Tubular elasticated net with inextensible weft

摘要

A tubular elasticated net used for cooking layered or rolled meat products such as cooked ham has independent elastic (12) and inextensible (13) weft threads. The inextensible threads (13) limit the diametral expansion of the tube to the desired shape of the finished product, while the elastic thread (12) squeezes the meat during cooking.

主权项

1. A tubular net for encapsulating a meat product, the net comprising spaced apart warp threads and spaced apart pairings of elastic and non-elastic weft threads connected to the warp threads characterised in that the elastic and the non-elastic weft threads are parallel with one another when the elastic weft threads are in a fully stretched condition and have no connection to one another between the warp threads, the arrangement being such that when the elastic weft threads are in a relaxed condition, the non-elastic weft threads are in a slack, unstraightened condition, and such that straightening and tensioning of the non-elastic weft threads as the elastic weft threads are stretched positively limits the diametral expansion of the net.