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Tubular casing, process for its manufacture, and its use as a sausage casing
Assignee: Hoechst AG
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Filing: 1983-05-26
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Granted: 1986-01-07
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Expires: 2003-05-26
Abstract
Abstract Disclosed is a tubular casing of fiber-reinforced regenerated cellulose comprising a film web which is curved to form a tube. The edge regions of the film web, which run parallel to the longitudinal axis, abut or overlap slightly and are sealed by means of a film strip which covers both the edge regions. The film web and the film strip composed of the same material have, in the wet remoistened stage, a breaking strength of about 15 to 30 N/mm 2 and an elongation at break of about 30 to 50% in the longitudinal direction of the web, and a breaking strength of about 15 to 35 N/mm 2 and an elongation at break of about 30 to 50% in the transverse direction of the web. The breaking strength in the transverse direction of the web is equal to or greater than that in the longitudinal direction of the web. On its entire surface facing the film strip, the tubular casing has a substantially gas-impermeable and sealable layer, as has the film strip on the surface which comes into contact with the tubular casing. The film web is produced from viscose, and is prevented from shrinking during the process and is stretched in the transverse direction during drying. The tubular casing finds particular application as a sausage casing.
Inventors
- 👤 Herbert Porrmann
- 👤 Walter Seifried
- 👤 Ludwig Klenk
- 👤 Karl Stenger
Bibliographic Details
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CPC Classifications
B; B29; B29C; B29C65/00; B29C65/48; B29C65/50; B29C65/5042; A; A22; A22C; A22C13/00; A22C13/0013; B29C65/02; B29C65/18; B29C65/5007; B29C65/5021; B29C65/5092; B29C66/00; B29C66/01; B29C66/05; B29C66/10; B29C66/11; B29C66/112; B29C66/1122; B29C66/114; B29C66/1142; B29C66/40; B29C66/41; B29C66/43; B29C66/432; B29C66/4322; B29C66/49; B29C66/70; B29C66/71; B29C66/72; B29C66/721; B29C66/723; B29C66/7234; B29C66/72341; B29C66/80; B29C66/81; B29C66/818; B29C66/8181; B29C66/83; B29C66/836; A22C2013/0066; A22C2013/0069; A22C2013/0096; B29C65/4805; B29C65/481; B29C65/4815; B29C66/7212; B29C66/7214; B29C66/72141; B29C66/72143; B29C66/73; B29C66/739; B29C66/7392; B29C66/73921; B29L; B29L2023/00; B29L2023/001; B29L2023/002; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T156/00; Y10T156/10; Y10T156/1002; Y10T156/1007; Y10T156/1008; Y10T156/1013; Y10T156/1036; Y10T156/1038; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/13; Y10T428/1324
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
135 words
A process for the manufacture of a tubular casing from a fiber-reinforced web of regenerated cellulose, comprising the steps of: coating a web-like fiber reinforcement with a viscose; regenerating said viscose to produce a cellulose hydrate gel; washing and drying said cellulose hydrate gel to free acids and salts from said cellulose hydrate gel and to produce said fiber-reinforced regenerated cellulose; preventing shrinkage of said fiber reinforcement during at least said regenerating and said drying steps by holding the longitudinally running edges of said fiber-reinforcement; transversely stretching said fiber reinforcement during drying by about 5 to 15% relative to the width of said fiber reinforcement before said viscose coating step; forming said fiber-reinforced regenerated cellulose into a tube; and bonding said longitudinally running edges of said fiber-reinforced regenerated cellulose by means of a film strip.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
135 words
A process for the manufacture of a tubular casing from a fiber-reinforced web of regenerated cellulose, comprising the steps of: coating a web-like fiber reinforcement with a viscose; regenerating said viscose to produce a cellulose hydrate gel; washing and drying said cellulose hydrate gel to free acids and salts from said cellulose hydrate gel and to produce said fiber-reinforced regenerated cellulose; preventing shrinkage of said fiber reinforcement during at least said regenerating and said drying steps by holding the longitudinally running edges of said fiber-reinforcement; transversely stretching said fiber reinforcement during drying by about 5 to 15% relative to the width of said fiber reinforcement before said viscose coating step; forming said fiber-reinforced regenerated cellulose into a tube; and bonding said longitudinally running edges of said fiber-reinforced regenerated cellulose by means of a film strip.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
36 words
A process as defined in claim 1 further comprising the step of providing said cellulose hydrate gel or said fiber-reinforced web of regenerated cellulose with a gas-impermeable and sealable surface layer prior to forming said tube.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
17 words
A process as defined in claim 2 further comprising applying an adhesion-promoting layer to said fiber web.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
21 words
A process as defined in claim 3, wherein said adhesion-promoting layer and said gas-impermeable and sealing surface layer are applied simultaneously.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
21 words
A process as defined in claim 3, wherein said gas-impermeable and sealing surface layer is applied subsequent to said adhesion-promoting layer.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
13 words
A process as defined in claim 1, wherein said tubular casing is shirred.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
16 words
A process as defined in claim 1, wherein said tube is filled with a semi-solid filling.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
26 words
A process as defined in claim 7, wherein said filling is introduced simultaneously to the bonding of said film strip to said edges of said web.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
26 words
A process as defined in claim 7, wherein said filling is introduced subsequent to the bonding of said film strip to said edges of said web.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
16 words
A process as defined in claim 2, wherein said tube is filled with a semi-solid filling.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
34 words
A process as defined in claim 1, wherein said fiber reinforcement is stretched by about 7 to 12% in the transverse direction, relative to the width of said reinforcement before said viscose coating step.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
33 words
A process as claimed in claim 1, wherein said fiber reinforcement is prevented from shrinking by holding the longitudinally running edges of said fiber reinforcement from said regenerating step through said drying step.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
32 words
A process as claimed in claim 1, comprising the further step of additionally preventing shrinkage of said fiber-reinforcement during said coating step by holding the longitudinally running edges of said fiber reinforcement.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
33 words
A process as claimed in claim 12, comprising the further step of preventing the shrinking of said fiber reinforcement during said coating step by holding the longitudinally running edges of said fiber reinforcement.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
20 words
A process as defined in claim 1, wherein said film strip comprises the same properties as said fiber-reinforced regenerated cellulose.
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