Pelting board
OwnerHarold B. Craggs, Leo Weisdorferinventors
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Abstract
A novel pelting board removes the need for pins or other tack-like fasteners and allows for better drying of the pelts along edges of the board. The board's frame of non-absorbent plastic has channels along its edges, a dam to direct air to the channels, and a lattice of girders between the edges for improved airflow. Clips hook onto the lattice girders to hold the underside and tail. This pelting board allows faster drying with reduced sticking of the pelt to the board.
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A pelting board for drying pelts in a fur out pelting process, capable of tautly holding a pelt about the board, and comprising a generally flat, elongated, generally parabolic, relatively narrow frame, wherein the frame has:
- (a) a curved parabolic end;
- (b) raised edges adapted to hold the pelt substantially out of contact with the frame except around the edges of the frame;
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- (c) at least one open channel on each edge adapted to allow air flow along the edge so that air is capable of directly contacting the pelt to improve pelt drying and to reduce sticking of the pelt along the edge by reducing the area of contact between the pelt and the frame.
A pelting board for drying pelts in a fur out pelting process, capable of tautly holding a pelt about the board, and comprising a generally flat, elongated, generally parabolic, relatively narrow frame, wherein the frame has:
- (a) a curved parabolic end;
- (b) raised edges adapted to hold the pelt substantially out of contact with the frame except around the edges of the frame;
- (c) at least one channel on each edge adapted to allow airflow along the edge so that air is capable of contacting the pelt to improve pelt drying and to reduce sticking of the pelt along the edge by reducing the area of contact between the pelt and the frame;
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- (d) a lattice of girders between the edges to allow airflow over substantially the entire inner surface of the pelt, wherein the lattice further has a plurality of raised ridges to reduce the surface contact between the pelt and the frame.
A pelting board for drying pelts in a fur out pelting process, capable of tautly holding a pelt about the board, and comprising a generally flat, elongated, generally parabolic, relatively narrow frame, wherein the frame has:
- (a) a curved parabolic end;
- (b) raised edges adapted to hold the pelt substantially out of contact with the frame except around the edges of the frame;
- (c) at least one channel on each edge adapted to allow airflow along the edge so that air is capable of contacting the pelt to improve pelt drying and to reduce sticking of the pelt along the edge by reducing the area of contact between the pelt and the frame;
- (d) a lattice of girders between the edges to allow airflow over substantially the entire inner surface of the pelt;
- (e) a clip capable of being hooked onto the lattice girders of the frame to hold the underside of the pelt;
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- (f) a clip capable of being hooked onto the lattice girders of the frame to hold the tail of the pelt.
A pelting board for drying pelts in a fur out pelting process, capable of tautly holding a pelt about the board, and comprising a generally flat, elongated, generally parabolic, relatively narrow frame, wherein the frame has:
- (a) a curved parabolic end;
- (b) raised edges adapted to hold the pelt substantially out of contact with the frame except around the edges of the frame;
- (c) at least one channel on each edge adapted to allow airflow along the edge so that air is capable of contacting the pelt to improve pelt drying and to reduce sticking of the pelt along the edge by reducing the area of contact between the pelt and the frame;
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- (d) a dam to direct air for drying to the channels, wherein the dam is V-shaped with the V-point facing the parabolic end of the frame.
A pelting board for drying pelts in a fur out pelting process, capable of tautly holding a pelt about the board, and comprising:
- (a) a generally flat, elongated, relatively narrow, substantially nonabsorbent, generally parabolic frame, having
- (1) channels along edges of the frame,
- (2) a dam to direct inlet air for drying to channels along edges of the frame, and
- (3) a lattice of girders between the edges of the frame to allow airflow over substantially the entire inner surface of the pelt;
- (b) a clip capable of being hooked onto the lattice girders of the frame to hold the underside of the pelt without clamping the pelt while accommodating shrinkage;
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- (c) a clip capable of being hooked onto the lattice girders of the frame to hold the tail of the pelt without clamping the tail while accommodating shrinkage, wherein the channels are adapted to allow air flow along the edges in contact with the pelt to improve pelt drying and to reduce sticking of the pelt to the frame.
A pelting board for drying pelts in a fur out pelting process, capable of tautly holding a pelt about the board, and comprising a generally flat, elongated, generally parabolic, relatively narrow frame, wherein the frame has:
- (a) a curved parabolic end;
- (b) raised edges adapted to hold the pelt substantially out of contact with the frame except around the edges of the frame;
- (c) at least one channel on each edge adapted to allow airflow along the edge so that air is capable of contacting the pelt to improve pelt drying and to reduce sticking of the pelt along the edge by reducing the area of contact between the pelt and the frame;
- (d) a lattice of girders between the edges to allow airflow over substantially the entire inner surface of the pelt;
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- (e) a plurality of slits in the raised edges to allow airflow between the channels and the lattice.
A pelting board for drying pelts in a fur out pelting process, capable of tautly holding a pelt about the board, and comprising a generally flat, elongated, generally parabolic, relatively narrow frame, wherein the frame has:
- (a) a curved parabolic end;
- (b) raised edges adapted to hold the pelt substantially out of contact with the frame except around the edges of the frame;
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- (c) at least one channel on each edge adapted to allow airflow along the edge so that air is capable of contacting the pelt to improve pelt drying and to reduce sticking of the pelt along the edge by reducing the area of contact between the pelt and the frame;
- wherein each edge has substantially colinear beams rising above and below the frame near the outside of the frame to define three-point contact of the pelt with the frame at the edge and to define similar air channels above and below the frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.