Patents by Inventor Allan J. Hanlon

Allan J. Hanlon has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • End closure for sausage casings
    Patent number: 4500574
    Abstract: A strand of sausage casing is closed at one end by an end closure formed by coating the inner surface of an end portion with adhesive and crimping opposite sides together to form a seal, a restricted air passage being left through the seal. The strand is preferably a shirred strand of a thin-walled collagen sausage casing, the adhesive being collagen hydrolysate and the seal being heated during the crimping. A method of, and apparatus for, end-closing a strand of sausage casing are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1985
    Assignee: Devro, Inc.
    Inventor: Allan J. Hanlon