Patent ID: 7390245

Claim:
A method for the production of a casing with a longer length for foodstuffs, especially for sausages, said casing comprising a plurality of individual casing sections ( 1 , 2 ) made of natural intestines which contain collagen, using a mandrel ( 3 ) onto which a first casing section ( 1 ) is pushed and onto which a subsequent second casing section ( 2 ) is likewise pushed in such a way that end areas ( 1 ′, 2 ′) of the two casing sections ( 1 , 2 ) facing each other overlap on the mandrel ( 3 ), thus forming an overlapping area ( 10 ) of casing sections ( 1 , 2 ), characterized in that heat and pressure are applied simultaneously for some time to the overlapping area ( 10 ) of the two casing sections ( 1 , 2 ) in such a way that the casing sections ( 1 , 2 ) in the overlapping area ( 10 ) are at least partially fused together.