MECHANICAL TREATMENT OR PROCESSING OF SKINS, HIDES OR LEATHER IN GENERAL; PELT-SHEARING MACHINES; INTESTINE-SPLITTING MACHINES (making leather substitutes B29, D06N; making articles from leather B68F; mechanical cleaning of hides or the like D06G; artificial leather D06N)

Introduced: September 1968

Description

C14B covers mechanical operations applied to raw or partially processed skins, hides, and leather materials to prepare them for further treatment or final use. This includes machinery and methods for physical manipulation such as cleaning, splitting, stretching, shaving, and surface preparation of animal pelts and hides. The subclass also encompasses specialized equipment like pelt-shearing machines for removing hair or wool, and intestine-splitting machines used in processing animal byproducts. Chemical treatment, tanning processes, and finishing operations are excluded and fall under related subclasses in the C14 group.

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: MECHANICAL TREATMENT OR PROCESSING OF SKINS, HIDES, OR LEATHER IN GENERAL; PELT-SHEARING MACHINES; INTESTINE-SPLITTING MACHINES

CPC: MECHANICAL TREATMENT OR PROCESSING OF SKINS, HIDES OR LEATHER IN GENERAL; PELT-SHEARING MACHINES; INTESTINE-SPLITTING MACHINES (making leather substitutes B29, D06N; making articles from leather B68F; mechanical cleaning of hides or the like D06G; artificial leather D06N)

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

MECHANICAL TREATMENT OR PROCESSING OF SKINS, HIDES, OR LEATHER IN GENERAL; PELT-SHEARING MACHINES; INTESTINE-SPLITTING MACHINES

CPC:

MECHANICAL TREATMENT OR PROCESSING OF SKINS, HIDES OR LEATHER IN GENERAL; PELT-SHEARING MACHINES; INTESTINE-SPLITTING MACHINES (making leather substitutes B29, D06N; making articles from leather B68F; mechanical cleaning of hides or the like D06G; artificial leather D06N)

Additional Content IPC

Glossary

Composite leather composite leathers Leather, permanently fitted together by assembling pieces. Fur furs The body hair of non-human mammals, also known as the pelage. Hide hides Body covering or skin of an animal. Leather leathers Animal hide or skin, which has been tanned. Tanning is a chemical treatment that makes hides and skins durable by preventing decomposition. Pasting process pasting processes An industrial process for stretching and drying wet skins which have been glued (pasted) on a plane surface. Pelt pelts The skin of an animal with hair, fur or wool still attached. Special leather Special leathers Leathers fitted together in some way by assemblying pieces. Technical leather A leather that withstands tough wear and tear and is used, for instance, in the automotive and aviation industries (e.g. belts).

Limiting references

Composite leathers with one or more layers of plastics material Chemical aspects of pasting processes Mechanical or pressure cleaning of hides

Application references

Scalding, scraping, dehairing or singeing of animals after slaughtering Cleaning or cutting intestines during processing of meat Machines for cutting-out or stamping-out leather for shoe parts, e.g. soles Equipment or tools for saddlery

Of 13 combined children, 12 exist in both systems.

1 codes are CPC-only extensions.

Note: 1 CPC extensions are marked as secondary classification only.

6 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

Child Classifications

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C14B 1/00 Manufacture of leather; Machines or devices therefor IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
C14B 11/00 Finishing the edges of leather pieces, e.g. by folding, by burning (milling C14B3/00) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
C14B 13/00 Shredding hides or leather (shredding in general B02C) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
C14B 15/00 Mechanical treatment of furs +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
C14B 17/00 Details of apparatus or machines for manufacturing or treating skins, hides, leather, or furs +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
C14B 19/00 Hand tools specially adapted for the treatment of hides, skins, or leather in the manufacture of leather and furs (equipment and tools for saddlery B68C) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
C14B 21/00 Splitting intestines; Cutting intestines longitudinally (cleaning or cutting intestines during processing of meat A22C17/00) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
C14B 2700/00 Mechanical treatment or processing of skins, hides or leather in general; Pelt-shearing machines; Making driving belts; Machines for splitting intestines 2nd only +16 CPC CPC only CPC only
C14B 3/00 Milling leather IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
C14B 5/00 Clicking, perforating, or cutting leather (for shoe parts, e.g. soles, A43D; apparatus not specially adapted for leather B26D) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
C14B 7/00 Special leathers and their manufacture IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
C14B 9/00 Making driving belts or other leather belts or strips IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
C14B 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass since 2006 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class C14,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

SHAANXI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 236
SICHUAN UNIVERSITY 186
XINGYE LEATHER TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 118
NANTONG SIRUI ENGINEERING COMPANY 104
HENAN PROSPER SKINS & LEATHER ENTERPRISE COMPANY 93
LIAONING FUXIN NEW MATERIAL COMPANY 90
FENGAN LEATHER COMPANY 70
ZHANGZHOU XIANGZHOU LEATHER COMPANY 70
STAHL INTERNATIONAL NL 68
ZHEJIANG FUBANG GROUP COMPANY 61

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class C14,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

SHAANXI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 183
SICHUAN UNIVERSITY 135
XINGYE LEATHER TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 93
AGFA-GEVAERT BE 80
MODERN MEADOW US 78
XEROS GB 72
STAHL INTERNATIONAL NL 69
TFL LEDERTECHNIK DE 60
MINKPAPIR DK 53
EIKON TECHNOLOGIES HOLDING LU 51