Patents by Inventor Klaus Andra

Klaus Andra 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).

  • Shirred sausage casing and process for its production
    Patent number: 4562101
    Abstract: Disclosed is a shirred sausage casing of a web film in the form of a tubing which comprises a seam region, formed from the edge regions of the web film, which extends in a helically twisted manner about the longitudinal axis of the casing in a manner wherein more than 10 helical turns are present in a 10 m length of the casing. Also disclosed is a process for producing a casing of this type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1985
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Klaus Andra, Elfriede Hutschenruter, Horst-Erich Besier
  • Tubular casing with glued seam and its manufacture and use for curved or ring-shaped sausages
    Patent number: 4410011
    Abstract: A tubular casing for foodstuffs, in particular sausages, comprising a web (4) which is curved along its longitudinal axis and having its longitudinal edge regions (1, 2) bonded by a glued seam. The edge regions (1,2) meet or overlap and are bonded with a strip of film (6). The strip of film (6) comprises a material which is capable of shrinking in the direction of its longitudinal axis at a temperature between about 60.degree. to 100.degree. C. A pressure-sensitive adhesive is used for the bonding. The tubular casing carries an adhesion-promoting layer (5) on the surface adjacent to the adhesive layer (3). Heating the filled casing gives it a curved form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1981
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1983
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Klaus Andra, Elfriede Hutschenreuter, Herbert Porrmann
  • Tubular casing with glued seam and process for its manufacture
    Patent number: 4401135
    Abstract: A tubular casing for foodstuffs, in particular sausages, comprising a web (4) which is curved along its longitudinal axis and having its longitudinal edge regions (1, 2) bonded by a glued seam. The edge regions (1, 2) meet or overlap and are bonded with a strip of film (6). A pressure-sensitive adhesive is used for the bonding. The tubular casing carries an adhesion-promoting layer (5) on the surface adjacent to the adhesive layer (3). Preferably, the strip of film and the edge regions of the web are comprised of a smoke-permeable material, and optionally the pressure-sensitive adhesive layers also have a smoke-permeable structure, such as perforations. The tubular casing can also be shirred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1983
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Klaus Andra, Elfriede Hutschenreuter, Walter Seifried