Viskase Corporation

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Jeffery A Oxley

Jerome J Rasmussen

Darrel L Wilhoit

Vitas Niaura

Brian R Samuels

Thomas J Mann

James E Draper

Elio E Tarika

Thomas Danko

Myron D Nicholson

Frederick Maynard Merritt, Ii

Ann Dinh-Sybeldon

Larry Clyde Long

Anthony G Benik

Disclosed is a package containing a plurality of cut lengths of fibrous casing which are moisturized to substantially soaked levels of moisture and are retained in an evacuated plastic bag wherein the moisture level of the casing is derived from free water added into the bag prior to evacuation. Also disclosed is a method of packaging cut lengths of casing which provides for the addition of soaked levels of moisture to the casing in the bag.

Food casing package and method of preparing

A battery separator of a nonwoven substrate coated on at least one surface with a cellulose film made from a liquid cellulose or cellulose derivative solution with the substrate having at least 50% by wt. noncellulosic fibers having a noncircular cross-sectional perimeter which has a percentage cross-sectional area difference relative to a circumscribed circle according to the formula: ##EQU1## wherein A=Area of a noncellulosic fiber cross-section; and B=Area of a circle circumscribing said fiber cross-section and, preferably, having an absorption rate of at least 15, most preferably at least 30 mm/10 min. in an aqueous solution of 40 wt. % KOH.

Noncircular fiber battery separator and method

A curl resistant battery separator of a noncellulosic nonwoven substrate extrusion coated on at least one surface with a cellulose film and process for making such separator by contacting a nonwoven noncellulosic textile substrate with a cellulose or cellulose derivative solution on at least one side of said substrate; converting the solution to a solid cellulose or cellulose derivative, preferably having a degree of polymerization of at least 350, more preferably at least 600, to form a coated substrate; washing said substrate in an aqueous solution; drying the coated substrate under biaxial tension to provide a battery separator having a moisture content of from about 4 to 25 wt. % based on the bone dry gauge of the separator(BDG); and then holding the separator for at least 8 hours at elevated temperatures of at least 40.degree. C. in the presence of a controlled amount of moisture to produce a separator which is stabilized against curling and has a moisture content between about 4 to 25 wt. % BDG and, preferably having a absorption rate of at least 6 mm/5 min. and a 30% KOH absorption of at least 200 g/m.sup.2.

Reduced curl battery separator and method

A vented food casing having a plurality of die cut vent openings which are uniform and free-draining so as to provide the casing with a vent rate for air and liquids such as meat juices which is substantially constant around the periphery of the casing. The vent opening being formed by a die cutting operation by drawing flattened casing between rollers, one of which has made punches that mate with female die openings on another roller.

Perforated food casings and method

A shirred fibrous casing article containing about 20% to about 30% moisture by total casing weight and composed of shirred portions spliced together and retained in an overwrap wherein a flag which identifies the splice location between the shirred portions is extended radially through the overwrap.

Method for forming a shirred fibrous casing article

A shirred casing article is composed of a cut length of fibrous casing and must be soaked prior to stuffing. A loop is attached at one end of the cut length for hanging the casing after stuffing. However prior to stuffing, the loop is extended longitudinally about the shirred casing article to maintain the integrity of the shirred casing during soaking. Thus the loop which functions as a means to suspend the casing after stuffing, functions before stuffing as a means to restrain longitudinal expansion of the shirred article.

Shirred casing article and method

Shirred fibrous casing article and method

A shirred tubular thermoplastic casing article of an ethylene polymer film with a substantially mineral oil-free liquid lubricating coating on the outside surface of the casing, and in contact with the ethylene polymer film, with preferred coatings being polyhydric alcohols such as 1, 2 propylene glycol or glycerine in water, or an aqueous dispersion of lecithin, and a method of manufacturing the article and method for making a processed foodstuff using the article.

Method for making a cooked food using shirred casing having an ethylenic

Shirred thermoplastic casing having external non-oil based lubricating

Cellulosic food casing uniformly impregnated with an acid and a buffering agent renders the casing peelable from the denatured frozen outer skin of an encased raw pork-containing product.

Buffered acid-treated food casing

A method for preparing a flexible article comprising a substrate such as cellulose casing having thereon a desired indicia such as grill marks or a corporate logo, which in turn comprises a water soluble underlayer such as caramel and a water insoluble binder-sealant layer such as shellac. The binder-sealant covered colorant indicia is substantially completely transferable from the substrate to a contiguous edible surface such as a frankfurter, in the presence of moisture.

Method for preparing indicia-containing article

A cellulosic casing for making skinless frankfurters has distinguishing indicia such as a pattern of grill marks on one surface of the casing. The indicia is formed by printing, for example with caramel, onto the casing surface. The caramel remains on the casing surface and is nondiffusible into the casing. During the stuffing and processing of a food product in the casing, the indicia bearing casing surface is in contact with the food product so the indicia releases and indelibly transfers to the contiguous surface of the food casing. The method of making the casing article, stuffing it and the resulting indicia bearing food product are also disclosed.

Food casing for making indicia bearing food products

An article comprising a substrate such as cellulose casing having thereon a desired indicia such as grill marks or a corporate logo, which in turn comprises a water soluble underlayer such as caramel and a water insoluble binder-sealant layer such as shellac. Also included are an indicia-containing processable food package, a method for preparing the substrate-indicia article, a method for making an indicia-containing food product, and an edible food product as for example a frankfurter having a desired indicia on its outer surface.

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Naperville, IL, United States of America

Jeffery A Oxley