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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2012
Applicant:
Viskase Companies, Inc., Lombard, IL (US);
Inventors:
Aamir W. Siddiqui, Naperville, IL (US);
Nancy Tamez de Caballero, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Viskase Companies, Inc., Lombard, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A22C 13/00 (2006.01); C08J 5/18 (2006.01); C08L 77/00 (2006.01); C08L 77/02 (2006.01); C08L 77/06 (2006.01); A22C 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A22C 13/0013 (2013.01); A22C 11/00 (2013.01); A23L 13/65 (2016.08); C08J 5/18 (2013.01); C08L 77/00 (2013.01); C08L 77/02 (2013.01); C08L 77/06 (2013.01); A22C 2013/005 (2013.01); A22C 2013/0059 (2013.01); A22C 2013/0063 (2013.01); A22C 2013/0073 (2013.01); A22C 2013/0083 (2013.01); A22C 2013/0086 (2013.01); A22C 2013/0089 (2013.01); A23V 2002/00 (2013.01); C08J 2377/00 (2013.01); C08J 2377/02 (2013.01); C08J 2429/04 (2013.01); Y10T 428/1324 (2015.01);
Abstract
A novel smokable thermoplastic film, smokable by both liquid smoke and gaseous smoke, that may be produced as a film or a tube, as in a food casing. This newly disclosed film is a blend of a polyamide base, an amorphous polyvinyl alcohol and, optionally, an antiblocking agent.