当前申请(专利权)人：
BOAR'S HEAD PROVISIONS CO., INC.
原始申请(专利权)人：
BOAR'S HEAD PROVISIONS CO., INC.
当前申请(专利权)人地址：
1819 Main Street, Suite 800,Sarasota, FL 34236 US
发明人：
FIZER, MICHAEL | SMITH, JOSHUA, K. | KAPOUN, KEVIN | STEVENS, JEREMIAH | OLSON, JAMES, J.
摘要：
Disclosed herein is a method for allowing forming & sealing films to be embossed/debossed with various shapes such as geometric, organic, or fractal and/or combination and various dimensions and depths. The texture or pattern is transferred to the film from an insert. The pattern on the forming & sealing film is then transferred onto the surface of the various proteins including but not limited to chicken, turkey, beef, pork, and plant proteins during the form-fill-seal and cook process. The forming and/or sealing inserts can form various thermoforming films with functional and/or decorative embossing and/or debossing without the use of knitted, elastic, extruded, tightly weaved, plastic netting, and/or compression forming molds and/or release agents for netting removal. Since the forming inserts are constructed using additive manufacturing processes, almost any design can be embossed/debossed onto the forming & sealing film.
权利要求：
CLAIMS
1. A method for forming and utilizing a paterned sealing film comprising: placing a forming & sealing film on an upper forming insert, wherein the upper forming insert comprises a central cavity with a three- dimensional embossing patern; forming an upper film from the forming & sealing film using the upper forming insert; forming a lower film; combining the upper film and the lower film to form a film pocket; inserting protein into the film pocket; vacuuming and sealing the protein in the film pocket; cooking the protein in the film pocket, wherein the three-dimensional embossing patern is transferred to the protein during cooking; and removing the film pocket after the protein is cooked.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the upper film and the lower film are formed from high pressure rapid air forming.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the three-dimensional embossing patern is transferred to the upper film during forming.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the three-dimensional embossing patern comprises a plurality of raised areas and a plurality of depressed areas.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the three-dimensional embossing patern is a net patern.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the three-dimensional embossing patern comprises a company logo or graphic.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the upper forming insert is aluminum.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein the upper forming insert comprises: a plurality of ventilation structures surrounding the cavity.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein the upper forming insert further comprises: an anchor section for anchoring the upper forming insert to a forming box during forming of the upper film.
10. The method of claim 9, wherein forming of the upper film does not require liquid cooling of the forming box.
11. A method for forming a patterned sealing film comprising: placing a forming & sealing film on a forming insert, wherein the forming insert comprises: a central cavity with a three-dimensional embossing pattern; a plurality of ventilation structures surrounding the central cavity; and an anchor section for anchoring the forming insert to a forming box during forming of the patterned sealing film; and forming the patterned sealing film from the forming & sealing film using the forming insert, wherein the three-dimensional embossing pattern is transferred to the forming film.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein the patterned sealing film is formed using high pressure rapid air forming.
13. The method of claim 11, wherein the forming insert is not liquid cooled.