FR2669505A1 - Litter for small domestic animals - Google Patents
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
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- A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
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Abstract
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LITIERE POUR PETITS ANIMAUX DOMESTIQUES
La présente invention concerne des litières pour petits animaux domestiques tels que chats, ainsi qu'un procédé de préparation d'une telle litière.LITTER FOR SMALL DOMESTIC ANIMALS
The present invention relates to litters for small domestic animals such as cats, as well as to a process for preparing such litter.
Les qualités premières requises pour une litière pour chat sont au nombre de trois : elle doit avoir un pouvoir important d'absorption de l'humidité des excréments, notamment de l'urine, être apte à satisfaire l'instinct de l'animal d'enfouir ses excréments, et elle doit empêcher le plus longtemps possible la production de mauvaises odeurs. Les deux premières de ces qualités sont obtenues facilement en prévoyant une base absorbante sous la forme de particules de granulométrie inférieure à une certaine valeur, et de préférence dépoussiérées. Nombreux sont les composants utilisables pour former cette base, seuls ou en mélange, parmi lesquels on peut citer les matières cellulosiques, les minéraux de la famille des argiles tels que bentonite, attapulgite, sépiolite, etc., ainsi que certaines algues fossilisées, notamment le maërl. The primary qualities required for a cat litter are three in number: it must have a significant capacity for absorbing moisture from excrement, especially urine, be able to satisfy the animal's instinct. bury its excrement, and it must prevent the production of bad odors for as long as possible. The first two of these qualities are easily obtained by providing an absorbent base in the form of particles of particle size less than a certain value, and preferably dust-free. There are many components which can be used to form this base, alone or as a mixture, among which mention may be made of cellulosic materials, minerals of the clay family such as bentonite, attapulgite, sepiolite, etc., as well as certain fossilized algae, in particular the maërl.
Contre les mauvaises odeurs, on utilise des agents antiseptiques, déodorants, et surtout fortement odoriférants pour produire un effet de masque, que l'on disperse dans la base absorbante. I1 s'agit, par exemple, d'essence de lavande ou d'eucalyptus. Against bad smells, antiseptic agents, deodorants, and above all strong odors are used to produce a mask effect, which is dispersed in the absorbent base. These are, for example, lavender or eucalyptus essence.
Malheureusement, ces remèdes n'ont qu'un effet très éphémère car les odeurs fortement ammoniaquées dues à la décomposition microbiologique naturelle des urines deviennent très rapidement prédominantes. En pratique, elles obligent à un changement quasi quotidien de la litière, alors que la base absorbante est encore très sèche et peu chargée d'excréments solides.Unfortunately, these remedies have only a very ephemeral effect because the strongly ammoniacal odors due to the natural microbiological decomposition of urine become very quickly predominant. In practice, they require an almost daily change of the litter, while the absorbent base is still very dry and little loaded with solid excrement.
L'invention a pour objet une nouvelle litière dont la durée d'utilisation par rapport aux litières existantes est sensiblement prolongée, du fait que dans sa base absorbante sont dispersées des bactéries inhibitrices des bactéries naturellement présentes dans la décomposition microbiologique des excréments, sélectionnées du fait que leur action sur les excréments n'est pas génératrice de composés ammoniaqués volatils, afin de diminuer l'émanation de mauvaises odeurs. The subject of the invention is a new litter, the duration of use of which compared with existing litter is considerably extended, because in its absorbent base are dispersed bacteria inhibiting bacteria naturally present in the microbiological decomposition of excrement, selected because of that their action on excrement does not generate volatile ammonia compounds, in order to reduce the emanation of bad odors.
Un autre objet de l'invention est un procédé simple de fabrication d'une telle litière, dans lequel lesdites bactéries sélectionnées sont dispersées dans la base absorbante au moyen d'un véhicule liquide. Another object of the invention is a simple method of manufacturing such a litter, in which said selected bacteria are dispersed in the absorbent base by means of a liquid vehicle.
L'invention sera mieux comprise à l'aide des explications qui vont suivre et du dessin annexé qui représente schématiquement les moyens de mise en oeuvre du procédé de fabrication énoncé ci-dessus. The invention will be better understood with the aid of the explanations which follow and of the appended drawing which schematically represents the means of implementing the manufacturing process set out above.
Une litière selon l'invention comprend une base absorbante classique sous forme de particules de granulométrie appropriée. I1 s'agit, par exemple, d'un matériau minéral tel que sépiolite ou attapulgite, etc., qui a été dépoussierré après concassage, et qui est utilisé seul ou mélangé à un autre matériau absorbant. A litter according to the invention comprises a conventional absorbent base in the form of particles of suitable particle size. It is, for example, a mineral material such as sepiolite or attapulgite, etc., which has been dusted off after crushing, and which is used alone or mixed with another absorbent material.
Dans une forme de réalisation de l'invention, ce matériau absorbant supplémentaire est du maërl, soit la forme fossilisée d'une algue marine appelée lithothamnium que l'on trouve en abondance sur la côte bretonne. Bien que son pouvoir absorbant soit moins élevé que celui de la sépiolite ou de l'attapulgite, il peut constituer une part importante du mélange, en améliorant d'autre part l'aspect extérieur de celui-ci.In one embodiment of the invention, this additional absorbent material is maërl, that is to say the fossilized form of a seaweed called lithothamnium which is found in abundance on the Brittany coast. Although its absorbency is lower than that of sepiolite or attapulgite, it can constitute a significant part of the mixture, on the other hand improving the external appearance thereof.
Une composition très satisfaisante comprend environ 30 % en poids de maërl et le reste de sépiolite. Le dessin illustre un moyen simple d'obtenir cette composition, en introduisant en continu la sépiolite et le maërl dans un mélangeur statique 1, par l'intermédiaire de deux convoyeurs à vis sans fin 2 et 3 dont les débits sont réglés en fonction des proportions désirées.A very satisfactory composition comprises approximately 30% by weight of maërl and the rest of sepiolite. The drawing illustrates a simple means of obtaining this composition, by continuously introducing sepiolite and maërl into a static mixer 1, by means of two worm conveyors 2 and 3, the flow rates of which are adjusted according to the proportions. desired.
Selon l'invention, dans la base absorbante de la litière, sont dispersées des bactéries destinées à avoir un effet inhibiteur vis-à-vis des bactéries assurant naturellement la décomposition microbiologique des excréments. On sait que cette décomposition naturelle, notamment en ce qui concerne l'urine, est fortement génératrice de composés ammoniaqués volatils qui sont pour la plus grande part responsables des mauvaises odeurs. Par conséquent, en dispersant dans la base absorbante des bactéries sélectionnées pour avoir un effet inhibiteur vis-à-vis des bactéries normalement présentes dans les excréments, et du fait que leur action sur les excréments n'est pas génératrice de composés ammoniaqués volatils, on diminue d'autant l'émanation de mauvaises odeurs lors de l'utilisation de la litière. Dans les bactéries sélectionnées, on peut utiliser des bactéries protéolytiques.Des essais comparatifs ont révélé que la durée d'utilisation sans mauvaises odeurs de la litière était sensiblement augmentée, soit portée à environ 60 heures en utilisant un mélange de bactéries protéolytiques et de bactéries cellulolytiques, contre 24 heures pour une base absorbante seule, et 48 heures au grand maximum pour une litière parfumée à l'eucalyptus. According to the invention, in the absorbent base of the litter, bacteria are dispersed which are intended to have an inhibiting effect vis-à-vis bacteria naturally ensuring the microbiological decomposition of excrement. We know that this natural decomposition, especially with regard to urine, is strongly generating volatile ammonia compounds which are for the most part responsible for bad odors. Consequently, by dispersing in the absorbent base bacteria selected to have an inhibitory effect vis-à-vis the bacteria normally present in the excrement, and the fact that their action on the excrement does not generate volatile ammoniacal compounds, reduces as much the emanation of bad odors when using the litter. Proteolytic bacteria can be used in the selected bacteria. Comparative tests have shown that the duration of use without bad odor of the litter was significantly increased, which is brought to approximately 60 hours using a mixture of proteolytic bacteria and cellulolytic bacteria. , against 24 hours for an absorbent base alone, and 48 hours at most for a litter scented with eucalyptus.
La quantité de bactéries sélectionnées à prévoir dans la base absorbante est très minime, de l'ordre de 0,01 à 0,02 % en poids. Elles peuvent être dispersées dans la base absorbante au moyen d'un mélangeur rotatif. The quantity of selected bacteria to be provided in the absorbent base is very minimal, of the order of 0.01 to 0.02% by weight. They can be dispersed in the absorbent base by means of a rotary mixer.
Toutefois, pour obtenir une dispersion plus homogène, dans le procédé de fabrication selon l'invention, on effectue une dispersion préalable des bactéries dans un véhicule liquide puis par l'intermédiaire d'une ou plusieurs rampes 4, on forme une pluie régulière au-dessus d'un convoyeur 5 transportant la base absorbante jusqu'à une ensacheuse 6. Sur le dessin, le
convoyeur 5 reçoit la base absorbante sortant du mélangeur statique 1.However, to obtain a more homogeneous dispersion, in the manufacturing process according to the invention, a preliminary dispersion of the bacteria is carried out in a liquid vehicle and then by means of one or more ramps 4, a regular rain is formed over the above a conveyor 5 transporting the absorbent base to a bagging machine 6. In the drawing, the
conveyor 5 receives the absorbent base leaving the static mixer 1.
Dans une forme de réalisation préférée de l'invention, le véhicule liquide pour les bactéries sélectionnées est un agent à fort pouvoir odoriférant, soit par exemple une essence de lavande ou d'eucalyptus. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the liquid vehicle for the selected bacteria is an agent with a strong odoriferous power, for example an essence of lavender or of eucalyptus.
Cette essence, en parfumant la litière, accomplit un masquage des mauvaises odeurs qui influe également sur la durée d'utilisation sans odeurs désagréables, laquelle est alors d'environ quatre jours, soit le double, environ, de celle des meilleures litières actuelles. This essence, by perfuming the litter, accomplishes a masking of bad odors which also influences the duration of use without unpleasant odors, which is then about four days, or twice, approximately, that of the best current litter.
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| EP0808564A1 (en) * | 1996-05-22 | 1997-11-26 | Giovanni Pedemonte | Horse-bedding |
| FR2832027A1 (en) | 2001-11-15 | 2003-05-16 | Emmanuel Peloux | Litter for domestic animals and especially cats consisting of granulates of dehydrated beet pulp waste from sugar production |
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| FR2518897A1 (en) * | 1981-12-30 | 1983-07-01 | Menard Paul | Absorbent prod. useful as animal litter - comprises granules of calcareous sand, sea shells, ligneous prod. and binder |
| EP0341125A1 (en) * | 1988-05-02 | 1989-11-08 | René Chelle | Litter for cats and small animals made of grained material with low density, cavernous and not absorbent, eliminating the water content of urine by natural evaporation and hindering the development of bad smell by adding bactericides |
| NL8900115A (en) * | 1989-01-18 | 1990-08-16 | Jan De Kaste | Detoxification of manure in livestock units - by covering floor with mixt. of sawdust and bacteria |
| EP0408102A1 (en) * | 1989-07-14 | 1991-01-16 | Lambertus Adrianus Antonius Verbakel | A stable and material to be used therein as a floor-forming means |
| FR2658077A1 (en) * | 1990-02-09 | 1991-08-16 | Cohas Pascal | Product for the chemico-biological treatment of animal excrements |
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| FR2518897A1 (en) * | 1981-12-30 | 1983-07-01 | Menard Paul | Absorbent prod. useful as animal litter - comprises granules of calcareous sand, sea shells, ligneous prod. and binder |
| EP0341125A1 (en) * | 1988-05-02 | 1989-11-08 | René Chelle | Litter for cats and small animals made of grained material with low density, cavernous and not absorbent, eliminating the water content of urine by natural evaporation and hindering the development of bad smell by adding bactericides |
| NL8900115A (en) * | 1989-01-18 | 1990-08-16 | Jan De Kaste | Detoxification of manure in livestock units - by covering floor with mixt. of sawdust and bacteria |
| EP0408102A1 (en) * | 1989-07-14 | 1991-01-16 | Lambertus Adrianus Antonius Verbakel | A stable and material to be used therein as a floor-forming means |
| FR2658077A1 (en) * | 1990-02-09 | 1991-08-16 | Cohas Pascal | Product for the chemico-biological treatment of animal excrements |
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| EP0808564A1 (en) * | 1996-05-22 | 1997-11-26 | Giovanni Pedemonte | Horse-bedding |
| FR2832027A1 (en) | 2001-11-15 | 2003-05-16 | Emmanuel Peloux | Litter for domestic animals and especially cats consisting of granulates of dehydrated beet pulp waste from sugar production |
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