Patent ID: 7524240

Claim:
Device for the manufacture of a sausage skein ( 1 ) from a paste mass, in particular sausage meat, comprising a coextrusion head ( 2 ) for coextruding the paste mass and a casing enclosing the mass, the coextrusion head ( 2 ) having a filling tube ( 21 ) for the ejection of the paste mass and an extrusion die ( 22 ) assigned to the filling tube ( 21 ) with an extrusion gap ( 23 ) for ejecting the casing material, the filling tube ( 21 ) being at least in the region of the ejection end ( 21 a ) a cross-sectional shape deviating from the circular shape and the extrusion gap ( 23 ) being a corresponding cross-sectional shape deviating from the circular shape, wherein the extrusion die ( 22 ) is rotationally supported together with the filling tube ( 21 ).