Efficient strand package
CA 2106800 C · Owner: Devro-Teepak, Inc. · Inventors: Hendriks, Ivo G.
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A package comprising, shirred, essentially cylindrically shaped, food casing strands, each of which has a strand diameter D. The strands are oriented in the package in such a way that longitudinal axes of the strands are parallel external surfaces, of the strands contact external surfaces of adjacent strands and ends of the strands terminate in approximately the same plane which plane is perpendicular to the longitudinal axes of the strands. The strands are further oriented so that lines passing perpendicularly through the central axes of strands located proximate the external surface of the package intersect to form a hexagon in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axes. Sides of the …
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- Filed September 23, 1993 and granted January 28, 1997. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 23, 2013.
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