End closure for sausage casings
US4411048A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 4, 1981 |
| Grant date | Oct 25, 1983 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 4, 2001 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA22C13/0009
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An end closure for a thin-walled shirred sausage casing strand and a method and apparatus for making it, which comprises of de-shirring an end portion from the strand, twisting this de-shirred portion into an axially cord under controlled tension, inturning and twisting this cord into a forming tube which is supporting the strand and then compressing the inturned twisted cord against a fixed surface to form a free floating end plug.
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