JP2000333547A - Granular material for excretion-treating and its production - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a granular material for animal excretion-treating reduced in an amount of a pH indicator-containing ink composition included in the excretion-treating material by using pulp waste, rayon paper waste and powdery paper of the wastes as a raw material. SOLUTION: This granular material for excretion treating specifically comprises 90-98 pts.wt. of crushed nonwoven fabric having <=5 mm granular size, 2-10 pts.wt. of a paste and 0.007-0.03 pts.wt. of a pH indicator with 5-15 wt.% water content and is granulated to have >=2 mm particle size. The granular material is not especially disliked by animals as it can be produced without passing a drying process and smells of the pH indicator, binder and solvent included in a pH indicator-containing ink composition are weak by dilution.

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] The present invention relates to a pulverized product of a wet nonwoven fabric, a pulverized dry nonwoven fabric, a pulverized product of wood pulp, a pulverized product of waste paper pulp or a pulverized product of synthetic fiber paper, or a mixture of two or more of these pulverized products. Man and animal excrement disposal materials such as cat litter and other animal excrement disposal materials having a pH inspection function for urine produced as a product, and excrement disposal particulates used in portable toilets And a method for producing the same.
Further, the present invention provides a pulp waste material such as sanitary paper cutting waste generated during the production of sanitary paper such as diapers, tissues, toilet paper, towel paper, and dust paper, and a paper waste material such as paper cutting waste generated in a paper making process. Used for waste of synthetic fiber paper, such as flour, rayon paper cutting waste generated during the production of rayon paper, and animal excrement disposal materials such as cat litter, etc., which have a pH inspection function for urine produced from paper powder, and in portable toilets The present invention relates to human and animal excrement disposal materials, such as excrement disposal granules, and methods for producing them. Also, the present invention
The present invention relates to a human and animal excrement disposal material having a pH detection function and capable of being incinerated in a water-containing state after use, and a method for producing the same.

[0002]

BACKGROUND ART As animal excrement disposal materials such as cat litter,
Mineral sands such as zeolites and bentonite are used. However, cat sand made from such mineral sand is difficult to dispose after use, which is a problem. Therefore, pulp or paper powder that is flammable and easily wets with water is mixed with a highly water-absorbent resin to form particles. The cat litter is collected together with the garbage, crushed together with the garbage, and incinerated.

[0003] However, since such animal excrement disposal materials use minerals such as zeolite and bentonite or superabsorbent resins, the animal excrement disposal materials themselves have a unique pH value. Therefore, even if the pH indicator is impregnated into the animal excrement disposal material, accurate measurement of the pH value of urine or the like cannot be performed. Therefore, a relatively expensive pulp material is used in animal excrement disposal materials having a pH detection function in order to enable accurate measurement of pH. At present, the extruded granules are extruded by a wet extruder and cut into a predetermined length by a chopper. The particulate animal excrement disposal material having a pH measurement function formed as described above is coated or impregnated with an ink containing a pH indicator on a pulp non-woven fabric such as paper in order to have a pH measurement function. The nonwoven fabric made of pulp holding the pH indicator is pulverized,
After granulation, it is dried to produce a granulated material for animal excrement disposal materials having a pH measurement function.

[0004]

However, the animal excrement disposal material manufactured in this manner is impregnated with an ink containing a pH indicator, but the ink containing the pH indicator is impregnated with the pH indicator. PH to enhance color development
Indicators, binders and solvents are contained at relatively high concentrations, and if left unchecked, the smell of the binder or solvent in the remaining ink would result in the animal excrement disposal material being disliked, which is usually the case. It has to be used as a mixture with a granular animal excrement disposal material.

[0005] In addition, a large amount of pulp material is required in order to produce a granular animal excrement disposal material using only pulp material without using a superabsorbent resin. Difficult and relatively expensive, their use is problematic. The present invention relates to the problem of the smell of the pH indicator, the binder and the solvent derived from the pH indicator-containing ink composition, and the problem of the raw material pulp in the granular animal excrement disposal material holding the conventional pH indicator-containing ink composition. It is intended to solve.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a pulp waste material,
Granulated animal excrement in which rayon paper waste and waste paper powder are used as a raw material for a granular animal excrement disposal material, and the amount of the pH indicator-containing ink composition contained in the animal excrement disposal material is reduced. The purpose is to provide processing materials. The present inventors, the amount of the pH indicator-containing ink composition,
It has been discovered that pH measurement is possible even with a pH indicator diluted with 1/12 of the amount used for conventional animal excrement disposal materials having a pH measurement function, that is, 12 times the amount of water. Thus, the present invention has been achieved. Further, the present inventor has proposed that such a granular excrement disposal material is placed or laid in a toilet such as a portable toilet and excreted thereon, and the particulate excrement disposal material to which the excrement is attached is attached. Of the present invention was found to be able to be treated by flowing it into sewage by washing with water or the like, leading to the present invention.

That is, the present invention relates to 90 to 98 parts by weight of
Pulverized nonwoven fabric having a particle size of 5 mm or less, containing 2 to 10 parts by weight of a sizing agent and 0.007 to 0.03 parts by weight of a pH indicator, and having a particle size of 2 mm or more having a water content of 5 to 15% by weight. The present invention is directed to a granular excrement disposal material characterized in that it is a granule, and the present invention provides 90 to 98 parts by weight of
A crushed non-woven fabric having a particle size of 5 mm or less is mixed with 3 to 6 parts by weight of a sizing agent.
Particulate excrement characterized by mixing a diluent of an ink composition containing an indicator for urine test diluted with 8 to 12 times by weight of water and dry-extruding and granulating to a particle size of 2 mm or more. In the method of manufacturing the treatment material.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION In the present invention, a pulverized nonwoven fabric refers to a pulverized product formed by pulverizing a nonwoven fabric, including a waste material of the nonwoven fabric, and a mixture of two or more of these pulverized products. Therefore, in the present invention, the nonwoven fabric is a crushed dry nonwoven fabric, a crushed wet nonwoven fabric, a paper material, a rayon paper material, a pulp fiber material, and a chemical fiber material (inorganic fiber material, recycled fiber material, semi-synthetic fiber material, and synthetic fiber). material)
Means, further, said dry nonwoven fabric, wet nonwoven fabric, paper material, chemical fiber paper material such as rayon paper, pulp fiber material,
And waste materials of nonwoven fabric such as cut pieces and cutting waste generated when manufacturing chemical fiber materials. Therefore, in the present invention, as the non-woven fabric pulverized material, in measuring the pH of excrement such as human or animal urine, do not change the pH value of excrement such as human or animal urine, pulverized dry non-woven fabric,
Crushed dry nonwoven fabric, crushed wet nonwoven fabric, crushed wet nonwoven fabric, crushed paper material, crushed paper waste material,
Pulverized chemical fiber paper or pulverized chemical fiber paper waste, pulverized fiber material pulverized material, pulverized fiber waste pulverized substance, pulverized chemical fiber material or pulverized chemical fiber waste material, or two or more of the above pulverized substances Can be used.

In the present invention, the pulverized dry nonwoven fabric is used for measuring the pH of human or animal urine.
A non-woven fabric waste material such as a crushed non-woven fabric produced by an adhesive bonding method, a mechanical bonding method, a spinning method, or the like, or a non-woven fabric cut or cut waste generated in the manufacturing process, which does not change the H value. The pulverized material of the wet nonwoven fabric includes a pulverized product of a wet nonwoven fabric, which does not change the pH value of the urine of a human or an animal when measuring the pH of the urine of a human or an animal, or a pulverized product of a nonwoven fabric manufactured by a papermaking method or the like. Includes pulverized waste materials of non-woven fabric such as non-woven fabric scraps or cutting waste generated in the manufacturing process. In the present invention, the dry non-woven fabric to be pulverized non-woven fabric includes: (1) dry non-woven fabric for bags, dry non-woven fabric for interlining such as clothing core, coat core or band core, dry non-woven fabric for carpet, table cloth Dry non-woven fabric, dry non-woven fabric for curtains, dry non-woven fabric for experimental wear or work wear, (2) dry non-woven fabric for sheets, dry non-woven fabric for pillow cover or blanket, (3) filter, packaging material, roofing Dry non-woven fabric for industrial materials such as materials or sound insulation materials, or (4) dry non-woven fabric for sanitary and medical use such as surgical gowns, lab coats, bed sheets, masks, sanitary napkins or bandages, etc. As the dry nonwoven fabric waste material, there is cut waste or cutting waste generated during the production of the dry nonwoven fabric. Examples of the wet nonwoven fabric to be pulverized nonwoven fabric include (1) a napkin such as a baby napkin or a sanitary napkin, a wet nonwoven fabric for a sanitary material such as a diaper, a diaper cover or a towel, (2) a filter, an insulating material,
Wet non-woven fabric for food packaging, wiper, adhesive tape base material, industrial material such as work wear, (3) household wet type such as shoji paper, kyoka paper, apron coat for clothing, curtain, carpet, kitchen paper, etc. There is a nonwoven fabric or the like, and as the wet nonwoven fabric waste material which is made into a nonwoven fabric pulverized material, there is cut or cut waste generated during the production of the wet nonwoven fabric. As these pulverized nonwoven fabrics, one or more pulverized nonwoven fabrics, one or more pulverized nonwoven fabric waste materials, or a mixture of two or more pulverized pulverized materials can be used.

[0010] In the present invention, the crushed material of the nonwoven fabric waste material is used for diapers, sheets, masks, and tissues that do not change the pH value of human or animal urine when measuring the pH of human or animal urine. Pulp material for sanitary paper, such as paper for toilet paper, toilet paper, towel paper, or dust paper, or pulp waste of sanitary paper pulp such as cut or cut waste of sanitary paper generated during the production of these sanitary papers. In addition, crushed paper waste such as paper scraps or cutting waste or paper dust generated in the papermaking process, or chemical fibers such as cut or cut waste of chemical fiber paper such as rayon paper generated during the production of chemical fiber paper such as rayon paper There are waste paper pulverized materials, and in addition to these, laminates such as paperboard or paper tableware coated with plastic film or paraffin wax There are pulverized laminated paper scrap scraps or cut debris pulverized product or the time of lamination paper manufacture of papers. In the present invention, as the crushed material of the nonwoven fabric or its waste material, sanitary paper or crushed material of the waste material, chemical fiber paper or crushed material of the waste material, laminated paper or crushed material of the waste material, or two or more of the crushed material Mixtures of ground products can be used.

In the present invention, the pH measurement of human or animal urine is carried out by detecting the pH value of human or animal urine, for example, by detecting persistent acidic or alkaline urine, for treating lithiasis and other treatments. The purpose is to detect diseases, and the pH of human urine
The value is 4.6 when eating a normal diet when healthy.
From pH 7.5 to pH 7.5, the pH indicator is pH 4.4 to 7.7, or preferably 4.6 to 7.5.
Next, a pH indicator having a pH in a discoloration range or a pH at the time of discoloration is selected. Further, since the pH value of urine of a carnivorous animal such as a dog or a cat is 4.3 to 7 when healthy, the pH indicator is 4.1 to 7.2 or preferably 4.
3 to 7, p having the pH of the discoloration area or the pH at the time of discoloration
The H indicator is chosen. In the present invention, as the pH indicator used in the pH indicator-containing ink composition, the pH in the color changing range or the pH at the time of color changing is from 4.1 to 7.7 in pH value.
The pH indicator having a pH of 4.3 to 7.5 is preferably selected, and a pH indicator having a pH in a discoloration range or a pH at the time of discoloration in a pH range is selected.

[0012] As pH indicators having a pH in the discoloration range within the above pH range, that is, a pH range of 4.1 to 7.7, thymol blue, phenolphthalein, tropeolin OOO, cresol red, and phenol red , Neutral Red, Bromothymol Blue, Bromocresol Purple, Bromophenol Red, p-
Nitrophenol, methyl red, bromocresol green, tetrabromophenol blue, chlorophenol red, methyl orange, ethyl orange, bromophenol blue, brilliant yellow, congo red or bromocresol blue or a combination of two or more of the above pH indicators There are mixed indicators.

For example, as a mixed indicator having a pH of 4.3 when discolored, there is a mixed indicator in which 0.01 part by weight of methyl orange and 0.05 part by weight of bromocresol green are dissolved in ethanol. As a mixed indicator having a pH of 5.1, there is a mixed indicator in which 0.05 parts by weight of methyl red and 0.075 parts by weight of bromocresol green are dissolved in ethanol, and the pH at the time of discoloration is 6.7. As the indicator, bromocresol purple 0.0
5 parts by weight and 0.05 parts by weight of bromothymol blue are dissolved in water. In addition, a universal indicator capable of measuring pH in the entire pH range can be used. In the case of a pH indicator having a pH discoloration range of 4.1 to 5.6, it is preferable to use a buffer or to use a ground paper base material.
In the case of a pH indicator having a pH discoloration range of 6.6 to 7.7, it is preferable to use a buffer or use a pulverized product of acidic pulp and / or paper.

In the present invention, a commercially available pH indicator-containing ink composition can be used as the pH indicator-containing ink composition. Such a pH indicator-containing ink composition is an ink composition containing at least one kind of the pH indicator having a pH in a discoloration range or a pH at the time of discoloration in a pH range of 4.1 to 7.7. In addition, besides the pH indicator, additives used as compounding ingredients do not affect the pH measurement, and use a cellulose or a derivative thereof as a binder to form a resin layer. it can. The pH indicator is preferably present in an amount of 0.5 to 2.0% by weight of the ink composition. As for cellulose and derivatives thereof, serol, methylcellulose, ethylcellulose, hydroxypropylcellulose, hydroxypropylmethylcellulose, carboxymethylcellulose and the like are preferable in terms of wettability and easy visual judgment. In this case, as the solvent, a solvent that can stably dissolve or disperse the pH indicator and the resin as a binder is selected.

In the present invention, other pH indicator-containing ink compositions having a composition other than the above-mentioned pH indicator-containing ink composition can be used. In the case of the ink composition containing a pH indicator other than the above, in addition to the above pH indicator, for example, 4 is added in order to suppress the fading phenomenon.
And a basic substance for improving the color reproducibility and stabilizing the coloration of the ink composition, and further forming the above-mentioned reagents and absorbent on the support. Binders such as resins added to enable it, and promote contact between excrement and pH indicator,
In order to accelerate the discoloration of the pH indicator, a water-absorbing powder to be incorporated in the ink composition, one kind of organic solvent capable of stably dissolving or dispersing the binder and the reagents, or a mixture of two or more kinds of organic solvents A solvent or the like may be added, and a surfactant or the like may be added so as to form a uniform reagent layer.

In the case of a pH indicator-containing ink composition other than the above, as the quaternary ammonium salt, well-known alkyltrimethylammonium salts, alkyldimethylbenzylammonium salts, and sabamine-type ammonium salts can be used. As the basic substance, ammonium hydroxide, alkali metal hydroxide and alkaline earth metal hydroxide can be used. And in the case of this ink composition, the binder does not affect the pH measurement of the excrement, does not hinder the coloring of the pH indicator, and stabilizes the developed color. In addition, there is a water-insoluble polymer compound having a film-forming function without affecting the pH measurement of the excrement and without hindering the color development of the pH indicator. Is preferred.
Examples of such polymer compounds include natural hydrophilic polymer compounds, semi-synthetic hydrophilic polymer compounds, and water-insoluble polymer compounds having a film-forming function.

Further, in the case of this ink composition,
Examples of the natural hydrophilic polymer compound include sweet potato starch, potato starch, konjac flour, dried seaweed, sodium alginate, trolley mallow, tongaro gum, gum arabic, dextran, leban, glue, gelatin, casein, collagen and the like. As the semi-synthetic hydrophilic polymer compound, cellulose derivatives such as methylcellulose, hydroxypropylcellulose, hydroxyethylcellulose and carboxymethylcellulose, and dialdehyde starch derivatives can be used. As the water-insoluble polymer compound, polyvinyl alcohol, polyacrylamide, polyvinylpyrrolidone or a copolymer thereof, sodium polyacrylate, polyethylene oxide and the like can be used. As the water-insoluble polymer compound having the film-forming function, nitrocellulose, cellulose acetate, ethyl cellulose, cellulose resins such as cellulose acetate butyrate can be used,
In addition, polyester resin, alkyd resin, polyurethane resin, epoxy resin, acrylic resin, vinyl chloride resin,
Use of vinyl chloride copolymer resin, polyvinyl butyral, polyvinyl acetate emulsion, vinyl acetate copolymer (vinyl acetate-acrylate ester) emulsion, acrylate copolymer emulsion, epoxy resin emulsion, synthetic rubber latex, etc. it can. Among these polymer compounds having a film forming function, urethane resin and polyvinyl butyral are particularly p
This is preferable since it does not adversely affect the discoloration of the H indicator and the pH measurement.

Further, in this ink composition, the water-absorbing powder is a white one which does not adversely affect the pH measurement and is, for example, kaolin, synthetic silica, glass, cellulose block, microcrystalline cellulose, ion-exchange cellulose, Ion exchange resin, calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate or aluminum silicate or a mixture thereof, and the solvent is an aromatic hydrocarbon,
Aliphatic hydrocarbons, esters, non-aqueous solvents such as alcohols or water or a mixture thereof, the surfactant is
It is a wetting agent, such as a nonionic surfactant, an anionic surfactant, a cationic surfactant, a zwitterionic surfactant or polyethylene glycol.

Generally, in an ink composition containing a pH indicator, the content of the pH indicator is 0.01 to 0.8% by weight based on the solid content of the ink composition. On the other hand, it is about 1% by weight, the content of the paste is about 10% by weight or less, and the remainder is a solvent. In the present invention, the ink composition for pH measurement is diluted 8 to 12 times with water and mixed with the raw material mixture of the excrement disposal material. P mixed with the excrement disposal material
The amount of the H indicator is 0.1 to 100 g of the excrement disposal material.
007 to 0.03 g, preferably 0.01 to 0.015 g per 100 g of the excrement disposal material.

In the present invention, in order to adhere the non-woven fabric pulverized particles to each other, a paste, ie, a paste which has adhesiveness and does not affect the pH of urine is added. As such a paste, starch produced from potato tubers, sweet potato tubers, corn and wheat seeds, tapioca root and the like can be used. As such a sizing agent, a natural hydrophilic polymer compound, a semi-synthetic hydrophilic polymer compound, and a water-soluble polymer compound used as a binder in the ink composition containing the pH indicator can be used. As described above, when a natural hydrophilic polymer compound, a semi-synthetic hydrophilic polymer compound, and / or a water-soluble polymer compound are used as the paste for the excrement treatment material, the excrement is adhered to the granular excrement treatment. The materials adhere to each other,
Since the lumps are formed, it is easy to handle the excrement disposal material after excretion.

In the present invention, 90% of the nonwoven fabric pulverized to a particle size of 5 mm or less, preferably 3 mm or less is used.
~ 98 parts by weight mixed with 2 to 10 parts by weight of glue,
8 to 25 parts by weight of a diluent of the urine test indicator-containing ink composition diluted with 8 to 12 parts by weight of water is mixed with the mixture, and the mixture is mixed with 2 mm or more, preferably about 3 mm or more. Extrusion and granulation are carried out in a dry manner to particles having a diameter of During this granulation process, the mixture generates heat, and the organic solvents, such as ethyl alcohol and propyl acetate, are evaporated off with water and separated, and the granulated material is reduced to 5 to 15% by weight without a special drying step. It can be moisture.
The extruded granules are cut into particles having a length of 10 mm or less by a cutter.

In the present invention, in order to avoid the presence of fine dust after granulation as much as possible, it is preferable to granulate into granules having a particle size of, for example, 2 mm or more, preferably 3 mm or more, but preferably 5 mm or more. When the particles are granulated into particles having a particle size of, for example, it is difficult to disperse into a room from a toilet box, and even if the particles are tentatively dispersed, the particles can be easily collected and collected, which is preferable in maintaining indoor hygiene. However, in these cases, the presence of particles of 2 mm or less or the presence of particles of 3 mm or less is not completely excluded. In the present invention, the granules can be formed into various granules such as spheres, columns, granules, and granules.

In the present invention, 90 to 98 parts by weight of
A mixture comprising a ground nonwoven fabric having a particle size of 3 mm or less, an ink composition containing 2 to 10% by weight of a sizing agent and 8 to 25% by weight of one or more pH indicators diluted with 8 to 12 times water. Are mixed in a mixing device and granulated by a granulation device. As the granulating device used here, a conventionally known granulating device such as an extruding granulating device, a roll-type disk extruding granulator and a disk pelleter can be used. In the present invention, the excrement treating material is, for example, a granular core having a substance exhibiting a bactericidal action such as a preservative such as benzoic acid or sodium benzoate, or a bactericide, and the granular core is coated with a pH indicator. The excrement treating material can be formed with the covering portion having the contained ink composition to prevent generation of fungi and the like and can be stored for a long period of time.

In the present invention, a granular excrement disposal material for humans and animals is 90 to 98 parts by weight of a crushed nonwoven fabric having a particle size of 5 mm or less, 2 to 10 parts by weight of glue and 0.00
Since it is a granule having a particle size of 2 mm or more containing 7 to 0.03 parts by weight of a pH indicator and 5 to 15% by weight of water, correct urine pH measurement can be performed. The resulting stones can be prevented and contribute to the maintenance of human and animal health.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to examples. However, the present invention is not limited by the following description and examples. FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view showing a process of manufacturing a granular animal excrement disposal material according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic plan process diagram showing a process of manufacturing a granular animal excrement disposal material according to another embodiment of the present invention which is different from the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 and 2, the same reference numerals are used for corresponding parts.

In FIG. 1, a granular animal excrement disposal material manufacturing apparatus 1 comprises a pulp waste material supply belt conveyor 2 connected to a crusher 3 and a pulp waste material supply belt. The pulp waste sent from the conveyor 2 is broken up by the crusher 3 to a size of 10 mm or less. In this example, the outlet 4 of the crusher 3 is connected to a belt conveyor 5 for forming a dry pulverized pulp, and the outlet 6 of the belt conveyor 5 is connected to a belt conveyor 7. The belt conveyor 7 is connected to the inlet 9 of the crusher 8,
Pulp waste is crushed by a crusher to a particle size of 4 mm or less. In order to settle and separate the pulp waste material crushed to a particle size of 4 mm or less, the outlet 10 of the crusher 8 is connected via an air transfer pipe 11 to the inlet 13 of a settling chamber 12 for settling and separating the crushed material. are doing. The outlet 14 of the settling chamber 12
The screw feeder 15 is connected to the screw feeder 15, and a sizing supply tank 16 for supplying the sizing agent to the pulverized waste pulp is connected to the screw feeder 15 via a quantitative conveyor 17. A printing ink diluent supply tank 18 for supplying a pH indicator-containing printing ink diluent obtained by diluting the containing ink composition 11 times with water is connected via a diluent supply pipe 19. In this example, the screw feeder 15 is connected to an inlet 21 of a disk pelleter 20 of a roll-type disk extrusion granulator. The outlet 22 of the disk pelletizer 20 is provided with a belt conveyor 23.
The granulated product is connected to the inlet of a diaphragm type granulator 24 via a belt conveyor 23 from the outlet of the granulator 20 via a granulator. It is sent to the entrance 25. In this example, the outlet pipe 26 of the vibrating plate type granulator 24 extends into the vibrating sieve 27,
The sized granules are sent to a vibrating sieving machine 27, where granules having an approximate diameter of 2 mm or less and a length of 10 mm or more are separated by sieving. An outlet 30 of a belt conveyor 29 connected to an outlet 28 of the vibrating sieve 27 is connected to a product tank 31 and to an automatic packaging device 33 via a belt conveyor 32. Therefore, the diameter is approximately 2 to 5 mm and the length is 2 to 1 separated by the vibrating sieve 27.
The granules having a size of 0 mm are collected in a product tank 31, sent to an automatic packaging device 33 via a belt conveyor 32 connected to the product tank, and packed.

The granular animal excrement disposal material manufacturing apparatus 1 'shown in FIG. 2 is different from the granular animal excrement disposal material producing apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 1 in that water is mixed with a pulp waste material mixture. This is a different example in that the pulp waste material mixture mixed with water is granulated, and the granulated material is sprayed with a dilution of the pH indicator-containing ink composition with water. That is, in this example, the belt conveyor 2 for supplying pulp waste material is a crusher 3
The pulp waste sent from the pulp waste supply belt conveyor 2 is 10 m in the crusher 3.
m. In this example, the outlet 4 of the crusher 3 is connected to a belt conveyor 5 for forming a dry pulverized pulp, and the outlet 6 of the belt conveyor 5 is connected to a belt conveyor 7. The belt conveyor 7 is connected to the inlet 9 of the crusher 8, and the pulp waste is crushed to a particle size of 4 mm or less by the crusher. In order to settle and separate the pulp waste material crushed to a particle size of 4 mm or less, the outlet 10 of the crusher 8 is connected via an air transfer pipe 11 to the inlet 13 of a settling chamber 12 for settling and separating the crushed material. are doing. The outlet 14 of the settling chamber 12 is connected to the screw feeder 1
5, a screw feeder 15 is provided with a sizing supply tank 16 for supplying the sizing agent to the pulverized waste pulp.
Are connected via a fixed amount conveyor 17, and a water tank 34 for supplying water is connected via a water supply pipe 35 to the downstream side. In this example, the screw feeder 15 is connected to an inlet 21 of a disk pelletizer 20 having an extrusion hole diameter of 5 mm of a roll-type disk extrusion granulator. The outlet 22 of the disk pelletizer 20 is provided with a belt conveyor 23.
Connected to the inlet of the diaphragm type granulator 24 via
The granulated product is fed from the outlet of the granulator 20 by the belt conveyor 23 to the inlet 2 of the diaphragm type granulator 24.
Sent to 5. In the present example, a diaphragm type particle sizing device 24
A diluent supply pipe 19 of a printing ink diluent supply tank 18 for supplying a pH indicator-containing printing ink diluent obtained by diluting a pH indicator-containing printing ink 11 times with water is provided to extend. A pH indicator-containing ink composition diluent can be sprayed on the surface of the granules. The outlet pipe 26 of the vibrating plate type granulating device 24 extends into the vibrating sieve 27,
The granulated material, which has been sized and the diluted liquid is sprayed, is subjected to a vibrating sieve 2
The granulated material having a diameter of 2 mm or less and a length of 10 mm or more is separated by sieving. The outlet 30 of the belt conveyor 29 connected to the outlet 28 of the vibrating sieve 27
Are connected to a product tank 31 and to an automatic packaging device 33 via a belt conveyor 32. Therefore, the granulated material having a diameter of about 2 to 5 mm and a length of 2 to 10 mm separated by the vibrating sieving machine 27 is collected in the product tank 31 and automatically collected through the belt conveyor 32 connected to the product tank. It is sent to the packaging device 33 and packaged.

The pH indicator-containing ink composition used in the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is as follows: (1) The first pH indicator-containing ink composition is 1 to 3% by weight of a pH indicator, a cellulose-based ink. It contains 1 to 5% by weight of resin, 20 to 30% by weight of propyl acetate and 60 to 70% by weight of alcohol solvent. (2) The second pH indicator-containing ink composition is 1 to 3% by weight, 1 to 3% by weight of a cellulose resin, industrial ethyl alcohol, 80 to 90% by weight,
Contains 10 to 20% by weight of methyl alcohol.
(3) The third pH indicator-containing ink composition comprises 1 to 3% by weight of a pH indicator, 1 to 3% by weight of a cellulose resin,
It contains 80 to 90% by weight of industrial ethyl alcohol and 10 to 20% by weight of methyl alcohol.

Example 1 In the apparatus shown in FIG. 1, 97 parts by weight of a pulp waste material is supplied to a belt conveyor 2 for supplying pulp waste material of nonwoven fabric waste to a manufacturing apparatus 1 for a granular animal excrement disposal material. Is supplied to the crusher 3 and disintegrated by the crusher 3 to 10 mm
It is sized to the following particle size. In this example, the pulp waste material sized to a particle size of 10 mm or less is sent from the outlet 4 of the crusher 3 to the crusher 8 via the belt conveyors 5 and 7 to form a dry crushed pulp of the pulp waste material. It is pulverized to a particle size of 5 mm or less. The pulverized pulp waste material is sent from an inlet 13 through an outlet 10 of a crusher 8 to a sedimentation chamber 12 through an air transfer pipe 11 to settle and separate the pulp waste material. Separated. The pulverized waste pulp separated in the sedimentation chamber 12 is sent out to the screw feeder 15 and supplied to the corn starch supply tank 1 for the sizing agent.
From 6 through quantifying conveyor 17, 3 parts by weight of corn starch as a sizing agent is mixed to form a mixture of ground pulp waste and corn starch. Then, an 11-fold dilution of the ink composition containing bromothymol blue as a pH indicator with water was added to the mixture of the pulp waste material and corn starch at a ratio of 12% by weight to the mixture, and a supply tank for the ink composition dilution liquid was added. From 18, the ink composition is supplied through a diluent supply pipe 19 for water. The mixture of the crushed pulp waste material and the corn starch mixed with the diluent of the water of the ink composition is introduced into the disk pelletizer 20 from the inlet 21 of the disk pelleter 20 by the screw feeder 15 and formed into a particle size of 5 mm or less. Granulated. The granulated product granulated by the granulator 20 has a diameter of 5 mm or less and a length of 10 mm.
The following granulated material, and the inlet 2 of the diaphragm type granulator 24 from the outlet of the granulator 20 via the belt conveyor 23
5, where the granulated material is sized by the vibration of the diaphragm. The granulated material sized by the sieving device is passed through the outlet pipe 26 of the diaphragm type sieving device 24, and the vibrating sieving machine 2 is used.
7, and the sized granules are passed through a vibrating sieve 29,
Granules having a particle size of 5 mm or less are separated by sieving. The crushed pulp waste material having a diameter of 2 mm or more and a diameter of 5 mm or less and a length of 2 mm or more and a length of 10 mm or less and a granulated mixture of constarch are sent to a belt conveyor 29 from an outlet 28 of a vibrating sieve 27. Is done. The mixed granules sent out to the belt conveyor 29 are supplied to the outlet 3
From 0, the product is introduced into the granulated product tank 31 to collect granulated products having a diameter of 2 to 5 mm and a length of 2 to 10 mm. The granulated product collected in the granulated product tank 31 is sent to an automatic packaging device 35 via a belt conveyor 34 to be connected and is packaged. This product is 144mm inside diameter,
A glass container having a height of 147 mm was filled so as to leave a 30 cm portion from the upper portion, and used as a test sample. Using a syringe, 20 cc of pseudo urine was injected from the upper opening into the center of the upper end of the sample. No simulated urine reached the bottom, and the water absorption rate was good. The result of the pH test using the test piece of bromothymol blue and the result of the pH test using the animal excrement disposal material having a pH measurement function of this example are the same, and the pH measurement result using the animal excrement disposal material of this example is used. Was reliable.

Example 2 In this example, as in Example 1, the apparatus shown in FIG. 1 was used. In this example, 87 parts by weight of nonwoven fabric waste pulp waste and 10 parts by weight of laminated paper waste pulp waste were used. 87 parts by weight of the pulp waste material of the nonwoven fabric waste and 10 parts by weight of the pulp waste material of the laminated paper waste material were both supplied to the crusher 3 and crushed to a particle size of 10 mm or less. An open flat cutter type pulverizer (product number BO5B-3584-50E) manufactured by Horai Co., Ltd.
With a 4 mm pore size screen. To the crushed mixture of waste pulp, 3 parts by weight of a starch, that is, a sizing agent, alpha starch manufactured by Oji Constarch Co., Ltd. was mixed. To the mixture obtained by mixing the alpha starch, an 11-fold dilution of the ink composition containing 12% by weight of bromocresol purple with water was mixed with the mixture, and the mixture was mixed with F-Powder manufactured by Fuji Paudal Co., Ltd. It was extruded and granulated with a 60 type disk pelletizer. This granulated product had a diameter of 5 mm or less and a length of 10 mm or less, and those having a particle size of 2 mm or less were removed by a Dalton Co., Ltd. type 1502 vibrating screen. The product was yellowish and had a moisture content of 7% by weight. This product is
4mm, height 147mm glassware, 30c from the top
The sample was filled so that m minutes remained. Using a syringe, 20 cc of pseudo urine was injected from the upper opening into the center of the upper end of the sample. No simulated urine reached the bottom, and the water absorption rate was good. The result of the pH test using the bromocresol purple test piece and the result of the pH test using the animal excrement disposal material having a pH measurement function of this example are the same, and the pH measurement result using the animal excrement treatment material of this example is used. Was reliable.

Example 3 In FIG. 2, an apparatus 1 for producing a granular animal excrement disposal material is shown.
First, a belt conveyor 2 for supplying pulp waste material is provided so as to be connected to the crusher 3, and the pulp waste material sent from the belt conveyor 2 for supplying pulp waste material has a size of 10 mm or less in the crusher 3. Will be understood. In this example, the outlet 4 of the crusher 3 is connected to a belt conveyor 5 for forming a dry pulverized pulp, and the outlet 6 of the belt conveyor 5
Are connected to a belt conveyor 7. The belt conveyor 7 is connected to the inlet 9 of the crusher 8, and the pulp waste is crushed to a particle size of 4 mm or less by the crusher. This 4m
The outlet 10 of the crusher 8 is connected via an air transfer pipe 11 to an inlet 13 of a sedimentation chamber 12 for sedimenting and separating the crushed material in order to settle and separate the pulp waste material crushed to a particle size of m or less. ing. The outlet 14 of the settling chamber 12 is connected to a screw feeder 15, and a sizing supply tank 16 for supplying the sizing agent to the crushed pulp waste is connected to the screw feeder 15 via a fixed amount conveyor 17. Further, a water tank 34 for supplying water for granulation is connected to the downstream side through a water supply pipe 34. In this example, the screw feeder 15 is connected to an inlet 21 of a disk pelleter 20 of a roll-type disk extrusion granulator. The outlet 22 of the disk pelletizer 20 is connected to the inlet of a diaphragm type granulator 24 via a belt conveyor 23. A diluent is supplied from a printing ink diluent tank 18 for supplying a pH indicator-containing printing ink diluent obtained by diluting the pH indicator-containing printing ink 11 times with water to the diaphragm type particle sizing device 24. A tube 19 extends with a spray nozzle at the tip. In the present example, a diluent of the pH indicator-containing ink composition is sprayed onto the sized granules of the diaphragm type sizing device 24 from the spray nozzle at the distal end of the diluent supply pipe 19. The granulated material, which has been sized and sprayed with the pH indicator-containing ink composition, is sent from the outlet of the granulator 20 to the inlet 25 of the diaphragm type sizing device 24 by the belt conveyor 23. In this example, the outlet pipe 26 of the vibrating plate type granulator 24 extends into the vibrating sieve 27,
The sized granules are sent to a vibrating sieving machine 27, where granules having a particle size of 2 mm or less are separated by sieving.
An outlet 30 of a belt conveyor 29 connected to an outlet 28 of the vibrating sieve 27 is connected to a product tank 31 and to an automatic packaging device 33 via a belt conveyor 32. Therefore, the granulated material having a diameter of about 2 to 5 mm and a length of 2 to 10 mm separated by the vibrating sieving machine 27 is collected in the product tank 31 and automatically collected through the belt conveyor 32 connected to the product tank. It is sent to the packaging device 33 and packaged.

Example 4 In the apparatus shown in FIG. 2, in a manufacturing apparatus 1 for a granular animal excrement disposal material, first, 97 parts by weight of sanitary paper cutting waste as non-woven fabric waste pulp waste were supplied to a pulp waste material supply belt. It was supplied to the crusher 3 from the conveyor 2. The sanitary paper cuttings are crushed by the crusher 3 and sized to a particle size of 10 mm or less. The pulp waste material sized to a particle size of 10 mm or less passes through belt conveyors 5 and 7 through an outlet 4 of a crusher 3 to form a crushed product of sanitary paper cuttings.
And crushed to a particle size of 4 mm or less, that is, 4 mm or less. The crushed material of the crushed sanitary paper cutting waste is crushed by a crusher 8.
Is sent from an inlet 13 through an air transfer pipe 11 to a sedimentation chamber 12 for sedimentation and separation of pulverized waste pulverized material, and separated in the sedimentation chamber 12. The pulverized sanitary paper cuttings separated in the sedimentation chamber 12 are sent to a screw feeder 15, and 3 parts by weight of corn starch of glue is supplied from a corn starch supply tank 16 of glue via a quantitative conveyor 17. To form a mixture of ground paper cuttings and corn starch. Next, the mixture of the crushed sanitary paper cuttings and the corn starch was added to the mixture from the water tank 34 via the water supply pipe 35 at a ratio of 8% by weight to the mixture.
Water is supplied. The mixture of the crushed sanitary paper cuttings and corn starch supplied with water is supplied to the screw feeder 15.
As a result, the liquid is introduced into the disk pelleter 20 from the inlet 21 of the disk pelleter 20 and granulated. The granulated product formed by the disk pelleter 20 is sent from the outlet 22 of the disk pelleter 20 to the inlet 25 of a diaphragm type granulator 24 via a belt conveyor 23, where the granulated product is formed. Has a ratio of 12% by weight to the granulated material,
An 11-fold dilution of the ink composition containing bromothymol blue, which is a pH indicator, with water was performed in an ink composition water diluent tank 1
8 is sprayed through a water diluent supply pipe 19 for the ink composition. The granulated material sprayed with the water dilution of the ink composition,
The particles are sized by the vibration of the diaphragm. The granulated material that has been sized by a sizing device and sprayed with the ink composition water diluent is
It is sent to the vibrating sieve 27 by the outlet pipe 26 of the vibrating plate type granulating device 24, and the granulated material which has been granulated and sprayed is
The vibrating sieve 29 separates the granulated product having a particle size of 2 mm or less and the granulated product having a particle size of 10 mm or more by sieving. 10mm or less sieved, particle size 2-5m
m of the crushed sanitary paper chips and constarch are fed from the outlet 28 of the vibrating sieve 27 to the belt conveyor 2.
9 is sent. The mixed granulated product sent to the belt conveyor 29 is supplied to a granulated product tank 31 through an outlet 30 thereof.
And a product of granules having a particle size of 2 to 5 mm is collected. The granulated product collected in the granulated product tank 31 is sent to an automatic packaging device 35 via a connected belt conveyor 34 and is packaged. This product is 144m inside diameter
A glass container having a height of 147 mm and a height of 147 mm was filled so as to leave a 30 cm portion from the upper portion to obtain a test sample. Using a syringe, 20 cc of pseudo urine was injected from the upper opening into the center of the upper end of the sample. No simulated urine reached the bottom, and the water absorption rate was good. The result of the pH test using the bromocresol purple test piece and the result of the pH test using the animal excrement disposal material having the pH measurement function of this example are the same,
The results of the pH measurement using the animal excrement disposal material of this example were reliable.

In the above embodiment, the ink composition having bromocresol purple as a pH indicator was used
Although used as an H-indicator-containing ink composition, an ink composition containing another pH indicator can be used instead of bromocresol purple as a pH indicator. Further, in the above example, the pH indicator-containing ink composition diluted with water was used to dilute the pH indicator-containing ink composition 11-fold with water. The diluted solution of the pH indicator-containing ink composition diluted with the above can be used.

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According to the present invention, 90 to 98 parts by weight of a non-woven pulverized nonwoven fabric having a particle size of 5 mm or less, 2 to 10 parts by weight of a paste and 8 to 25 parts by weight of 8 The mixture containing the pH-indicator-containing ink composition in an amount diluted with water to about 12 times is mixed in a mixing device and manufactured by granulating into particles having a particle size of 2 mm or more by a granulating device. As a device, conventionally well-known,
A granulator such as an extrusion granulator, a roll-type disk extrusion granulator, and a disk pelleter can be used. In the present invention, when a substance having a bactericidal action is mixed in the granular core portion and / or the coating portion, the animal excrement disposal material should be stored for a long period of time without generating mold and the like. Can

According to the present invention, 90 to 98 parts by weight of a pulverized nonwoven fabric having a particle size of 5 mm or less, 2 to 10 parts by weight of a paste and 0.007 to 0 parts by weight 0.03 parts by weight of a pH indicator and a water content of 5
Since the granules having a particle size of 2 mm or more, that is, 15% by weight or more, can reliably measure the pH of urine, it can prevent stones generated in the urinary tract of animals and contribute to the maintenance of human and animal health. be able to.

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FIG. 1 is a schematic plan process diagram showing a process of manufacturing a granular animal excrement disposal material according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic plan process diagram showing a process of manufacturing a granular animal excrement disposal material according to another embodiment of the present invention which is different from the embodiment shown in FIG.

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 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1, 1 'Apparatus for producing granular animal excrement disposal materials 2 Belt conveyor for supplying pulp waste material 3 Crusher 4 Outlet of crusher 5 Belt conveyor for forming dry pulverized pulp 6 Outlet of belt conveyor 5 8 Crusher 9 Inlet of crusher 10 Outlet of crusher 11 Air transfer pipe 12 Sedimentation chamber 13 Inlet of sedimentation chamber 12 14 Exit of sedimentation chamber 12 Screw feeder 16 Glue supply tank 17 Quantitative conveyor 18 Ink composition diluent Supply tank 19 Ink composition diluent supply pipe 20 Disc pelleter 21 Inlet of disc pelleter 20 Outlet of disc pelleter 23, 29, 32 Belt conveyor 24 Vibrating plate type granulating device 25 Vibrating plate type granulating device Inlet part of apparatus 24 26 Outlet pipe of diaphragm type particle sizing apparatus 24 27 Vibrating screen machine 28 Vibrating screen machine 30 Belt con Beer 29 outlet 31 Product tank 33 Automatic packaging device 34 Water tank 35 Water supply pipe

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. 90 to 98 parts by weight of a crushed nonwoven fabric having a particle size of 5 mm or less, 2 to 10 parts by weight of a sizing agent and 0.0
A granular excrement disposal material comprising a pH indicator in an amount of 07 to 0.03 parts by weight and a granulated material having a water content of 5 to 15% by weight and a particle size of 2 mm or more. 2. The ink composition containing a pH indicator comprises one or more pH indicators having a pH in a color change range or a pH at the time of color change in a pH range of 4.1 to 7.7, one or more binders, The granular excrement disposal material according to claim 1, wherein the material comprises at least one organic solvent. 3. The pH indicator is thymol blue, phenolphthalein, tropeolin OOO, cresol red, phenol red, neutral red, bromothymol blue, bromocresol purple, bromophenol red, p-nitrophenol, methyl red,
Bromocresol green, tetrabromophenol blue, chlorophenol red, methyl orange, ethyl orange, bromophenol blue, brilliant yellow, congo red or bromocresol blue or a mixed indicator of a combination of two or more of the above pH indicators. The granular excrement disposal material according to claim 2, characterized in that: 4. A pulverized nonwoven fabric is a pulverized wet nonwoven,
Crushed wet nonwoven fabric, crushed dry nonwoven fabric, crushed dry nonwoven fabric, crushed pulp material, crushed pulp waste, crushed paper material, crushed paper waste material, crushed synthetic fiber, The granular excrement disposal material according to claim 1, wherein the material is a pulverized chemical fiber waste, a pulverized chemical fiber paper, a pulverized chemical fiber paper, or a mixture of two or more of the pulverized substances. . 5. The granular excrement treating material according to claim 1, wherein the sizing agent is a natural hydrophilic polymer compound, a semi-synthetic hydrophilic polymer compound and / or a water-soluble polymer compound. . 6. A mixture of 90 to 98 parts by weight of a crushed nonwoven fabric having a particle size of 5 mm or less and 2 to 10 parts by weight of a sizing agent,
To this mixture, add 8 to 25 parts by weight of 8
A method for producing a granular excrement treating material, comprising mixing a diluent of an ink composition containing an indicator for urine test diluted with water up to 12 times the amount of water, and extruding and granulating the mixture in a dry system to a particle size of 2 mm or more. . 7. The pH indicator-containing ink composition comprises at least one pH indicator having a pH in a color change range or a pH at the time of color change in a pH range of 4.1 to 7.7, one or more binders, and The method for producing a granular excrement disposal material according to claim 6, wherein the method comprises an organic solvent. 8. The pH indicator in the pH indicator-containing ink composition may be thymol blue, phenolphthalein, tropeolin OOO, cresol red, phenol red, neutral red, bromothymol blue, bromocresol purple, bromophenol red, or p-phenol.
Nitrophenol, methyl red, bromocresol green, tetrabromophenol blue, chlorophenol red, methyl orange, ethyl orange, bromophenol blue, brilliant yellow, congo red or bromocresol blue or a combination of two or more of the above pH indicators The method for producing a granular excrement disposal material according to claim 6, which is a mixed indicator. 9. The crushed nonwoven fabric is a crushed wet nonwoven fabric,
Crushed wet nonwoven fabric, crushed dry nonwoven fabric, crushed dry nonwoven fabric, crushed pulp material, crushed pulp waste, crushed paper material, crushed paper waste material, crushed synthetic fiber, The granular excrement disposal material according to claim 6, which is a pulverized chemical waste material, a pulverized chemical fiber paper, a pulverized chemical fiber paper, or a mixture of two or more of the pulverized materials. Manufacturing method. 10. The granular excrement disposal material according to claim 6, wherein the sizing agent is a natural hydrophilic polymer compound, a semi-synthetic hydrophilic polymer compound and / or a water-soluble polymer compound. Manufacturing method.