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US 12,247,260 · App. 18/246,750 · Granted Mar 11, 2025

Sustainable scrap leather reusing and process thereof

Inventor: Omer Suat Mamat (Chennai, IN)
Assignee: K H EXPORTS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED
C14B7/04
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Patent No.
US 12,247,260
App. No.
18/246,750
Granted
Mar 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to scrap leather re use which is fully based on sustainable and the process of enhancing leather wastage and scrap into beautiful leather product. More particularly, the present invention relates to converting leather scrap into leather sheet with the help of glue. Further, the present invention effectively saves wastage of leather and save environment from the pollution.

Claims (16)

1. A process of converting a waste leather scrap into a leather sheet using biodegradable water-based glue, comprising:

collecting of leather scraps;

cutting the collected leather scraps into small pieces;

mixing a glue with the small pieces of leather scrap;

spreading a metal frame,

forming a leather scrap cake by compressing the spread leather scrap using a hydraulic compressor;

drying the leather scrap cake for a period of 1 to 2 hours in a heat chamber at a temperature of 45-60 degrees Celsius;

compressing the dried leather scrap cake in the hydraulic compressor at a temperature of 40 degrees Celsius;

drying the leather scrap cake for a period of 4 to 5 hours at room temperature;

splitting the leather scrap cake into a predetermined thickness;

applying a reinforcement backing to the split leather scrap cake to form a leather sheet; and

drying the leather sheet for a period of 2 to 3 hours,

wherein the glue is a bio-degradable water-based chemical glue.

2. The process of converting a waste leather scrap as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the leather scrap cake is in a range of 6 mm to 8 mm.

3. The process of converting a waste leather scrap as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the final leather sheet is in a range of 1.2 mm to 1.4 mm.

4. The process of converting a waste leather scrap as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the metal frame size is one square foot (30×30 cm).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 18, 2024
From: MAMAT, OMER SUAT
To: K H EXPORTS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED
Reel/Frame 066167/0351 →
Priority Claims (1)
IN 202241011402 · Mar 3, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240301522A1 · Sep 12, 2024
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