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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hiroshi Imaura, Wakayama, JP;
Assignee:
Ryowa Co., Ltd., Wakayama, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A22C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
452 50 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for removing a tubular casing made of a flexible sheet from a food stuffed in the casing are disclosed. The casing is sealed at an opening portion thereof with a sealing means. The method includes stripping one end portion of the casing from a food body, and holding the casing stripped in the preceding step by a pulling means. The method includes pulling the stripped casing outwardly by the pulling means, while the pulling means and the food body are allowed to move relative to each other with respect to a lengthwise direction and a circumferential direction of the food body. The casing is peeled spirally from the food body.