US 12,245,601 B2
Coextrusion head, food processing machine and assembly method
Halis Baris, Doerverden (DE); Peter Knodel, Oyten (DE); Olaf Grote, Eystrup (DE); and Malte Regenhardt, Doerverden-Huelsen (DE)
Assigned to VEMAG Maschinenbau GmbH, Verden (DE)
Filed by VEMAG Maschinenbau GmbH, Verden (DE)
Filed on Aug. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/447,761.
Claims priority of application No. 102022120367.0 (DE), filed on Aug. 11, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0049732 A1, Feb. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. A22C 11/00 (2006.01); A22C 11/02 (2006.01); A22C 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC A22C 11/0209 (2013.01) [A22C 11/0227 (2013.01); A22C 2013/0023 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A coextrusion head for a food processing machine for coextruding a food mass and a casing surrounding the food mass, comprising:
at least one feed line section having an inner pipe for conducting in a production direction the food mass to be formed into a strand, wherein an inlet end of the inner pipe is connectable to an outlet of a stuffing machine;
a housing extending in the production direction from the feed line section and surrounding the inner pipe; and
a receiving chamber, formed between the inner pipe and the housing, for a casing material to be applied to the strand, said receiving chamber having a housing inlet for the casing material,
wherein the feed line section and the housing are integrally embodied and the coextrusion head further comprises a die attachment that has a die opening shaped correspondingly to the inner pipe and that is connected to the housing.