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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:
Mar. 17, 1987
Filed:
Jul. 22, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Vytautas Kupcikevicius, Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
Viskase Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A22C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
17 49 ; 17 / ; 17 41 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for stuffing food product into shirred casing wherein an internal sizing member and an external engaging member cooperate to provide casing presizing and casing holdback. A small relative motion between said sizing member and said engaging member controllably reduces holdback to facilitate gathering and clipping the stuffed product.