Patent ID: 7244171

Claim:
A device for producing sausages having at least two coextrusion heads ( 1 ) for co-extruding strands of sausage meat which are encased with a casing material, the device comprising: at least one of a joint supply means ( 2 ) for the sausage meat and a joint supply means ( 3 ) for the casing material, each respective joint supply means being connected via individual supply elements ( 4 , 5 ) to the coextrusion heads ( 1 ), and at least one of the joint supply means ( 3 ) provided for the casing material and the associated individual supply elements ( 4 ) comprises a means ( 6 ) for regulating at least one of the volume and the pressure of the casing material flow, wherein the means ( 6 ) for regulating at least one of the volume and the pressure are arranged in the joint supply means ( 3 ) for the casing material such that the division of the casing material flow into the individual supply elements ( 4 ) is carried out by the means ( 6 ) for regulating at least one of the volume and the pressure.