Method and system for drying out the leather side of a pelt stretched out and fixed in this position on a pelt board

System for drying the leather side of pelts from furred animals which have a leather side and a fur side, comprising:

• pelt board, which is formed of a hollow distension element having a cavity extending lengthwise therethrough, the outside of which adapted to have a pelt drawn, stretched and secured thereover for drying with the leather side facing towards the surface of the hollow distension element,
• wherein the hollow distension element has a front end, an open foot end and an outer surface with an openwork structure having a plurality of openings communicating with said cavity of the distension element,
• wherein the open foot end of the hollow distension element cooperates with a drying aggregate comprising an encapsulation with a cavity connected to an air replacement arrangement,
• wherein said encapsulation comprises at least an upwardly-facing surface with first openings which cooperate with a lower part of the foot end of the hollow distension element for supporting the distension element on the upwardly-facing surface, and further openings which communicate with the cavity of the distension element via the open foot end, so that the air in the cavity of a distension element placed on the upwardly-facing surface is changed by replacement of the air in the cavity by means of the air replacement arrangement, said further openings in the upwardly facing surface and the open foot end of the hollow distension element.

Hollow distension element pelt board for the drying of a pelt placed thereon with a leather side of the pelt stretched and held on an outer surface of the pelt board, wherein the pelt board has a longitudinal axis, a first transverse axis and a second transverse axis, a front end for engagement in a cranium end of the pelt, and a foot end which has at least one opening, wherein the pelt board has at least a first and a second arched surface with an open structure and which define a cavity, and wherein the first and second arched surfaces of the pelt board are configured in a substantially symmetrical manner around at least two of the said axes, and wherein at least one opening in the foot end is connected to said cavity, wherein each of the first and second arched surfaces is formed on a respective one of two similarly-shaped half parts which are joined together by a locking assembly, subtending sides of said half parts defining a first plane which coincides substantially with the first transverse axis, wherein the locking assembly is arranged such that the two half parts are relatively displaceable away from and towards the first plane, between a first outer position in which a slot-shaped opening is formed between the subtending sides of the half parts, and a random position in which said sides contact each other and wherein a forcing means for locking of the half parts in the first outer position is insertable between the half parts.

Drying aggregate for use with hollow distension element pelt boards for the drying of a pelt placed thereon with a leather side of the pelt stretched and held on an outer surface of the pelt board, the pelt board having a longitudinal axis, a first transverse axis and a second transverse axis, a front end for engagement in a cranium end of the pelt, and a foot end which has at least one opening, a first and a second arched surface with an open structure and which define a cavity and are configured in a substantially symmetrical manner around at least two of the said axes, and at least one opening that is connected to said cavity being provided in the foot end, said drying aggregate comprising:

• an encapsulation which defines a cavity, and an air replacement arrangement for changing the air existing in the cavity, said encapsulation comprising at least an upwardly-facing surface with a plurality of first openings and a plurality of substantially U-shaped profile rails extending in parallel under said surface, the profile rails having openings with a geometry and number which correspond to the first openings, said first openings and the openings of the profile rails cooperating, in use, with a projecting element which extends from the foot end of a respective distension element pelt board for the supporting of at least one distension elements pelt board standing upright from the upwardly-facing surface, with the foot end of the pelt board in contact with the upwardly-facing surface, and further openings near the respective first openings at a location which, in use, lies within an area under the foot end of a respective pelt board, so that the further openings are in communication with the cavity in the respective pelt board so that the air in the cavity will be changed by replacement of the air in the cavity by the air replacement arrangement.