US4401135A
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Tubular casing with glued seam and process for its manufacture
Assignee: Hoechst AG
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Filing: 1981-04-03
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Granted: 1983-08-30
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Expires: 2001-04-03
Abstract
Abstract A tubular casing for foodstuffs, in particular sausages, comprising a web (4) which is curved along its longitudinal axis and having its longitudinal edge regions (1, 2) bonded by a glued seam. The edge regions (1, 2) meet or overlap and are bonded with a strip of film (6). A pressure-sensitive adhesive is used for the bonding. The tubular casing carries an adhesion-promoting layer (5) on the surface adjacent to the adhesive layer (3). Preferably, the strip of film and the edge regions of the web are comprised of a smoke-permeable material, and optionally the pressure-sensitive adhesive layers also have a smoke-permeable structure, such as perforations. The tubular casing can also be shirred.
Inventors
- 👤 Klaus Andra
- 👤 Elfriede Hutschenreuter
- 👤 Walter Seifried
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 05:06
CPC Classifications
B; B29; B29C; B29C65/00; B29C65/48; B29C65/50; B29C65/5042; A; A22; A22C; A22C13/00; B29C65/4805; B29C65/481; B29C65/4825; B29C65/5007; B29C65/5021; B29C65/5028; B29C65/5057; B29C65/5092; B29C65/78; B29C65/7858; B29C65/7888; B29C65/7894; B29C66/00; B29C66/01; B29C66/05; B29C66/10; B29C66/11; B29C66/112; B29C66/1122; B29C66/40; B29C66/41; B29C66/43; B29C66/432; B29C66/4322; B29C66/49; B29C66/70; B29C66/72; B29C66/723; B29C66/73; B29C66/737; B29C66/7379; B29C66/73793; B29C66/80; B29C66/83; B29C66/836; A22C2013/0053; A22C2013/0066; A22C2013/0069; B29C65/483; B29C65/4835; B29C65/485; B29C66/114; B29C66/1142; B29C66/71; B29C66/721; B29C66/7214; B29C66/72141; B29C66/72143; B29C66/7232; B29C66/72321; B29C66/727; B29C66/739; B29C66/7392; B29C66/73921; B29C66/7394; B29C66/73941; B29L; B29L2023/00; B29L2023/001; B29L2023/002; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/13; Y10T428/1324
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 24
Claim 1
Independent Claim
120 words
A seamed tubular casing suitable for containing foodstuffs, comprising: a web of material curved about its longitudinal axis in such a manner that its two longitudinal edge regions are positioned to form a seam; a layer of substantially water-insoluble adhesion-promoting resin covering at least one of the inside and outside surfaces of said web in at least the area of said two edge regions; a strip of film applied to said longitudinal edge regions forming the seam; and a layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive interposed between said strip of film and the edge regions of said web of material, whereby the seam is sealed by said strip of film, via said layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive and said layer of adhesion-promoting resin.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
120 words
A seamed tubular casing suitable for containing foodstuffs, comprising: a web of material curved about its longitudinal axis in such a manner that its two longitudinal edge regions are positioned to form a seam; a layer of substantially water-insoluble adhesion-promoting resin covering at least one of the inside and outside surfaces of said web in at least the area of said two edge regions; a strip of film applied to said longitudinal edge regions forming the seam; and a layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive interposed between said strip of film and the edge regions of said web of material, whereby the seam is sealed by said strip of film, via said layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive and said layer of adhesion-promoting resin.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
A tubular casing as claimed in claim 1, wherein said edge regions overlap one another and said strip of film is interposed between the overlapped edge regions.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
42 words
A tubular casing as claimed in claim 2, wherein said strip of film between the overlapping edge regions includes a layer of adhesive on both sides and wherein at least one of said adhesive layers comprises said layer of a pressure-sensitive adhesive.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
A tubular casing as defined in claim 1, wherein said edges lie in edge-to-edge relationship and said strip of film overlies at least one of the inside and outside surfaces of the web.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
33 words
A tubular casing as claimed in claim 4, comprising two of said strips of film, one overlying the inside surface of said web and the other overlying the outside surface of said web.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
36 words
A tubular casing as claimed in claim 1, wherein said strip of film and said edge zones are permeable to smoke, and wherein said layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive includes openings to improve the permeability to smoke.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
39 words
A tubular casing as claimed in claim 6, wherein at least one of said strip of film and said layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive comprises a sheet-like textile structure, a sponge, a foam, a microporous film or a microporous membrane.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
15 words
A tubular casing according to claim 1, wherein said strip of film comprises regenerated cellulose.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
18 words
A tubular casing as claimed in claim 1 or 8, wherein said web of material comprises regenerated cellulose.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
19 words
A tubular casing as claimed in claim 9, wherein said web of regenerated cellulose includes a fiber reinforcement therein.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
22 words
A tubular casing as claimed in claim 1 or 8, wherein said substantially water-insoluble adhesion-promoting resin comprises a polymer containing vinylidene groups.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
49 words
A tubular casing as claimed in claim 1 or 8, wherein said adhesion-promoting resin comprises a hardened cationic thermosetting resin selected from a urea/formaldehyde, melamine/formaldehyde or phenol/formaldehyde resin or a condensation product of a polyamide-polyamine, an aliphatic polyamine or a polyamide with a bifunctional halohydrin or a derivative thereof.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
16 words
A tubular casing as claimed in claim 1 or 8, wherein said bifunctional halohydrin comprises epichlorohydrin.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
19 words
A tubular casing as claimed in claim 1 or 8, wherein said pressure-sensitive adhesive comprises a polyacrylate or polymethacrylate.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
25 words
A tubular casing as claimed in claim 14, wherein said pressure-sensitive adhesive comprises a resin which can be crosslinked by means of heat and/or chemically.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
18 words
A tubular casing as claimed in claim 15, wherein said pressure-sensitive adhesive contains a copolymer with reactive comonomers.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
23 words
A tubular casing as claimed in claim 16, wherein said pressure-sensitive adhesive contains a resin based on an acrylate copolymer containing carboxyl groups.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
28 words
A tubular casing as claimed in claim 1 or 8, wherein said pressure-sensitive adhesive contains a resin based on a homo-polymer or copolymer comprising acrylate and acrylonitrile monomers.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
16 words
A tubular casing as claimed in claim 18, wherein said acrylate monomer comprises butylacrylate or 2-ethylhexylacrylate.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
40 words
A tubular casing as claimed in claim 1 or 8, wherein the casing is shirred and the seam region is arranged spirally around the lengthwise axis of the shirred tubular casing in at least a part of the tubular casing.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
91 words
A seamed tubular casing suitable for containing foodstuffs, comprising: a web of material curved about its longitudinal axis in such a manner that its two longitudinal edge regions are overlapped to form a seam; a layer of substantially water-insoluble adhesion-promoting resin applied to both the inside and outside surfaces of said web in at least the area of said two edge regions; and a layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive interposed between said overlapping edge regions, whereby the seam is sealed via said layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive and said layer of adhesion-promoting resin.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
91 words
A seamed tubular casing suitable for containing foodstuffs, comprising: a web of material curved about its longitudinal axis in such a manner that its two longitudinal edge regions are overlapped to form a seam; a layer of substantially water-insoluble adhesion-promoting resin applied to both the inside and outside surfaces of said web in at least the area of said two edge regions; and a layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive interposed between said overlapping edge regions, whereby the seam is sealed via said layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive and said layer of adhesion-promoting resin.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
21 words
A tubular casing according to claim 21, wherein said layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive includes openings to improve the permeability to smoke.
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