| 摘要 |
<p>Tubular shirred sticks of food casing are all equal diameter arranged in a stack with the longitudinal axes of the sticks parallel to form sides of the stack and the stick ends coplanar to form ends of the stack. The sticks are arranged in rows piled one on another with the number of rows and sticks in each row being arranged to provide the stack with a preselected shape in transverse cross-section. A retainer is disposed in tension transversely around said stack and pressing radially inward against the periphery of the stack for bundling the sticks together and securing the shape of the stack. The retainer has an inner surface disposed against the stack periphery and an outer surface. The retainer has a first end and an opposite second end which extend parallel to the longitudinal axes of the sticks and which overlap along one side of the stack. The first end defines an underlayer against the stack and the second end defines an overlayer superimposed on said underlayer. A connector releasably units the underlayer to the overlayer, said being in direct contact with then inner surface of the overlayer and with said underlayer for holding the retainer.</p> |
