摘要 |
An apparatus for processing the skin side of a tubular pelt (3) is disclosed comprising an elongated tapering mandrel (1) for supporting the pelt (3) with its skin side turned outwards, the mandrel (1) having a thinner, free end (2) from which the tubular pelt (3) is drawn over the mandrel (1) and a thicker end (4), a scraping device (5) comprising two front leg scraping rollers (17, 18) each having a plurality of scraping edges (19, 19') and being arranged to engage a skin side of a pelt (3) on opposing sides of the mandrel (1), wherein the plurality of scraping edges (19, 19') extend substantially helically along the longitudinal direction of the front leg scraping rollers (17, 18), and wherein the two front leg scraping rollers (17, 18) are arranged to impose force components transversal to the mandrel (1) acting in the same direction on the skin side of a pelt (3) during their engagement with the skin side of a pelt (3).
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