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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:
Jul. 20, 1982
Filed:
Nov. 13, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alfred D Story, Danville, IL (US);
Dixon R Asquith, Danville, IL (US);
Assignee:
Teepak, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A22C / ; B24B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
5128 / ; 51 9 / ; 51 9 / ; 17 42 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for shirring synthetic casings wherein there is superimposed on the customary helical shirring pattern another pattern which will change the folding or shirring pleat pattern of the casing from that of the customary continuous helix so as to increase the compressibility of the casing. In its simplest form, the part cylindrical shirring surfaces of cooperating shirring wheels are machined so as cooperatively to define a cylindrical shirring surface having a center which rotates about the axis of an associated shirring mandrel.