Patents Assigned to Viscofan, S.A.
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Patent number: 11590743Abstract: The present invention belongs to the field of active polymer materials. Specifically, it relates to an active polystyrene film that has antimicrobial or antioxidant activity and the method of production of said film. It also refers to wrappers, packages and slice separators (interleavers) that comprise said film.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2018Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: VISCOFAN, S.A.Inventors: Raúl Gallego Castro, Llucià Cordero Cerrada
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Patent number: 11134693Abstract: The present invention provides a multi-layered coextruded thermoplastic food casing comprising: at least one thermoplastic porous absorbing layer; and at least one layer having a barrier effect for water vapor and/or oxygen, wherein the at least one layer having a barrier effect for water vapor and/or oxygen has an average layer thickness in a range of from 5 to 60 ?m over the entire surface area, wherein the at least one thermoplastic porous absorbing layer comprises as a main component at least one thermoplastic polymer material selected from the group consisting of (co)polyamides and (co)polyolefins, wherein the at least one thermoplastic porous absorbing layer comprises areas having a reduced average layer thickness and areas having a non-reduced average layer thickness, wherein the average layer thickness of the at least one thermoplastic porous absorbing layer in areas having a non-reduced average layer thickness is in a range of from 10 to 200 ?m, wherein the average layer thickness in areas having a rType: GrantFiled: August 6, 2018Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: Viscofan S.A.Inventors: Frank Raue, Jeremey Hinkle
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Patent number: 11026435Abstract: The present disclosure provides a functional additive transferring (co)extruded thermoplastic food casing having a water vapor barrier and/or oxygen barrier effect wherein an inside surface of the thermoplastic food casing has a textured surface which forms a three-dimensional pattern of higher and lower retaining capacity for a functional additive.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2018Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: Viscofan S.A.Inventors: Frank Raue, Jeremey Hinkle
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Publication number: 20200345020Abstract: The present invention is related to a food casing with antifungal properties comprising a coating formed by the application in at least its external surface of a water-based composition comprising at least, a film forming agent, a lipid and natamycin. The invention is also directed to the method for production of said food casing as well as to a meat product prepared by stuffing said food casing with meat or a meat emulsion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2019Publication date: November 5, 2020Applicant: VISCOFAN, S.A.Inventors: Clara De La Fuente Melida, Blanca Jauregui Arbizu, Matthias Pohl
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Publication number: 20200188555Abstract: Patch (1) for regenerating biological tissues in patients and method of manufacture associated with the same, comprising a collagen membrane (2) which comprises cells with a regenerative character; and at least one reinforcement element (3a, 3b) configured to increase the rigidity of said membrane (2), preventing the deformation of said membrane (2) during the handling thereof; wherein said reinforcement element (3a, 3b) can be a perimeter frame (3a) and/or a crossed attachment (3b) between the ends of said membrane (2); which provides a patch (1) which can be applied to any type of biological organ with maximum assurances of success as well as reducing the application time.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2018Publication date: June 18, 2020Applicant: VISCOFAN, S.A.Inventors: Annika Huss, Silke Busch, Quintana Frigola Lluís, Prósper Cardoso Felipe, Gavira Gómez Juanjo, Rábago Juan-aracil Gregorio
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Patent number: 9975316Abstract: Provided is a multilayered coextruded thermoplastic food casing comprising a porous inner layer capable of absorbing, retaining, desorbing and transferring at least one functional additive to food encased in said casing; a layer having a barrier effect for water vapor; and an adhesive layer, wherein the porosity of said porous inner layer is generated by (co)extruding a composition comprising a polymer and a supercritical pore-forming agent, and a method for producing said multilayered coextruded thermoplastic food casing.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2015Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: Viscofan S.A.Inventors: Frank Raue, Marek Bouma
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Patent number: 9596866Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for shirring artificial casings which allows conferring the casing with a high capacity to cling to the meat paste stuffed therein. The composition of the invention includes at least one heat curable polycationic resinous component, a polyolic component and water, wherein the water activity (aw) index has a value greater than or equal to 0.70. A casing impregnated by said composition, the meat product stuffed in said casing and the method for impregnating the casing with the composition of the invention is also contemplated.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2012Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: VISCOFAN, S.A.Inventor: Ion Inaki Garcia Martinez
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Patent number: 9392801Abstract: The invention describes a process to produce a casing with marks and a meat product with marks. Said process starts from a casing by way of pleated tubular wrapping, where a coloring composition is impregnated on at least one sector of its surface to produce a casing with marks, which is optionally transferred to the stuffed meat product in said casing.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2007Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: VISCOFAN, S.A.Inventors: Carlos Longo Areso, Alberto Gallues Biurrun, Jose Ignacio Recalde Irurzun
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Publication number: 20140314915Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for shirring artificial casings which allows conferring the casing with a high capacity to cling to the meat paste stuffed therein. The composition of the invention comprises at least one heat curable polycationic resinous component, a polyolic component and water, wherein the water activity (aw) index has a value greater than or equal to 0.70. A casing impregnated by said composition, the meat product stuffed in said casing and the method for impregnating the casing with the composition of the invention is also contemplated.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2012Publication date: October 23, 2014Applicant: VISCOFAN, S.A.Inventor: Ion Inaki Garcia Martinez
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Patent number: 8568807Abstract: The invention relates to a method for closing the end of shirred tubular casings which comprises deshirring a terminal portion of the tubular casing in the direction of the axis of the stick, turning over the deshirred terminal portion in order to insert same inside the casing, securing the deshirred terminal portion from inside the casing, rotating the terminal portion and flattening the rotated terminal portion. This method is performed at the outlet of the shirring line (ON-LINE) as an additional phase of said operation, or it is performed away from the deshirring line (OFF-LINE) as an operation independent from the deshirring.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2008Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Viscofan, S.A.Inventors: Agustin Olleta Remón, Carlos Azcárate Gallués, Carlos Longo Areso, Esteban Martinez García, Javier Jimenez Fernández, Jesus Alustiza Cumba, Jesus Ayechu Redín, Antonio Manuel Gil Ruiz, Roberto Puente Lopategui
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Publication number: 20130266697Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for obtaining artificial casing for filling foodstuffs and artificial casing obtained by means of said method, which comprises extruding gel through an output slot having a closed, polygonal and non-circular geometric configuration, obtaining a tubular film with a circular cross-section due to the effect of pressure exerted by a fluid that is injected into said hollow tubular film, such that the artificial casing obtained has a high dilation capacity in its cross-section, while at the same time maintaining the same longitudinal traction values as a casing obtained using a circular slot of the same caliber.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2011Publication date: October 10, 2013Applicant: VISCOFAN ,S.A.Inventors: lon Iñaki Garcia Martinez, Carlos Maria Longo Areso
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Patent number: 8124148Abstract: The present invention basically consists of printing proofing marks on a film, placing it in contact with a food product, followed by an intense drying at low relative moisture and a smoking step which also occurs at low relative moisture for obtaining areas having a more smoked color in the food product under the proofing marks than in the areas not protected by said proofing marks.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2006Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: Viscofan, S.A.Inventors: Carlos Longo Areso, Jesus Esparza Imas, Juan Jose Gato Peciña
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Patent number: 7753763Abstract: A tubular net arrangement is made by placing a tubular net on a transfer tube and inserting a support tube coaxially inside the transfer tube. The support tube has a support tube diameter that is smaller than the transfer tube diameter. The tubular net is then moved off the transfer tube and past the end of the transfer tube to fold the tubular net onto the support tube in the form of multiple successive concentric layers. The transfer tube then moves relative to the support tube to expose the support tube as the layers are formed on the support tube. The inner diameter of each layer is adjacent the support tube and is equal to the support tube diameter and the outer diameter of each layer is spaced away from the support tube and is greater than the support tube diameter and at most equal to the transfer tube diameter.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2009Date of Patent: July 13, 2010Assignee: Viscofan, S.A.Inventor: Juan Luis Arias Lopez
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Patent number: 7740526Abstract: A device for producing meat products by stuffing meat mass in a double casing made up of a film and a net, has a stuffing tube with a diameter, a mechanism for passing the meat mass through the stuffing tube and into the double casing and a mechanism for shaping the film into a cylinder that is adapted to the diameter of the stuffing tube, the shaping mechanism forming longitudinal folds for allowing radial expansion of the cylinder when the cylinder is fed with meat mass through the stuffing tube by unfolding the folds.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2009Date of Patent: June 22, 2010Assignee: Viscofan, S.A.Inventor: Juan Arias Lopez
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Patent number: 7666484Abstract: Film for wrapping food products, made of an edible or inedible material, curved onto itself along a longitudinal axis to form a cylinder in which the longitudinal side edges of the film are overlapping to a certain extent are in direct contact with each other but not otherwise connected, shirred or wrinkled in the manner of an accordion to form folds perpendicular to the axis of said cylinder, that can have an internal support in the form of a tube of a stiff material, and which can be externally coated by a separation sheet and an also shirred tubular net, and the method for manufacturing it.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2002Date of Patent: February 23, 2010Assignee: Viscofan, S.A.Inventor: Juan Luis Arias López
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Patent number: 7662029Abstract: Employed in a casing applicator (13) for stuffing of meat products which is mounted on a stuffing tube (3) through which the meat mass is displaced coming from a stuffing machine (4) toward a clipping device (5), a supporting tube (2) through which a casing (1) travels, it consists of a pair of unshirring wheels (8) which pull the previously shined casing (1) on the supporting tube (2) taking it to the end of the supporting tube (2), being complemented with a ring (9) on the external surface of which the casing slides, incorporating a robot (12) which controls the speed and working of the servo-motors associated with the unshirring wheels and actuates the pneumatic cylinders for positioning the wheels on the casing.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2003Date of Patent: February 16, 2010Assignee: Viscofan, S.A.Inventor: Juan Arias Lopez
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Multi-layer arrangement of a tubular net on a support tube, and device and method for obtaining same
Patent number: 7641541Abstract: A multi-layer arrangement of a tubular net is first positioned on a transfer tube. A toothed loader is used to slide the net along the outside of the transfer tube, to an end zone thereof which is slightly conical. When the net reaches the end zone, it falls onto a support tube in an arrangement of concentric layers. In this way, the outer layers of the loaded net have a maximum diameter equal to that of the transfer tube while the inner diameter of the loaded net, which corresponds to the outer diameter of the support tube, is less than the maximum diameter of the stretched net.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2005Date of Patent: January 5, 2010Assignee: Viscofan, S.A.Inventor: Juan Luis Arias Lopez -
Patent number: 7556800Abstract: The current invention involves a universal fishing bait fundamentally comprised of a cord body of filaments or strips of fibrous collagen made up into any shape or design capable of attracting fish, that is 100% biodegradable and that furthermore has a good capacity to diffuse and liberate attractant substances. The bait invented presents excellent mechanical properties in terms of resistance to breakage and resistance to tearing, is easily manipulated, transported and stored. Similarly, the invention provides for the use of fibrous collagen in the preparation of said universal fishing bait.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2004Date of Patent: July 7, 2009Assignee: Viscofan, S.AInventors: Vicente Etayo Garralda, Ion Inaki Garcia Martinez
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Publication number: 20090136694Abstract: A tubular net arrangement is made by placing a tubular net on a transfer tube and inserting a support tube coaxially inside the transfer tube. The support tube has a support tube diameter that is smaller than the transfer tube diameter. The tubular net is then moved off the transfer tube and past the end of the transfer tube to fold the tubular net onto the support tube in the form of multiple successive concentric layers. The transfer tube then moves relative to the support tube to expose the support tube as the layers are formed on the support tube. The inner diameter of each layer is adjacent the support tube and is equal to the support tube diameter and the outer diameter of each layer is spaced away from the support tube and is greater than the support tube diameter and at most equal to the transfer tube diameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2009Publication date: May 28, 2009Applicant: VISCOFAN, S.A.Inventor: Juan Luis Arias Lopez
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Patent number: 7537514Abstract: A casing is embodied as a hollow stiff cylindrical support provided with an attachment mechanism in its coupling to the stuffing horn, on which is placed a suitably shirred tube which in turn is coated with a separation sheet and finally by a tubular net, also compressed or shirred, and which together with the inner tube extends beyond the support tube and is clamped against the tube by a clip, staple or knot such that during the stuffing operation the shirred tube and the equally shirred net are axially extended, with a simultaneous yet independent extension of the two elements favored with the aid of the intermediate separation sheet.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2002Date of Patent: May 26, 2009Assignee: Viscofan, S.A.Inventor: Juan Luis Arias López