Abstract: A cellulose-based tubular foodstuffs casing having a coating present on its inner and/or outer surfaces, the coating being composed of chitosan chemically linked to the cellulose.

Abstract: A modified liquid smoke solution containing unmodified aqueous liquid smoke solution, an alkaline neutralizing agent, a synthetic and/or natural oil, a viscosity-increasing component, and one or more emulsifier(s) can be applied to the inner and/or outer surface of a cellulose food casing resulting in uniform smoke transfer to encased food.

Abstract: A cellulose hydrate-based flat or tubular film which is useful as a food casing, particularly preferably as a sausage casing.

Abstract: A tubular food casing, particularly sausage casing, wherein the inner surface of a sausage casing based on cellulose, is provided with a coating comprising alginates, alginic acid, chitosans, or a combination of these active substances, is distinguished by improved peelability.

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.

Abstract: A tubular foodstuff casing, in particular synthetic sausage casing, based on cellulose contains a di-n-didecyl-dimethylammonium compound as a fungicidal agent, which is optionally used in admixture with salts of sorbic acid, fungicidal heterocyclic compounds, such as an isothiazolone compound, or glycerol monolaurate. The coating prevents mold attack on the casing.

Abstract: A paper for fiber reinforcement in a base layer of a cellulose-based packaging film, in particular a tubular artificial sausage casing, or for tea-bags, wherein the paper includes alginic acid and/or an alginate which is substantially insoluble in water. A process for producing the paper which includes adding a water-soluble alginate to an aqueous suspension of cellulose fibers and precipitating the water-soluble alginate so as to form a substantially water-insoluble alginic acid or alginate.

Abstract: A film, preferably used as a tubular artificial sausage casing, having a base layer of a material which may be fiber-reinforced, wherein the material includes a mixture of cellulose hydrate and alginic acid and/or alginate. The alginate may be the calcium salt of alginic acid. In addition, a process for producing the film by the viscose process is also described, wherein a mixture of alkaline viscose solution and a soluble salt of alginic acid is coagulated by means of an acidic precipitating fluid.

Abstract: The tubular packaging casing, in particular a synthetic sausage casing, comprised of fiber-reinforced cellulose, in which the fiber-reinforcement is coated at least on the outside with a cellulose layer, and a surface layer on the cellulose layer. The surface layer comprises a water-insoluble cationic resin containing particles of fibers of synthetic resin or cellulose, in particular particles of a vinyl chloride homopolymer or copolymer.

Abstract: Paste-forming vinyl chloride polymers are prepared using an emulsifier system of:(a) an alkali metal or ammonium salt of a fatty acid, alkylsulfonic acid, alkylarylsulfonic acid or a sulfosuccinic acid ester in quantities of 0.2 to 3.0 by weight with respect to the quantity of monomers,(b) a straight chain or branched C.sub.12 -C.sub.20 alkanol in quantities of 50 to 200% by weight with respect to the amount of surface active agent (a) used,(c) water and optionally,(d) a monomer-soluble catalyst. The emulsifier system is homogenized by means of homogenizing apparatus, and, subsequently is mixed with the monomer. Polymerization ensues. Pastes based on this polymer exhibit low viscosities, a near Newtonian flow behavior and good storage stability.

Abstract: The tubular foodstuff casing, in particular the synthetic sausage casing, made of cellulose hydrate comprises an external covering or impregnation comprising a fungicidal heterocyclic compound, in particular a benzimidazole or isothiazolone derivative substituted in the 2-position, which can be used, if desired, in admixture with glycerol monolaurate. The coating prevents infestation of the casing by molds, in particualr when it is stored in the moist state.

Abstract: Described is a tubular artificial sausage casing based on fiber-reinforced cellulose which shows, in the completely soaked state as compared to the state prior to soaking in water, an increase in length of from about 0.8 to 2.5% and a transverse shrinkage of from about 2.5 to 5.2%. Preferably, the change of diameter of the casing at the same change of pressure in the range above 20 kPa is approximately equal for the completely soaked state and for a moisture content of from about 22 to 27% by weight. In a preferred embodiment, the sausage casing can be filled with sausage meat without being previously soaked in water and, for this purpose, has a moisture content of from about 22 to 27% by weight and a glycerol content of from about 17 to 20% by weight, in each case based on its total weight, and is provided with a fungicide on its outside surface.

Abstract: The cellulose-based product, in particular in the form of a film, contains in its wall a primary, permanent plasticizer of one or more crosslinked copolymers made from at least two components. One or more of these components are monomer units containing a terminal, ethylenically unsaturated, polymerizable group or compounds of maleic acid, or fumaric acid. A further component comprises units containing thermally crosslinked groups made from N-methylolamides of unsaturated carboxylic acids. A process is furthermore described for the production of this shaped product, in which the copolymer is metered into the viscose, and the N-methylolamide groups are thermally crosslinked with the cellulose.

Abstract: Disclosed is an artificial sausage casing for sausages of the uncooked type which comprises a fiber-reinforced carrier tubing comprising regenerated cellulose and a coating applied to the inner surface of the carrier tubing. The coating comprises a water-insoluble, cured, cationic resin and gluconic acid-.delta.-lactone and, optionally, an oil. The carrier tubing includes a fiber-reinforcement having a coating of regenerated cellulose applied to both surfaces thereof. Preferably, the outer cellulose coating includes from about 10 to 20% by weight, relative to the weight of the sausage casing, of a pigment. The inner cellulose coating is substantially free from pigments. Also disclosed is an uncooked sausage which comprises an artificial sausage casing, as described above, and a sausage material contained in the sausage casing.

Abstract: Disclosed is an artificial sausage casing comprising a fiber-reinforced, cellulose-based support tubing and a coating layer applied to the outer surface of the support tubing. The external coating layer comprises a casein crosslinked with glyoxal, and having sorbic acid radicals bonded by a salt-like linkage. The amount of casein in the external coating layer ranges from about 80 to 150 mg/m.sup.2, particularly from about 100 to 130 mg/m.sup.2. In a preferred embodiment, the inside surface of the support tubing is provided with a coating layer which serves either to improve the peelability and/or the adhesion between sausage meat and sausage casing or to provide compactness and gas-tightness.

Abstract: A tubular or web-shaped casing material resistant to mold fungus comprising cellulose and a fungicidal content of glycerol monolaurate. Alkali metal salts of fatty acids and/or alkyl-, aryl- and/or alkyl-aryl-sulfonates are preferably used as the emulsifier. Also disclosed is a process for manufacturing the casing material described above and a fungicidal agent for cellulose casings comprising glycerol monolaurate.

Abstract: Disclosed is a tubular food casing which comprises a support tubing of cellulose hydrate comprising water and from about 15 to 30% by weight of a plasticizer and a coating layer applied to the inside surface of the tubing, which comprises a water-insoluble, cured cationic resin, especially a resin based on protein formaldehyde, urea formaldehyde or melamine formaldehyde or a condensation product of an aliphatic polyamine or polyamide or a polyamine-polyamide with bifunctional halohydrins or the derivatives thereof, such as epichlorohydrin, or mixtures of these resins, and additionally a natural oil, a synthetic triglyceride mixture with vegetable fatty acids having from 4 to 14 carbon atoms in their carbon chain, a paraffin oil and/or a silicone oil and optionally one or more than one emulsifier for the oil. Also disclosed is a process for the manufacture of the tubing and a use of the tubing as an artificial sausage casing.

Abstract: Disclosed is a tubular food casing having improved peelability from the stuffing mixture contained therein which comprises a coating applied to the internal surface of the casing which comprises a first component selected from a water-soluble cellulose ether, a starch ether or a combination thereof and a second component comprising a wax. Also disclosed is a process for making this tubular casing and its application with sausage meat products.

Abstract: Disclosed is a tubular food casing based on cellulose, preferably fiber-reinforced cellulose, which is permeable to gas, water-vapor and smoke and which includes a synthetic polymeric coating on its outside surface comprising an elastic, non-adhesive copolymer based on hydrophilic vinyl monomers, particularly a copolymer based on unsaturated carboxylic acids and the esters thereof and, optionally, a wax, particularly a wax having functional groups. This coating functions to improve the casing's resistance to degradation by cellulases and other cellulolytic enzymes. Additionally, the invention describes a process for manufacturing the food casing, in which the cellulosic material, in the gel state, is coated with an aqueous dispersion and also the use of the casing in the production of long-keeping sausages having a mold overlay on their outer surfaces.

Abstract: Described is a piezoelectric drive element assembly for use in ink jet printer devices. The assembly comprises a piezoelectric drive element, which is characterized by a pair of electrodes spaced apart and thereby electrically isolated from one another on an external lateral face of the drive element. The assembly further includes a printed circuit board having holes through which the drive element is fitted, with the electrodes of the drive element being soldered to opposite sides of the printed circuit board.