Methods of preserving hides
AssigneeLeatherteq Limited
InventorPeter J. Holicza
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Abstract
A method for preserving hides, skins and pelts prior to tanning, without salt-curing. The hides are fatliquored, pickled and dried, all prior to tanning. The method may include the preliminary steps of washing, fleshing, liming and unhairing followed by the steps of fatliquoring, deliming, bating, pickling and drying. The method avoids the environmental damage caused by salt-curing. The treated hides are dry, flexible and readily rehydrated for further processing.
Claims22
A preserved, fatliquored, pickled, dried, untanned, non-salt cured hide made according to a method comprising the steps of fatliquoring in an aqueous medium, bating, pickling and lastly drying the hide to a moisture content in the range of 5 to 25 weight %, wherein the step of fatliquoring is carried out prior to the step of bating.
A preserved, fatliquored, pickled, dried, untanned, non-salt cured hide made according to a method comprising the steps of fatliquoring in an aqueous medium, bating, pickling and lastly drying the hide to a moisture content in the range of 5 to 25 weight %, wherein a first step of pickling is carried out after the step of bating, the step of fatliquoring is of carried out after the first step of pickling, a second step of pickling is carried out after the step of fatliquoring, and the step of drying is carried out after the second step of pickling.
A preserved, fatliquored in aqueous medium, pickled, dried to a moisture content in the range of 5 to 25 weight %, untanned, non-salt cured hide.
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