Patents Assigned to LEATHERTEQ LIMITED
  • Methods of preserving hides
    Patent number: 10047410
    Abstract: A method for preserving hides, skins and pelts prior to tanning, without salt-curing. The hides are fatliquored, pickled and dried, all prior to tanning. The method may include the preliminary steps of washing, fleshing, liming and unhairing followed by the steps of fatliquoring, deliming, bating, pickling and drying. The method avoids the environmental damage caused by salt-curing. The treated hides are dry, flexible and readily rehydrated for further processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: LEATHERTEQ LIMITED
    Inventor: Peter J. Holicza
  • METHOD OF PRESERVING HIDES AND SKINS
    Publication number: 20110135951
    Abstract: A method for preserving hides, skins and pelts prior to tanning, without salt-curing. The preliminary steps of washing, fleshing, liming, unhairing, deliming and bating the hides are followed by the steps of fatliquoring, pickling and drying. The method avoids the environmental damage cause by salt-curing. The treated hides are dry, flexible and readily rehydrated for further processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: LEATHERTEQ LIMITED
    Inventor: Peter J. Holicza