Patent ID: 7900488

Claim:
Method for non-destructive stretching and fastening of a pelt ( 2 ) on a pelt board ( 4 ), for which use is made of a stretching machine ( 6 ) of the kind comprising holding means ( 8 ) for engaging the lower end ( 24 ) of a relevant pelt board ( 4 ), and gripping elements ( 12 ) for fastening of the lower end ( 24 ) of a pelt ( 2 ) drawn loosely over said pelt board during the stretching of said pelt ( 2 ) on the pelt board ( 4 ), where the pelt board ( 4 ) is placed in holding means ( 8 ) and where the gripping elements ( 12 ) comprising inner parts ( 10 ) and outer parts ( 20 ) are brought into engagement with the pelt ( 2 ) by the introduction of the inner parts ( 10 ) between the surface ( 14 ) of the pelt board and the leather side ( 16 ) of the pelt, and the outer parts ( 20 ) opposite the inner parts ( 10 ) are displaced towards the fur side ( 22 ) of the pelt for the fastening of the pelt ( 2 ) between the inner parts ( 10 ) and the outer parts ( 20 ), where the stretching takes place by effecting a displacement between the gripping elements ( 12 ) and the holding means ( 8 ) for the lower end of a relevant pelt board ( 4 ), and where an effective fastening of the pelt ( 2 ) in the stretched position on the pelt board is established by the drawing of a fixing bag ( 26 ) over the outside of the fur side ( 22 ) of the pelt, which at least over a part of the lower end ( 18 ) (the tail end) of the pelt is brought into tight contact with the fur side ( 22 ) of the pelt, followed by a releasing of the gripping elements ( 12 ) from the pelt ( 2 ) and a releasing of the holding means ( 8 ) for the pelt board ( 4 ), characterised in that the gripping elements ( 12 ) engage with and fasten the pelt ( 2 ) substantially along the whole periphery of the pelt.