Tubular food casing with improved peelability

US5358784A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Hoechst GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Klaus-Dieter Hammer · Mainz, DE
• Manfred Siebrecht · Wiesbaden, DE
• Hermann Winter · Marl, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 5, 1992
• Grant date: Oct 25, 1994
• Expiry date: Mar 5, 2012

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T428/31986
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A tubular food casing based on cellulose, which on its inner surface has a coating which comprises lecithin and at least one of alginate, chitosans, and casein, has improved peelability from its contents.