Artificial sausage casing for sausages of the uncooked sausage type

US4670273A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Hoechst GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Klaus-Dieter Hammer · Mainz, DE
• Hermann Winter · Marl, DE
• Ulrich Kinzler · Wiesbaden, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 12, 1985
• Grant date: Jun 2, 1987
• Expiry date: Dec 12, 2005

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T428/1324
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is an artificial sausage casing for sausages of the uncooked type which comprises a fiber-reinforced carrier tubing comprising regenerated cellulose and a coating applied to the inner surface of the carrier tubing. The coating comprises a water-insoluble, cured, cationic resin and gluconic acid-.delta.-lactone and, optionally, an oil. The carrier tubing includes a fiber-reinforcement having a coating of regenerated cellulose applied to both surfaces thereof. Preferably, the outer cellulose coating includes from about 10 to 20% by weight, relative to the weight of the sausage casing, of a pigment. The inner cellulose coating is substantially free from pigments. Also disclosed is an uncooked sausage which comprises an artificial sausage casing, as described above, and a sausage material contained in the sausage casing.