Viskase Corporation

Keith A Watts

Alan David Stall

James F Bielanski

A shirred stick composed of unreinforced casing impregnated with liquid smoke. The stick has no twist which eliminates rope and gives the stick a smooth, blemish free outer peripheral surface. The method of making the stick requires placement of the shirred stick on a dowel immediately after shirring, holding it on the dowel for a period of time sufficient for moisture to migrate uniformly throughout the stick and then removing the dowel.

Method of making a liquid smoke impregnated shirred casing stick

A chuck for a stuffing machine for gripping and rotating a food-filled casing about a longitudinal axis to facilitate formation of links. The chuck has a plurality of antifriction free-wheeling rollers disposed along a longitudinal bore. Torgue for rotating the stuffed casing passing through the bore is transmitted by the engagement of a side edge of each roller against the casing. The casing, moving passed the rollers, causing the rollers to turn on their own axes so that torque transmission for rotating the casing about its longitudinal axis is accomplished with minimal longitudinal drag on the casing.

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Elmhurst, IL, United States of America

Keith A Watts