Machine for the processing of hides and skins
AssigneeUSM Corporation
InventorsGerhard Richter, Peter Poppel
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Abstract
A machine for the continuous processing of hides and skins comprising a first and a second processing unit mounted on a frame. The first unit includes rollers, a hide gripping arrangement, and means for driving same; the second unit being similarly equipped; the second unit being capable of processing that portion of the hide not processed by the first unit. The second unit grips the hide before processing by the first unit is commenced.
Claims10
A machine for processing hides and skins comprising a frame and first and second processing units mounted in the frame, the first processing unit comprising a first processing member mounted for rotation in the frame, first roller means arranged in the frame to grip the hide or skin inserted in the machine, and means for rotating rollers of the first roller means to draw the hide or skin past the first processing member to process a first portion of the hide, and the second processing unit comprising a second processing member mounted for rotation in the frame, second roller means arranged in the frame to grip the hide or skin inserted in the machine not later than commencement of processing of the first portion of the hide by the first processing unit, and means for rotating rollers of the second roller means while the hide is gripped by the second roller means to draw the hide or skin past the second processing member to process the remainder of the hide not processed by the first processing unit, said machine also comprising a conveyor device by which the hides or skins are inserted upwardly, from below the first processing unit, into the first processing unit between rollers of the first roller means and between rollers of the second roller means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.