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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2008
Mark Ervin Malenke, Sun Prairie, WI (US);
Vernon Donald Karman, Poynette, WI (US);
Mark Ervin Malenke, Sun Prairie, WI (US);
Vernon Donald Karman, Poynette, WI (US);
Kraft Foods Global Brands LLC, Northfield, IL (US);
Abstract
A flexible, composite unitary belt for forming spaced intervals in a stuffed casing, and method therefore, the belt cooperating with another belt to pinch the stuffed casing. The belt comprises a body forming a continuous loop and having at least one embedded flexible reinforcing member extending throughout. Additionally, the belt has at least one pinching member extending outwardly from the body and positioned to cooperate with a pinching member of another belt to pinch the stuffed casing when fed between the belts and pinched by the pinching members.