US1064048A - Leather product and process of manufacturing the same. - Google Patents

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. c. BRANDT. LEATHER PRODUCT AND PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME.

APPLICATION TILED JAN. 12, 1911. 1,064,048. Patented June 10, 1913.

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which a soft orfiamentedleather is desirable.

7 N TED STATES PATENT oFFIc CARL BRANDT, OIF NORWOOD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO BRANDT LEATHER COMPANY, OF NORWOOD, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

' I i LEATHER AND PR =OC ESS 0F IYILAJSTZTIEAC'IPIIIRING THE SAME,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL BRANDT, a ,citizen of the United States, residing at Norwood, county of Norfolk, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Leather-Products and Processes of Manuvety effect and to provide a novel process by which this leather product may be produced.

Leather which is made in accordance with this invent-ion is soft and pliable and has a velvety surface which is extremely ornamental and is adapted for use in making soft bags, such as ladies frequently use, for use as table covers, and in fact for a great'wariety of, articles, for the manufacture of In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated more orless diagrammaticallyone manner of carrying out my invention.

Figure 1 illustrates the wet wheeling process; Fig. 2 is'aperspective view showing the skin folded or puckered and being treated to the dye; Fig. 3 is a view showing theskin after having-beentreated in accordance with the invention.

In manufacturing my improved product, I

first tan the skin in the usual way andthen subject the flesh side thereof to the usual preliminary steps that are taken in (the ordinary manufacture of suede or velvet leather, that is, such steps as shaving the flesh side and then wet-wheeling it, that is subjecting it to the action of an emery wheel 1 while it is wet. After carrying out these preliminary steps in the manufacture of the leather and while the skin is still wet, I lay it on a tablewith the flesh side up and then pucker the leather or gather it into folds, this preferably being done by hand. Thereafter I subject the puckered or foldedflesh side of the skin to the action of a suitable dye, and this may conveniently be done by pouring on the flesh side while it is puckered or folded aquantity of dye. The exposed ortions of the skin will, of course, be subjected to the full action of the dye, wh le the ortions of theskin that-are situated within the folds or puckers will be more or less subjected to the action of the dye, de-

Spccifieationcf Letters 1 am. Application filed January 1 2, 1911 Serial No.- 602,341.

not limited to leather of this character. piece of leather embodying my invention is pending on the character of the fold. If

the fold is a deepone and the sides happen to bepressed closely together, the dye Will not penetrate to any extent into the fold and the portions of the surface of the leather Patented June 10, I913.

within the fold will remain practically in its natural condition. Other portions of the surface? of the skin where the two sides of the fold are not pressed closely, together will be affected somewhat by the dye'and. will be partially covered, although the color Will not be so deep in such portions as at the por tions that are entirely exposed. After-the skin has been thus subjected to the action of the'dye, it is unfolded and straightened-and then is stretched out flat and dried in the usual manner. After being subjected to this leather, such as chamois, although its use is A one in which the" flesh side, thereof presents the mottled or variegated appearance and is also treated so as to give it thevelvety effect.

In Fig. 1 I have-shown a skin at 1 supported on a table 2- and being operated upon by an emery wheel 3, this illustrating the wet-wheeling process. After theskinllas been thus treated it is placed on the table with the flesh side up and thenit is puckered or gathered into folds, as shown in Fig. 2. 4:

designates dye material that is being poured onto the puckered or folded skin from a re ceptacle 5, this illustrating the dyeing proc-v ess. After the dyeing process is completed the skin is unfolded and straightened out as shown in Fig. 3, and then is dried in usual manner, it then having the mottled appearance shown in said Fig. 3.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is The process of treating tanned leather which consists'i'n wet wheeling the flesh side of the skin after it has been tanned, folding or puckering said skin While Wet, in such a Way that portions only of the flshside there of will be exposed, and then subjecting the exposed portions of the flesh side to the action of a dye While the skin is in its folded puckered condition, unfolding and drying the skin 'andsubsequently sueding the flesh side thereof thereby to produce a sueded case in the PetentOflice.

in' Letters Patent No. 1

[SEAL] 1 Correction Signed and seeded this 22nd dsy'ot' July, A.'D.,

leather having a mottled or variegated ap- 10 pearance. t In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses- CARL BRANDT.

Witnesses: i I

LOUIS 0. SMITH, THOMAS J. DRUMMoNn.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No; 1,664,048, granted Ju'ne 1 0 1913, upon the application of Carl Brandt, of Nor'woo d, Massachusettscfor an in proverrient in Leather Products and Processes of iiienufacturing the samefen error appears in the printed specification requiring correction as follows Page 2, line'3, for irv-ord fish read flesh; and thet the said Letters Petent should be read with thiscorrection therein that the same may conform to the record of-the c o.' BILLINGS,

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of the skin after it has been tanned, folding or puckering said skin While Wet, in such a Way that portions only of the flshside there of will be exposed, and then subjecting the exposed portions of the flesh side to the action of a dye While the skin is in its folded puckered condition, unfolding and drying the skin 'andsubsequently sueding the flesh side thereof thereby to produce a sueded case in the PetentOflice.

in' Letters Patent No. 1

[SEAL] 1 Correction Signed and seeded this 22nd dsy'ot' July, A.'D.,

leather having a mottled or variegated ap- 10 pearance. t In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses- CARL BRANDT.

Witnesses: i I

LOUIS 0. SMITH, THOMAS J. DRUMMoNn.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No; 1,664,048, granted Ju'ne 1 0 1913, upon the application of Carl Brandt, of Nor'woo d, Massachusettscfor an in proverrient in Leather Products and Processes of iiienufacturing the samefen error appears in the printed specification requiring correction as follows Page 2, line'3, for irv-ord fish read flesh; and thet the said Letters Petent should be read with thiscorrection therein that the same may conform to the record of-the c o.' BILLINGS,

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