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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 1977
Filed:
Aug. 02, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
Dixon Redfern Asquith, Danville, IL (US);
Assignee:
The Continental Group, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A22C / ; A22C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
17 42 ; 17 49 ;
Abstract
An improved method of severing a strand of shirred casing or the like from the following casing while the casing moves along a mandrel, comprising the steps of gripping the shirred casing at two axially separated points, extending the casing to deshirr a portion thereof, gripping the deshirred portion of the casing, and axially tensioning the deshirred portion to effect a parting therein. A cam-actuated, double clamp mechanism is also provided to practice the method.