Patents Assigned to UNIVERSITY OF LOUGHBOROUGH
  • EPOXIDE-BASED TANNAGE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20090300848
    Abstract: Leather is prepared by tanning animal skins with a poly(glycidylamine) such as trigycidyl isocyanurate. After retannage with vegetable tannins, it is possible to obtain both a mineral-free and aldehyde-free white leather having Ts >85° C. and suitable for automotive internal trim and a mineral-free and aldehyde-free high thermal stable organic leather having Ts >100° C. and suitable for shoe production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2007
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicants: BLC LEATHER TECHNOLOGY CENTRE LTD, UNIVERSITY OF LOUGHBOROUGH
    Inventors: Stuart Booth, Richard Heath, Ying Di