Patents by Inventor Ulrich Delius

Ulrich Delius 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).

  • Patent number: 11825865
    Abstract: A description is given of a tubular food casing having a fiber layer on the inside and having two or more polymer layers. The polymer layers include a first continuous polymer layer (A), with which the inner fiber layer or nonwoven-web layer is coated on the side of the tubular casing facing away from the inside, and completely covers the layer, and at least one polymer layer (B), and a monoaxially or biaxially oriented film based on polyamide and/or copolyamide. At least two of the polymer layers are joined to one another directly by a layer of adhesive. The inner fiber layer may absorb colour, smoke, aroma and/or flavour substance(s), such as liquid smoke or caramel, store these substances and transfer them to a food located within the casino. The casing is suitable as artificial sausage casing, especially for cooked-filling and scalded-emulsion sausage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Kalle GmbH
    Inventors: Erna Kastl, Jens Fögler, Ulrich Delius, Martina König
  • Publication number: 20230106146
    Abstract: A coextruded, multi-layered, water vapor-impermeable, tubular, and seamless food casing having at least three layers is provided. The layers include at least one porous layer having a porous food contact side suitable for transferring food additives having a porous food contact side, at least one carrier layer based on at least one aliphatic and/or partially aromatic (co-)polyamide, and at least one water vapor-impermeable layer. At least one adhesive layer including an adhesion-promoting component is arranged between the adjoining layers or an adhesion-promoting component is contained in one or more of the water vapor-impermeable layer(s). At least one porous layer includes an aliphatic (co-)polyamide and a hydrophilic (co-)polymer having a mean molar mass Mw of at least 8000 Da. A method for producing the food casing is provided. The food casing is used as an artificial sausage casing, especially, for cooked or boiled sausage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: Kalle GmbH
    Inventors: Igor RASKITA, Martina KÖNIG, Ulrich DELIUS, Hans FÜßER, Michael SCHMIDT
  • Publication number: 20220240522
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a tubular, seamless, biaxially stretched, smoke-permeable and water vapour-permeable, colouristically neutral and transparent, single-layer food casing formed from a mixture including 50 to 95% by weight of aliphatic (co)polyamide, 3 to 40% by weight of at least one vinyl (co)polymer having units of N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone and 1.5 to 7.0% by weight of at least one aliphatic diol and/or aliphatic polyol, based in each case on the weight of the mixture. The diol and/or polyol is homogeneously distributed in a matrix formed by the aliphatic (co)polyamide. The food casing is produced by an extrusion method with biaxial tube stretching and subsequent heat-setting. It is particularly suitable as synthetic sausage casing, especially for raw sausage, such as salami or mettwurst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: Kalle GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich DELIUS, Igor RASKITA
  • Patent number: 10959440
    Abstract: A tubular, seamless, water vapour permeable, smokable, biaxially draw-oriented and partially or completely heat-set food casing is provided having at least two layers based on thermoplastic polymers. At least one layer A, which does not form the inside layer, comprises a blend of aliphatic (co)polyamide and at least one hydrophilic polymer, while the inside layer I comprises a blend of aliphatic or isocyclic (co)polyamide and a block copolymer selected from polyether-amide, polyether-ester and polyether-urethane. The casing is produced by a tubular-film blowing process or a process with biaxial tubular-film draw-orientation. The casing is envisaged more particularly as synthetic sausage casing, especially for smoked raw sausage, such as salami.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Kalle GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Delius, Igor Raskita
  • Publication number: 20190230942
    Abstract: A tubular, seamless, water vapour permeable, smokable, biaxially draw-oriented and partially or completely heat-set food casing is provided having at least two layers based on thermoplastic polymers. At least one layer A, which does not form the inside layer, comprises a blend of aliphatic (co)polyamide and at least one hydrophilic polymer, while the inside layer I comprises a blend of aliphatic or isocyclic (co)poly amide and a block copolymer selected from polyether-amide, polyether-ester and polyether-urethane. The casing is produced by a tubular-film blowing process or a process with biaxial tubular-film draw-orientation. The casing is envisaged more particularly as synthetic sausage casing, especially for smoked raw sausage, such as salami.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Ulrich DELIUS, Igor RASKITA
  • Publication number: 20180139991
    Abstract: A description is given of a tubular food casing having a fiber layer on the inside and having two or more polymer layers. The polymer layers include a first continuous polymer layer (A), with which the inner fiber layer or nonwoven-web layer is coated on the side of the tubular casing facing away from the inside, and completely covers the layer, and at least one polymer layer (B), and a monoaxially or biaxially oriented film based on polyamide and/or copolyamide. At least two of the polymer layers are joined to one another directly by a layer of adhesive. The inner fiber layer may absorb colour, smoke, aroma and/or flavour substance(s), such as liquid smoke or caramel, store these substances and transfer them to a food located within the casino. The casing is suitable as artificial sausage casing, especially for cooked-filling and scalded-emulsion sausage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Erna KASTL, Jens FÖGLER, Ulrich DELIUS, Martina KÖNIG
  • Patent number: 9585406
    Abstract: The invention relates to uncooked dry or semi-dry sausage products in tubular casings that are based on an optionally-coated textile material. The tubular casing has a longitudinal seam with a sealing strip. On the sealing strip is located a discontinuous layer of a sealing polymer. The sealing strip is bonded to the casing essentially at sealing points defined by the discontinuous layer. The invention further relates to a process for producing the uncooked dry or semi-dry sausage product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Kalle GmbH
    Inventor: Ulrich Delius
  • Patent number: 9532577
    Abstract: A flexible tubular food casing having a flat support material is provided which, on at least one side, has a continuous coating based on a hotmelt polymer, with the coating preferably situated on the outside. The continuous coating has a weight per unit area of 3 to 200 g/m2, preferably 15 to 50 g/m2. The hotmelt polymers have an MVR value in the range of about 25 to 500 cm3 per 10 min, measured at 190° C. with a load of 2.16 kg. The flexible tubular food casing is suitable as a synthetic sausage casing for raw sausage, scalded-emulsion sausage or cooked-meat sausage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Kalle GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Foegler, Michael Seelgen, Ulrich Delius
  • Patent number: 9265265
    Abstract: The invention relates to a biaxially drawn multilayer tubular film consisting of at least five layers, in which the external and two other layers contain aliphatic (co)-polyamide in a quantity equal to or greater than 50% by weight and are differently assembled. The inventive tubular film is produced by coextrusion and, thereby is seamless. Said tubular film can be used in the form of food product packagings, in particular as synthetic sausage casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Kalle GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Delius, Bernhard Feron
  • Patent number: 8080268
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a smoke and water-vapor-permeable food casing based on aliphatic polyamide and/or aliphatic copolyamide, which is impregnated with liquid smoke on the food-facing side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Kalle GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Robert Wilfer, Ulrich Delius, Jörg Becker, Günther Schetter, Martina König, Gabriele Kiene, Cathrin Schulz, Dirk Auf Der Heide, Christian Auf Der Heide
  • Publication number: 20110236539
    Abstract: A flexible tubular food casing having a flat support material is provided which, on at least one side, has a continuous coating based on a hotmelt polymer, with the coating preferably situated on the outside. The continuous coating has a weight per unit area of 3 to 200 g/m2, preferably 15 to 50 g/m2. The hotmelt polymers have an MVR value in the range of about 25 to 500 cm3 per 10 min, measured at 190° C. with a load of 2.16 kg.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventors: Jens FOEGLER, Michael Seelgen, Ulrich Delius
  • Patent number: 7976942
    Abstract: The invention relates to a single- or multi-layered food casing, made from a thermoplastic mixture which comprises at least one aliphatic polyamide and/or copolyamide, at least one or more synthetic water-soluble polymers and at least one organic and/or inorganic filler. The skin has a water vapor permeability, as determined according to DIN 53122, in the non-oriented, monoaxially or biaxially oriented state of 50 to 1500 g/m2·d. The food casing is particularly suitable for use as an artificial sausage casing, particularly for raw sausages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Kalle GmbH
    Inventors: Stefanie Stalberg, Ulrich Delius, Bernhard Feron
  • Patent number: 7838094
    Abstract: The invention relates to a smoke-permeable, moisture-resistant, tubular, biaxially oriented, preferably also heat set food casing containing a mixture of at least one aliphatic (co)polyamide and at least one water-soluble synthetic polymer, and having a water vapor transmission rate of between 40 and 200 g/m2·d. The water-soluble polymer is preferably a polyvinyl alcohol. Optionally, the mixture also contains additives which influence the optics, haptics, moisture storage capacity and peeling behavior. The casing is preferably tubular and seamless and is produced by extrusion of a corresponding thermoplastic mixture. The inventive casing is preferably used as an artifical sausage casing, especially for smokeable scalded-emulsion sausages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Kalle GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Delius, Michael Schmidt, Stefanie Stalberg
  • Patent number: 7803437
    Abstract: Disclosed is a shined tubular food casing based on a thermoplastic blend of at least one polyamide and/or copolyamide and at least one hydrophilic component. The casing is biaxially stretch-oriented and impregnated on the inside and/or outside with a component which allows the pleats which are formed during shining of the casing to adhere to each other. The component preferably comprises at least one polymer. The casing is preferably shirred at a ratio of 80:1 to 500:1. The inventive shined casing is particularly stable from a mechanical perspective and can therefore be used especially for the production of cooked sausages, scalded-emulsion sausages, and small sausages on fully automatic sausage stuffing and clipping apparatuses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Kalle GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Delius, Dirk Auf Der Heide, Gerhard Grolig
  • Publication number: 20090191315
    Abstract: The invention relates to uncooked dry or semi-dry sausage products in tubular casings that are based on an optionally-coated textile material. The tubular casing has a longitudinal seam with a sealing strip. On the sealing strip is located a discontinuous layer of a sealing polymer. The sealing strip is bonded to the casing essentially at sealing points defined by the discontinuous layer. The invention further relates to a process for producing the uncooked dry or semi-dry sausage product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2009
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Inventor: Ulrich DELIUS
  • Publication number: 20080248268
    Abstract: The invention relates to a biaxially drawn multilayer tubular film consisting of at least five layers, in which the external and two other layers contain aliphatic (co)-polyamide in a quantity equal to or greater than 50% by weight and are differently assembled. The inventive tubular film is produced by coextrusion and, thereby is seamless. Said tubular film can be used in the form of flood product packagings, in particular as synthetic sausage casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2006
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Inventors: Ulrich Delius, Bernhard Feron
  • Publication number: 20060234611
    Abstract: Disclosed is a shirred tubular food casing based on a thermoplastic blend of at least one polyamide and/or copolyamide and at least one hydrophilic component. The casing is biaxially stretch-oriented and impregnated on the inside and/or outside with a component which allows the pleats which are formed during shining of the casing to adhere to each other. The component preferably comprises at least one polymer. The casing is preferably shirred at a ratio of 80:1 to 500:1. The inventive shirred casing is particularly stable from a mechanical perspective and can therefore be used especially for the production of cooked sausages, scalded-emulsion sausages, and small sausages on fully automatic sausage stuffing and clipping apparatuses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2004
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Inventors: Ulrich Delius, Dirk Auf Der Heide, Gerhard Grolig
  • Publication number: 20060202397
    Abstract: The invention relates to a single- or multi-layered food casing, made from a thermoplastic mixture which comprises at least one aliphatic polyamide and/or copolyamide, at least one or more synthetic water-soluble polymers and at least one organic and/or inorganic filler. The skin has a water vapor permeability, as determined according to DIN 53122, in the non-oriented, monoaxially or biaxially oriented state of 50 to 1500 g/m2·d. The food casing is particularly suitable for use as an artificial sausage casing, particularly for raw sausages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2004
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Applicant: Kalle GmbH
    Inventors: Stefanie Stalberg, Ulrich Delius, Bernhard Feron
  • Publication number: 20060188615
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a smoke and water-vapor-permeable food casing based on aliphatic polyamide and/or aliphatic copolyamide, which is impregnated with liquid smoke on the food-facing side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2004
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Applicant: Kalle GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Robert Wilfer, Ulrich Delius, Joerg Becker, Guenther Schetter, Martina Koenig, Gabriele Kiene, Cathrin Schulz, Dirk Auf Der Heide, Christian Auf Der Heide
  • Publication number: 20060051466
    Abstract: The invention relates to a smoke-permeable, moisture-resistant, tubular, biaxially oriented, preferably also heat set food casing containing a mixture of at least one aliphatic (co)polyamide and at least one water-soluble synthetic polymer, and having a water vapor transmission rate of between 40 and 200 g/m2·d. The water-soluble polymer is preferably a polyvinyl alcohol. Optionally, the mixture also contains additives which influence the optics, haptics, moisture storage capacity and peeling behavior. The casing is preferably tubular and seamless and is produced by extrusion of a corresponding thermoplastic mixture. The inventive casing is preferably used as an artifical sausage casing, especially for smokeable scalded-emulsion sausages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2004
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Inventors: Ulrich Delius, Michael Schmidt, Stefanie Stalberg