Leather belts or aprons for textile machines
OwnerWallace Ronald Brooksbank, David Toftinventors
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Abstract
The invention relates to the production of leather belts and aprons for textile machines in which the natural smooth and relatively non-fibrous grain surface of the leather is removed to expose the natural inner flesh surface and subjecting the surface to mechanical treatment by setting or rolling to compact the surface and impregnating the surface with a polymeric substance to consolidate the surface layer to produce a belt or apron with a smooth non-tacky surface.
Claims5
A method for the production of a relatively thin leather belt or apron for conveying textile fibres on textile machines from natural leather having an outer smooth non-fibrous side and an inner fibrous side which comprises the steps of removing from said natural leather a layer of substantial depth at the non-fibrous outer smooth side to thereby outwardly expose an intermediate fibrous surface while retaining substantially intact the original fibrous inner side of said natural leather, subjecting said exposed surface to mechanical treatment to compact the fibres at said exposed surface, and impregnating said exposed surface with a polymeric material, whereby to produce a belt or apron having a smooth flexible non-tacky outer textile fiber conveying surface.
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