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Tubular food casing having a coating on its inside surface, a process for its manufacture and use as a sausage skin
Assignee: Hoechst AG
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Filing: 1983-03-01
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Granted: 1986-01-07
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Expires: 2003-03-01
Abstract
Abstract Disclosed is a tubular food casing which comprises a support tubing of cellulose hydrate comprising water and from about 15 to 30% by weight of a plasticizer and a coating layer applied to the inside surface of the tubing, which comprises a water-insoluble, cured cationic resin, especially a resin based on protein formaldehyde, urea formaldehyde or melamine formaldehyde or a condensation product of an aliphatic polyamine or polyamide or a polyamine-polyamide with bifunctional halohydrins or the derivatives thereof, such as epichlorohydrin, or mixtures of these resins, and additionally a natural oil, a synthetic triglyceride mixture with vegetable fatty acids having from 4 to 14 carbon atoms in their carbon chain, a paraffin oil and/or a silicone oil and optionally one or more than one emulsifier for the oil. Also disclosed is a process for the manufacture of the tubing and a use of the tubing as an artificial sausage casing.
Inventors
- 👤 Klaus-Dieter Hammer
- 👤 Erwin Kindl
- 👤 Heinz Luchterhand
- 👤 Hermann Winter
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 18:31
CPC Classifications
A; A22; A22C; A22C13/00; A22C13/0013; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/13; Y10T428/1324; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31855; Y10T428/3188; Y10T428/31884; Y10T428/31891
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 23
Claim 1
Independent Claim
115 words
A tubular food casing, comprising: a support based on cellulose hydrate comprising water and from about 15 to 30% by weight, relative to the total weight of said support tubing, of a plasticizer; and a coating layer applied to the inside surface of said support tubing, comprising an admixture which includes a first component and a second component, wherein said first component comprises a synthetic triglyceride mixture of vegetable fatty acids having from 4 to 14 carbon atoms in the carbon chain or a natural oil selected from olive oil, linseed oil, sunflower oil, rape oil, palm oil or coconut oil, or a mixture thereof, and said second component comprises a water-insoluble cured cationic resin.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
115 words
A tubular food casing, comprising: a support based on cellulose hydrate comprising water and from about 15 to 30% by weight, relative to the total weight of said support tubing, of a plasticizer; and a coating layer applied to the inside surface of said support tubing, comprising an admixture which includes a first component and a second component, wherein said first component comprises a synthetic triglyceride mixture of vegetable fatty acids having from 4 to 14 carbon atoms in the carbon chain or a natural oil selected from olive oil, linseed oil, sunflower oil, rape oil, palm oil or coconut oil, or a mixture thereof, and said second component comprises a water-insoluble cured cationic resin.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
16 words
A tubular food casing as defined in claim 1, wherein said support tubing comprises a fiber-reinforcement.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
29 words
A tubular food casing as defined in claim 1, wherein said first component comprises a triglyceride mixture having from about 6 to 10 carbon atoms in the carbon chain.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
17 words
A tubular food casing as defined in claim 3, wherein said triglyceride mixture comprises saturated fatty acids.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
51 words
A tubular food casing as defined in claim 1, wherein said cationic resin is a condensation product selected from the group consisting of protein and formaldehyde, melamine and formaldehyde, urea and formaldehyde and a bifunctional halohydrin and a compound selected from a polyamine, a polyamide, a polyamide-polyamine or a combination thereof.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
14 words
A tubular food casing as defined in claim 5, wherein said halohydrin comprises epichlorohydrin.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
42 words
A tubular food casing as defined in claim 5, wherein said polyamide-polyamine comprises a condensation product of a saturated, aliphatic, dibasic acid having from 3 to 8 carbon atoms and said amine having at least one secondary and two primary amino groups.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
17 words
A tubular food casing as defined in claim 5, wherein said condensation product comprises protein and formaldehyde.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
28 words
A tubular food casing as defined in claim 8, wherein said formaldehyde content ranges from about 5 to 20% by weight, relative to the weight of said protein.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
14 words
A tubular food casing as defined in claim 8, wherein said protein comprises casein.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
53 words
A tubular food casing as defined in claim 1, wherein said coating layer comprises from about 0.3 to 2.5% by weight, relative to the total weight of the solution, of said second component and from about 3 to 30% by weight, relative to the total weight of the solution, of said first component.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
53 words
A tubular food casing as defined in claim 2, wherein said coating layer comprises from about 0.8 to 5% by weight, relative to the total weight of the solution, of said second component and from about 0.5 to 15% by weight, relative to the total weight of the solution, of said first component.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
47 words
A tubular food casing as defined in claim 1, wherein said coating layer comprises from about 40 to 120 mg of said second component per square meter of support tubing, and from about 25 to 2000 mg of said first component per square meter of support tubing.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
15 words
A tubular food casing as defined in claim 1, further comprising at least one emulsifier.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
16 words
A tubular food casing as defined in claim 1, wherein said casing comprises a shirred casing.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
37 words
A tubular food casing as defined in claim 1, wherein said casing is closed at one end by a fastening means and the length of said casing corresponds to the length of the food product contained therein.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
85 words
A process for preparing a tubular food casing as defined in claim 1, comprising the steps of: providing a support tubing of cellulose-hydrate gel prepared by coagulating viscose; coating the inside surface of said support tubing with a liquid comprising from about 0.3 to 2.5% by weight of said second component and from about 3 to 30% by weight of said first component; passing said coated tubing between squeeze rollers to restrict the thickness of said coating layer; inflating said tubing; and drying said tubing.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
35 words
A process as claimed in claim l7, wherein said coating liquid comprises from about 0.8 to 5% by weight of said second component and from about 0.5 to 15% by weight of said first component.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
26 words
A sausage product comprising a tubular artificial sausage casing containing therein a semi-solid sausage filling, wherein said casing comprises a casing as defined in claim 1.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
21 words
A tubular food casing as defined in claim 1, further comprising a paraffin oil, a silicone oil or a mixture thereof.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
15 words
A sausage product as defined in claim 19, wherein said product comprises an uncooked sausage.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
15 words
A sausage product as defined in claim 21, wherein said product comprises a dry sausage.
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