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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 06, 1995
Mark van der Bleek, Rossville, IL (US);
David Pohl, Danville, IL (US);
Teepak Investments Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A tubular film for encasing food. The tubular film comprises a material which has been regenerated from a solution of cellulose in a solvent comprising carbon disulfide. The tubular material is longitudinally stretched by from 8 to 30 percent and transversely stretched by from -3 to +10 percent while wet and the stretch is maintained during drying, said transverse stretch being less than 75 percent of the longitudinal stretch, to obtain a longitudinal crystalline orientation. In general, the tubular material has a wall thickness of from 75 to 90 percent of a tubular material which is identical except for being longitudinally unstretched. The invention also includes the method for making the tubular material by stretching the tubular material while wet and maintaining the stretch during drying.