Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
428340800 | Flexible food casing (e.g., sausage type, etc.) | 42 |
20080213519 | Polypropylene Film and Laminated Material Thereof - A polypropylene film comprising 70-90 wt. % polymer (a), 2-10 wt. % polymer (b), 2-10 wt. % polymer (c) and 3-20 wt. % polymer (d) and having a haze of 8-30% (wherein the polymer (a) is a block copolymer prepared by producing a polymer part (component a1) by polymerizing in a first step monomers composed mainly of propylene in the absence of an inert solvent and producing an ethylene/propylene copolymer part (component a2) in a second step by polymerization subsequently carried out in a gas phase; the polymer (b) is an ethylene-based polymer having a density of 0.91-0.97 g/cm | 09-04-2008 |
20080226853 | Food Casing Having a Transferable Additive Layer - The invention relates to a single-layer or multilayer, flat or tubular food casing having a support based on a water-insoluble thermoplastic polymer, a polymer of animal or plant or chemical origin, or regenerated or precipitated cellulose, an adhesion layer (binder layer) firmly bound to the support and a transferable layer situated thereon. This transferable layer comprises particulate foods having a mean particle size of 60 to 800 μm, if appropriate also food additives such as food dyes and liquid smoke. In addition the invention relates to a method of producing the casing and use thereof as wrapping of meat and sausage products, fish products, cheese, baked goods and confectionery. | 09-18-2008 |
20080274313 | TEAR STRIP AND A METHOD FOR PROVIDING SAME - A sausage-shaped product, in particular a sausage product, made of a protective casing and a viscous or granular filling material, in particular sausage meat, which is accommodated inside the protective casing. The protective casing being formed from a flat web material which is shaped into a tube closed at both ends and has longitudinal edges contacting or overlapping one another. It is further provided that at least one tear strip is affixed to the protective casing in the region of the contacting or overlapping longitudinal edges. | 11-06-2008 |
20080317984 | Highly Crimped Conjugated Fiber Cheese Package and Process for Its Production - A highly crimped conjugate fiber cheese package which is obtained by layering on a paper bobbin a conjugate fiber consisting of a plurality of single filament composed of polytrimethylene terephthalate components having different intrinsic viscosities and consisting of at least 90 mol % of a trimethylene terephthalate unit and no more than 10 mol % of another ester repeating unit and laminated to each other in a side-by-side type, the cheese package being characterized by satisfying the following conditions (1)-(4). | 12-25-2008 |
20080317985 | PLASTIC STRIP AND PACKAGING MADE FROM THE STRIP | 12-25-2008 |
20090011160 | Polymeric Packaging Film - A polymeric film has at least one surface on which chitosan has been immobilised so as to be substantially resistant to leaching and have a strong antimicrobial activity. The polymeric film may be a polyolefin film such as a biaxially orientated polypropylene film. A process immobilises chitosan on a polymeric surface so as to be resistant to leaching and have a strong antimicrobial activity by applying chitosan to a polymeric film surface which has been activated before addition of chitosan to the surface by plasma activation at atmospheric pressure. | 01-08-2009 |
20090029079 | Nylon Food Casing - Tubular, biaxially stretched, heat shrinkable seven layer film food casings comprising inner polyamide layer and two outer polyamide or functional group modified polyolefin layers on either side of core layers of EVOH and polyethylene, having two adhesive layers, and a coextrusion process for making the film. | 01-29-2009 |
20090029080 | Multilayer biaxially coriented film or tube - A process for preparing a multilayer biaxially oriented polyester film is provided wherein at least one layer comprises a blend of a poly(trimethylene terephthalate) resin and an additional polyester resin. Such films are particularly adapted for use in manufacture of packaging films. | 01-29-2009 |
20090081394 | Packaging Films - A packaging film for use as at least a part of a package for food or beverage products is disclosed. The packaging film includes one or more than one layer. The one layer of the single layer film or a layer of the multilayer film that in use contacts a packaged product is formed from a packaging material in the form of a polymeric material that is a non-scalping polymer that does not absorb or absorbs only minimal amounts of flavour components of the packaged product. | 03-26-2009 |
20090123678 | Plasticzer in Alkyl Acrylate Vinylidene Chloride Polymer - Articles comprise a monolayer blown film prepared from a composition comprising at least one vinylidene chloride polymer and at least one plasticizer wherein at least one vinylidene chloride polymer comprises vinylidene chloride and at least one alkyl acrylate, selected from methyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate, or butyl acrylate or a combination thereof in an amount of from 2.5 to 9 mole percent of the monomer content of the vinylidene chloride polymer and wherein the plasticizer is present in an amount of from 1 to 15 parts by weight per hundred parts of polymer, wherein the article is selected from a package, a container, a laminate, sausage casing or combination thereof, particularly a sausage casing, wherein at least 4 of designated characteristics are present. The invention also includes processes for making articles of the invention and films used therein. | 05-14-2009 |
20090136696 | Printing Ink System For Printing On Polyamide-Based Food Casings, Printed Food Casings And Process For Their Production - A one-ply or multi-ply food casing based on (co)polyamide, or which has an outer ply based on (co)polyamide, is disclosed that is printed with a printing ink cured by a free radical mechanism. The printing ink is printed on a layer of a base ink which also cures by a free radical mechanism. The base ink contains, in one and the same molecule, at least one group which can form a bond with the (co)polyamide surface, in particular an isocyanate group, and at least one ethylenically unsaturated group which can undergo a free radical polyaddition reaction, in particular a (meth)acrylate group. The print adheres firmly on the casing and is abrasion- and scratch-resistant, even without additional varnish. | 05-28-2009 |
20090202756 | Packaging with a Vent Region - Packaging comprises polymer film ( | 08-13-2009 |
20090208681 | Propylene Polymer Composition - A polypropylene with a low amount of impurities, in particular a low amount of aluminum and boron residues. | 08-20-2009 |
20090286023 | Polymer films with treated fillers and improved properties and products and methods using same - A multi-layer polymer composite film comprising at least a first layer of polymer material and a second layer of polymer material, at least one of the first layer and the second layer further including, a treated filler having a median particle size of about O.1 nm-1O μm, the treated filler dispersed throughout the polymer material of the at least one of the first layer and the second layer. | 11-19-2009 |
20090324861 | POLYMER-COATED HEAT-SEALABLE PACKAGING MATERIAL AND A SEALED PACKAGE MANUFACTURED THEREOF - The invention relates to a heat-sealable packaging material and a sealed package formed from the same, especially for packaging foodstuffs. The packaging material comprises a base layer of paper or board and polymeric heat-sealable layers on one side of the base layer or, preferably, on both sides thereof. According to the invention, at least two layers of ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer (EVOH) with different fractions of ethylene monomer are arranged on the packaging material to provide an oxygen barrier. The layers can locate against each other without a tie layer between them. The heat-sealable polymer can be a polyolefin, and, in addition, other polymeric barrier layers can be incorporated into the material to improve its oxygen, fat and aroma tightness. | 12-31-2009 |
20100003432 | MULTILAYER SHEET- OR TUBE-TYPE FOOD CASING OR FOOD FILM - The present invention for the first time proposes a multilayer sheet- or tube-type food casing or food film produced by the nozzle blast-drawing process and biaxially oriented by the triple-bubble process, which is fashioned as a food packaging having the form of shrink bags, sealable films, wrapping films or the like. This novel food casing or food film comprises at least nine layers of which an EVOH layer has the form of an oxygen barrier symmetrically embedded between two PA layers intended to impart strength and in turn symmetrically enclosed by two PO layers for the water vapor barrier, and wherein the external layer is formed by a highly temperature-resistant material such as PET which on top of its excellent optical properties also enables clearly higher speeds for further processing (cycle numbers) than were previously known. | 01-07-2010 |
20100021663 | Synthetic fiber fabric for the manufacture of sausage casings - A synthetic fiber fabric for the manufacture of casings for sausages and other meat products consisting essentially of 100% synthetic fibers which are treated by alkalinization or if the synthetic fibers consist of an alkaline resistant material, by an acid solution so that the fabric fibers are modified to render the fabric absorptive to water and additional compounds such as flavor enhancers, smoke flavors, salts or others. | 01-28-2010 |
20100034999 | Multilayered two-dimensional or tubular food casing or food film - The present invention proposes for the first time a two-dimensional or tubular food casing or film with an at least seven-layered laminated structure, which has an EVOH layer as an oxygen barrier and in which the outer layer is formed by a high-temperature-resistant material such as PET, which apart from outstanding appearance-related properties also makes much higher further processing speeds (numbers of cycles) possible than previously known. | 02-11-2010 |
20100119742 | Multilayer, white, biaxially oriented polyester film with metallic-luster outer layer - The invention relates to a multilayer, white, biaxially oriented polyester film that includes a base layer (B) formed from a thermoplastic polyester plus a whitening pigment, the film further including at least one outer layer (A) formed from thermoplastic polyester. The outer layer (A) also includes, alongside a whitening pigment, a prescribed concentration of a phyllosilicate plus a prescribed concentration of carbon black particles. The invention further relates to a process for the production of the film, and to the use of the film as lid film for pots used for packaging. | 05-13-2010 |
20100183830 | Easy-Open Packages Formed From Peelable Thermoplastic Laminates - An easy-open package formed from a peelable thermoplastic laminate and adapted to peel open, whereby the manually tearing the package causes a removable strip to form thereby exposing a product enclosed therein. | 07-22-2010 |
20100255230 | Process For Producing A Composite Food Casing - The invention relates to a process for producing a composite casing shirred to a caterpillar, said process comprising steps of pulling an outer casing over the inner casing, and optionally a net between the inner and outer casings, or over the outer casing, and finally shining the composite casing thus obtained to give a compact tube, which is cut to yield caterpillars. | 10-07-2010 |
20110151158 | Method of making a food casing - In a method of making a food casing a mixture is extruded to form a seamless tube. The mixture comprises at least 10% of cellulose fiber and at least 50% of nylon-6 content. The nylon-6 content has a weighted average viscosity number of at least 155 ml/g and at most 230 ml/g. The seamless tube is oriented by at least 10% in the machine direction with at most 0% orientation in the transverse direction to form an oriented seamless tube. | 06-23-2011 |
20110293862 | Single-Layer or Multilayer Tubular Food Packaging Film that can be Smoked and Air-Dried, and Method for the Manufacture Thereof - The present invention relates to a single-layer or multilayer tubular food packaging film that can be smoked and air-dried, in particular a sausage casing, for smoked and/or air-dried sausage or meat goods, wherein the polymer-based food film is manufactured of a homogeneous molten plastic material in a (co-)extrusion film blow molding plant by means of (co-)extruded plastics supplied to a nozzle of a blow head and biaxially stretched in the triple-bubble process, the homogeneous molten plastic material being produced of a plastic blend of PET or a blend of various PETs and PVOHs and/or PEBAs. The present invention moreover relates to a method for the manufacture of the food film. | 12-01-2011 |
20110311741 | SINGLE-LAYER OR MULTILAYER TUBULAR FOOD PACKAGING FILM THAT CAN BE SMOKED, AIR-DRIED, AND PEELED, ESPECIALLY PEELED IN A FULLY AUTOMATIC MANNER, AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - The present invention relates to a single-layer or multilayer tubular food packaging film that can be smoked, air-dried and peeled, in particular peeled in a fully automated manner, in particular a sausage casing, for smoked and/or air-dried sausage or meat goods, wherein the polymer-based food film is manufactured of a homogeneous molten plastic material in a (co-)extrusion film blow molding plant by means of (co-)extruded plastics supplied to a nozzle of a blow head and biaxially stretched in the triple-bubble process, the homogeneous molten plastic material being produced of a plastic blend of PS or a blend of various PSs and PVOHs and/or PEBAs. The present invention moreover relates to a method for the manufacture of the food film. | 12-22-2011 |
20120121833 | TUBULAR FILM FOR FOODSTUFF CASING AND A FOODSTUFF CASING PRODUCED FROM THE FILM - A tubular film for foodstuff casings, which film is produced from a polymer composition containing a thermoplastic polyester that has a complex shear viscosity η* of at least 3000 Pa.s measured ISO 6721-10:1999 at 240° C. and 0.1 rad/s. Also claimed is a foodstuff casing produced from the tubular film. | 05-17-2012 |
20120196060 | PACKAGING MATERIAL WITH INTEGRATED PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE - A packaging material for forming at least a part of a package for a product releasing gasses comprises a one-way pressure relief valve ( | 08-02-2012 |
20120231188 | PROCESS FOR OPTIMISING A GAS BARRIER COATING - A process for enhancing the gas barrier properties of a composite laminate material whilst maintaining adequate bond strength, in which a gas barrier coating comprising a clay dispersion and a polymer solution or dispersion is positioned between two flexible plastics films using an adhesive, wherein a coating is applied to a first flexible polymer film at a coating weight (D), an adhesive is applied to either or both of the coated side of the first film or to a second polymer film and adhering the first and second films together to provide a material in which: (A/B).(C/D)>200, and in which: A/B>75; C>1.0; and D<1.5; wherein: A=Oxygen Transmission Rate for the laminate at 23 OC and 50% RH without the coating; B=Oxygen Transmission Rate for the laminate at 23 OC and 50% RH with the coating; C=Bond Strength in N/15 mm after the adhesive has fully cured; D=Coating Weight in g/m | 09-13-2012 |
20120282419 | GRAPHENE PROTECTIVE FILM SERVING AS A GAS AND MOISTURE BARRIER, METHOD FOR FORMING SAME, AND USE THEREOF - The present invention relates to a method for forming a graphene protective film having gas and moisture barrier properties, to a graphene protective film formed by the method, and to the use thereof. A single-layer or multi-layer graphene protective film can be used as a material for a barrier coating or bags, and improves the gas and moisture barrier properties of a variety of devices in a wide array of industrial fields to thereby maintain the electrical characteristics of devices over a long period of time. | 11-08-2012 |
20120308750 | Tubular Elasticated Net with Inextensible Weft - A tubular elasticated net used for cooking layered or rolled meat products such as cooked ham has independent elastic ( | 12-06-2012 |
20130209711 | RIBBED FILM STRUCTURES WITH VOIDING AGENT CREATED VISUAL CHARACTERISTICS - In one example embodiment, a film includes a coextruded structure having both an extruded ribbed skin layer that includes a plurality of ribs, and a core layer. The ribs are spaced apart by a web that is integral with the ribs. The film also includes a voiding agent in the ribs of the skin layer. | 08-15-2013 |
20130209712 | RIBBED FILM STRUCTURES WITH PIGMENT CREATED VISUAL CHARACTERISTICS - In one example embodiment, a film includes a coextruded structure having both an extruded ribbed skin layer that includes a plurality of ribs, and a core layer. The ribs are spaced apart by a web that is integral with the ribs. The film also includes a coloring agent that is substantially more apparent in the ribs than in the web, such that a contrast in color and/or color intensity between the ribs and the web is visible. | 08-15-2013 |
20130295305 | ELASTIC LONGITUDINAL NET OF A CLOSED PERIPHERY, IN PARTICULAR FOR WRAPPING UP SAUSAGE AND FOOD PRODUCTS - An elastic longitudinal net ( | 11-07-2013 |
20130344265 | Biopolymer-based flexible-tube type food casing with internal impregnation - A biopolymer-based food casing having an impregnation on the side facing the food is provided. The impregnation includes at least one hydrophobic, synthetic, organic polymer. By taloring the impregnation, the peelability of the casing may be adjusted to correspond to the type of food contained within the casing. The casing is used, especially, as an artificial sausage casing for raw sausage, scalded-emulsion sausage or cooked-meat sausage. | 12-26-2013 |
20140044901 | Composite System For Packaging - The present invention relates to a multilayer composite system, suited for the manufacture of foil packaging, for example for food. The multilayer composite system is in particular suited for the manufacture of stand-up pouches which are suited for the packaging of liquid food, in particular beverages. | 02-13-2014 |
20140044902 | MULTILAYER SHEET- OR TUBE-TYPE FOOD CASING OR FOOD FILM - The present invention for the first time proposes a multilayer sheet- or tube-type food casing or food film produced by the nozzle blast-drawing process and biaxially oriented by the triple-bubble process, which is fashioned as a food packaging having the form of shrink bags, sealable films, wrapping films or the like. This novel food casing or food film comprises at least nine layers of which an EVOH layer has the form of an oxygen barrier symmetrically embedded between two PA layers intended to impart strength and in turn symmetrically enclosed by two PO layers for the water vapor barrier, and wherein the external layer is formed by a highly temperature-resistant material such as PET which on top of its excellent optical properties also enables clearly higher speeds for further processing (cycle numbers) than were previously known. | 02-13-2014 |
20140212607 | Polymer Compositions Having Improved Barrier Properties - A composition comprising a polymer and a wax wherein the polymer has a melt index of from about 0.5 g/10 min to about 4 g/10 min, a density of equal to or greater than about 0.945 g/cc which when formed into a film displays a moisture vapor transmission rate of less than about 0.55 g-mil/100 in | 07-31-2014 |
20140242308 | Cellulose-Based Food Casing and Method of Manufacture - The invention relates to a cellulose-based food casing comprising alkenyl succinic anhydride and a method for the manufacture of said cellulose-based food casing. | 08-28-2014 |
20140370211 | CARBON DIOXIDE GAS PERMEABLE PACKAGING FILM - A carbon dioxide permeable packaging film providing moisture barrier, sealability, and flex-crack resistance characteristics and is ideal for use in packaging of carbon dioxide respiring food products, such as Swiss cheese, to increase shelf life thereof | 12-18-2014 |
20140370212 | PACKAGING FILM WITH SUPERIOR SEAL, BARRIER, AND FLEX CRACK RESISTANCE - A packaging film having enhanced barrier properties, sealability, and flex-crack resistance characteristics and is ideal for use in packaging of food products, such as chunk cheese, to increase shelf life thereof. | 12-18-2014 |
20150044403 | HEAT SEALABLE NYLON FILM AND METHOD OF MAKING IT - A composite film includes a nylon base film and a coextensive layer of adhesive composition that includes one or more polymers, wherein the one or more polymers taken together include in polymerized form: a) ethylene; b) one or more ester-containing monomers, constituting in a range from 5 to 50 wt % of the one or more polymers; and c) one or more carboxylic acid-containing monomers and optionally salt(s) thereof, constituting in a range from 0.5 to 20 wt % of the one or more polymers. A package may be prepared, including a lid made from the composite film heat sealed to a tray. A bag for packaging raw or processed meat may be made from the composite film. A food item may be contained in the package or bag. | 02-12-2015 |
20160120195 | NETTED CASING FOR FOOD - Provided is a netted food casing, which prevents a net from being easily separated from a nonwoven fabric, can inhibit inclusion of foreign substances, and is used as an inexpensive packing material. A netted food casing (X) includes a nonwoven fabric ( | 05-05-2016 |
20160158969 | SCALABLE MANUFACTURING OF SUPERHYDROPHOBIC STRUCTURES IN PLASTICS - Disclosed are methods of manufacturing a SH surface including: creating a master with SH features by: depositing a rigid material onto a first surface, wherein the first surface is a shrinkable platform; shrinking the first surface by heating to create a SH surface, wherein the SH surface has micro- and nano-scale structural features that trap air pockets and prevent water from wetting the surface; forming the master by molding an epoxy with the shrunken first surface having a SH surface, wherein the master acquires the SH features of the first surface; and imprinting the SH features of the master onto a second surface to impart the SH features of the master onto the second surface. Some embodiments relate to a superhydrophobic (SH) surface, an article including a SH surface as disclosed, such as a microfluidic device or a food container. | 06-09-2016 |