NON-METAL TANNING PROCESS

• Main Authors: REINEKING, Claus, QUAGLIERINI, Maurizio, GISLER, Markus, NUSSER, Rainer, GAMARINO, Roberta, TRIMARCO, Licia
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 16.08.2017
• Subjects: APPARATUS THEREFOR; CHEMICAL TREATMENT OF HIDES, SKINS OR LEATHER, e.g. TANNING,IMPREGNATING, FINISHING; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS FOR TANNING; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; HIDES; LEATHER; METALLURGY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PELTS; SKINS

Tanned leather, skin or pelt is produced by non-metal tanning, comprising the step of tanning a bated hide, skin or pelt with a tanning agent (A), the tanning agent (A) being at least one compound of a formula (I), wherein X signifies fluorine or chlorine, and/or (+NR3)0-1, wherein R is a substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C6 alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C6 to C10 aryl or a C5 to C6 heteroaryl group, R1 signifies hydrogen, C1-8-alkyl or an alkyleneoxy radical of a formula (Ia), -(-C2-3 alkylene-O-)q-H (Ia), R2 signifies hydrogen, hydroxyl, C1-4-alkyl or C1-4-alkoxy, m, signifies 1 or 2, n signifies 0 to 2, q is of from 1 to 10, M signifies hydrogen or an alkali metal cation or an ammonium cation, the ammonium cation being a protonated tertiary amine or a quaternary ammonium cation, in a tanning bath, the tanning bath having a pH of from 6 to 10 at the beginning of tanning step, wherein the bated hide or skin or pelt is subjected to tanning with (A) without previous pickling.