Patent ID: 9631247
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: C14B

Claim:
1. An apparatus for processing the skin side of a tubular pelt, the apparatus comprising an elongated tapering mandrel for supporting the pelt with its skin side turned outwards, the mandrel having a thinner, free end from which the tubular pelt is drawn over the mandrel and a thicker end, a scraping device comprising a first set of primary scraping rollers arranged on opposing sides of the mandrel and a second set of primary scraping rollers arranged on other opposing sides of the mandrel and being substantially perpendicularly oriented with respect to the first set of primary scraping rollers, the scraping device further comprising a primary rotation member for rotating said primary scraping rollers during processing of a pelt so as to engage a skin side of the pelt, an actuator for conducting a relative movement between the scraping device and the mandrel in a longitudinal direction of the mandrel, and a displacement member for displacing at least one primary scraping roller together with its primary rotation member in a direction of an axis of rotation of said scraping roller, wherein the displacement member is arranged for displacement of the at least one primary scraping roller together with its primary rotation member in a substantially rectilinear movement.