Fiber reinforced chemically modified protein articles

US4104444A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Hoechst GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Klaus-Dieter Hammer · Mainz, DE
• Gunter Gerigk · Oberursel, DE
• Max Bytzek · Naurod, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 31, 1976
• Grant date: Aug 1, 1978
• Expiry date: Aug 31, 1996

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T428/31768
• WIPO field: Macromolecular chemistry, polymers
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Disclosed are fiber-reinforced articles made of chemically-modified protein, such as sausage casings, and a method of producing such articles characterized by the steps of reacting a solution of a protein such as casein with at least two types of chemical modifying agents.