONE PERCENT TO ABOUT THREE AND ONE HALF PERCENT OF A LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT, AMORPHOUS, TACKY, WAX-CAMPATIBLE POLYMERIC ELASTOMER, AND THE REMAINDER A BLEND OF HYDROCARBON WAXES COMPRISING IN THE RANGE OF FROM ABOUT TWENTY-FIVE TO ABOUT FORTY-FIVE PERCENT OF A FIRST HYDROCARBON WAX CHARACTERIZED BY HAVING A CONGEALING POINT IN THE RANGE OF FROM ABOUT 140 TO ABOUT 170*F., A CONSISTOMETER HARDNESS AT 77*F. IN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 18 TO ABOUT 30 UNITS, A NEEDLE PENETRATION AT 77* F. IN THE RANGE OF FROM ABOUT 2.2 TO ABOUT 5 MILLIMETERS AND HAVING NOT MORE THAN TEN PERCENT DISTILLABLE AT 600*F. AND 10 MILLIMETERS OF MERCURY, AND IN THE RANGE OF FROM ABOUT SEVENTY-FIVE TO ABOUT FIFTY-FIVE PERCENT OF A SECOND HYDROCARBON WAX COMPRISING PREDOMINANTLY A MIXTURE OF SATURATED NORMAL PARAFFINS AND BRANCHED CHAIN ISOPARAFFINS AND CHARACTERIZED BY HAVING A MELTING POINT IN THE RANGE OF FROM ABOUT 140 TO ABOUT 160*F., A CONSISTOMETER HARDNESS OF 100*F. OF AT LEAST 20 UNITS AND A MAXIMUM OIL CONTENT OF ABOUT 1 PERCENT.

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