Claims
- 1. A process for the preparation of leather from skins and hides, which process includes the steps of deliming and bating for the preparation of unhaired skins and hides ready for tanning as well as the subsequent steps of tanning and dressing said unhaired skins and hides, wherein at least one float used in said process comprises from 0.01 to 0.2 percent, by weight of said float, of a lubricating material not binding to said skins and hides and selected from the group consisting of water soluble acrylate and methacrylate polymers, said float being used in an amount which is at most 100 percent of the weight of the skins and hides being treated therein.
- 2. A process as in claim 1 wherein said float is used in an amount from 40 to 80 percent by weight of the skins and hides being treated therein.
- 3. A process as in claim 1 wherein said float is used in an amount from 30 to 50 percent by weight of the skins and hides being treated therein.
- 4. A process as in claim 1 wherein said lubricating material has a Brookfield viscosity, measured at 20.degree. C. in a 3% aqueous solution, between 5 and 50000 mPas.
- 5. A process as in claim 1 wherein said lubricating material is a water soluble methacrylate polymer.
- 6. A process as in claim 1 wherein said lubricating material is added to a float used for the preparation of unhaired skins and hides from skins and hides.
- 7. A process as in claim 1 wherein said lubricating material is added to a float used in deliming unhaired hides.
- 8. A process as in claim 1 wherein said lubricating material is added to a float used in bating unhaired hides.
- 9. A process as in claim 1 wherein said lubricating material is added to a float used for tanning unhaired skins and hides.
- 10. A process as in claim 1 wherein said lubricating material is added to a float used in retanning leather.
- 11. A process as in claim 1 wherein said lubricating material is added to a float used for fat-liquoring.
- 12. A process as in claim 1 wherein said lubricating material is used in a float used for dyeing leather.
- 13. A process as in claim 1 wherein said lubricating material is used in a float used for degreasing.
- 14. A process as in claim 1 wherein said lubricating material is added to a float used for the one-step preparation of unhaired skins and hides, ready for tanning from skins and hides, said float being an aqueous alkaline float comprising
- (a) at least one member selected from the group consisting of a fungus protease whose optimum efficacy towards casein is at a pH above 7.0, trypsin, papain, and a bacterial protease whose optimum efficacy is at a pH between 6 and 9,
- (b) a bacterial protease having an optimum efficacy toward hemoglobin at a pH above 9, and
- (c) a short-chain primary or secondary aliphatic amine, whereby concurrent soaking, dehairing, opening of the hide structure, and bating are effected in a single procedural step.
- 15. A process as in claim 1 wherein said lubricating material is a water soluble acrylate polymer.
- 16. A process which includes the steps of deliming and bating as well as the steps of tanning and dressing of unhaired skins and hides for the production of leather wherein the process includes the addition of an effective amount of a water-soluble acrylic polymer to the processing bath.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 354,202 filed Mar. 3, 1982, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,398,911, which in turn is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 169,847 filed July 17, 1980, now abandoned.
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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