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US 2024/0102117 A1Published application
Process for tanning animal hide
AssigneeUniversity of Lancaster
InventorsTobias Junginger, Robert Apsimon, Rebecca Seviour
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Abstract
There is provided a process for tanning animal hide comprising treating an animal hide with at least one tanning agent and exposing the treated hide to a dose of ionising radiation of from 1 to 500 kJ/kg wherein the ionising radiation is in the form of a charged particle beam.
Claims22
A process for tanning animal hide comprising:
- treating an animal hide with at least one tanning agent to form a treated hide;
- and
- exposing the treated hide to a dose of ionising radiation of from 1 to 500 kJ/kg wherein the dose of ionising radiation comprises charged particles.
A process for re-tanning tanned animal hide comprising:
- treating a tanned animal hide with at least one re-tanning agent;
- exposing the treated hide to a dose of ionising radiation of from 1 to 500 kJ/kg wherein the ionising radiation comprises charged particles.
A process for tanning and/or retanning animal hide comprising:
- treating an animal hide with at least one tanning agent;
- contacting the treated hide with dye;
- and
- exposing the treated hide to a dose of ionising radiation of from 1 to 500 kJ/kg wherein the ionising radiation comprises charged particles.
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A system for tanning animal hide including a container for housing a formulation including at least one tanning agent and an ionising radiation source.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.