Overwrapped disks in a package article for automatically and continuously making sausages with flat ends

摘要

Package article useful in producing sausages having flat ends. The package article comprises a shirred casing having at least one unshirred portion and having disposed inside said unshirred portion at least two flattening annular disks with a central hole in each of said annular disks. The disks are overwrapped with a rigid or flexible material. Also disclosed is a method of making the package article comprising disposing inside an unshirred portion of a shirred casing stick at least two overwrapped annular disks.