JP2005224246A - Granular material for treating animal excrement and method for producing the same - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a granular material for treating excrements of animals, having good absorption of urine excreted by the animals and good water-retaining property, wrapping up the excrements to make cakes and to be easily taken out and burnable, and capable of selecting an appropriate color according to the place where the material is used. <P>SOLUTION: The granular material for treating the excrements of animals is a dried granular material having ≥1 mm particle diameters, which material comprises a granulated substance part comprising wood meal containing hinokithiol as a wood component and a compound material having adhesive function and in a less amount than the wood meal and a highly water-absorptive resin in a less amount than the wood meal, and a coating material part comprising paper powder or the wood meal and a highly water-absorptive resin, wherein the material wraps up the excrements to make cakes and to be easily taken out and burnable, and at least a part of the surface of the material is appropriately colored with a coloring material to have another color than the original color of coffee extract liquid-extracted residue. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a granular excrement disposal material for animals such as cats and dogs, and other pet animals, and a method for producing the same, and in particular, an animal for effectively using wood flour from a sawmill, In particular, the present invention relates to a granular excrement disposal material for animals such as cats and dogs and other pet animals, and a method for producing the same.

Sand, bentonite, zeolite, pulp for papermaking, pulp sludge, and the like are used in the form of small blocks for excrement disposal materials for animals such as livestock and pets, especially for indoor excrement disposal materials.
This kind of pet animal excrement disposal material is desired to be clean and hygienic because it is used indoors, for example, and is easy to be disposed of after use because of its cleanliness and hygiene. Is desired. However, in the case of inorganic substances such as sand, zeolite, bentonite, etc., they are crushed and become dusty during use. Cannot be drained into sewage. Therefore, although the deodorizing effect is low and the price is high, the water-absorbing ability is excellent, and since it is a flammable material, a paper-making pulp and a small-sized molded product of paper powder are used.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 4-99424 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-191729

Wood flour is generated in the lumbering process from lumber mills, etc., and the amount of the wood flour is enormous. Most of it is thrown away as industrial waste. It has become.
The present invention pays attention to the fact that wood flour, particularly wood flour containing hinokitiol as a component, has a water retention function, and has problems with conventional animal excrement disposal materials and industrial waste of wood flour. The purpose is to solve.

The present invention provides an animal excrement treatment material that has good absorption and water retention of urine excreted by an animal, can be agglomerated in contact with excrement, can be incinerated, and can effectively use industrial waste wood flour. The purpose is that.
That is, the present invention contains a wood flour containing hinokitiol in an amount of 50% by weight or more as a component of wood, and a polyvinyl alcohol or carboxymethyl cellulose or a mixture thereof in an amount smaller than the wood flour, and is 1 millimeter or more. The present invention provides an animal excrement disposal material characterized by being a dry granulated product having a particle size of, and the present invention comprises wood flour containing hinokitiol in an amount of 50% by weight or more as a component of wood, A dry granulated product having a particle size of 1 millimeter or more, containing polyvinyl alcohol or carboxymethyl cellulose in an amount less than the wood flour, or a mixture thereof and a superabsorbent resin in an amount less than the wood flour. Furthermore, the present invention contains hinokitiol in an amount of 50% by weight or more as a component of wood. A granulated product portion containing wood powder and a smaller amount of polyvinyl alcohol or carboxymethyl cellulose or a mixture thereof than the wood powder, and a paper powder or wood powder and a high water absorption amount adhered to the surface of the granulated product portion An animal excrement disposal material characterized in that it is a coated dry granulated product having a particle size of 1 mm or more, and the present invention further comprises hinokitiol To the wood flour containing the wood component in a smaller amount than the above wood flour, granulated by blending polyvinyl alcohol or carboxymethylcellulose or a mixture thereof to form a granulated product of the wood flour blend, and drying And a method for producing an animal excrement disposal material, characterized in that a dry granulated product containing wood powder containing hinokitiol as a wood component in an amount of 50% by weight or more is provided. In addition to the present invention, the present invention provides a wood powder containing hinokitiol as a wood component in a smaller amount than the wood powder, polyvinyl alcohol, carboxymethylcellulose or a mixture thereof, and a superabsorbent in an amount less than the wood powder. Dry granulation containing 50% by weight or more of wood flour containing hinokitiol as a wood component after forming and granulating a resin powder and granulating it The present invention relates to a method for producing animal excrement disposal materials, and the present invention further relates to a wood flour containing hinokitiol as a wood component in a quantity less than the wood flour, Alternatively, carboxymethylcellulose or a mixture thereof is blended and granulated to form a granulated product of the wood flour blend, and the granulated product of the wood flour blend is mixed with wood powder or paper powder and superabsorbent. Animal excrement treatment, characterized in that a mixture with an aqueous resin is coated and dried to form a dry-coated granule containing 50% by weight or more of wood flour containing hinokitiol as a wood component It is in the manufacturing method of material.
In the animal excrement disposal material and the method for producing the same according to the present invention, the moisture content of the dried granulated product and the coated dried granulated product can be 10% by weight or less, and polyvinyl alcohol or carboxymethyl cellulose. Or content of these mixtures can be 15 weight% or less.

In the present invention, the animal excrement disposal material is granulated by blending water-absorbing and deodorizing compounding substances with wood flour, so that it exhibits a soft wood flour color and is colored in other colors. Therefore, compared to conventional animal excrement disposal materials, it is possible to select various color tones, that is, appropriate color excrement disposal materials according to the color tone of the place of use. In addition to the atmosphere, it is possible to maintain harmony of colors in the room.
Moreover, since wood flour has a unique scent, it is left in the room, for example, to eliminate the smell peculiar to the toilet and improve the indoor environment. In addition, since it itself has water retention, the use of a urinalysis indicator becomes easier and the health condition of the animal can be grasped more easily than conventional animal excrement disposal materials.

The present invention effectively uses wood flour, charcoal filter pulp sludge, coffee liquor extraction residue, tea husk, etc., which have conventionally been regarded as wastes, as animal excrement disposal materials, and is mainly composed of combustible materials. Therefore, disposal processing is easy. Moreover, since the present invention can appropriately color the dried granulated product of wood powder to produce animal excrement treatment materials, the wood powder, charcoal filter pulp sludge, and coffee liquor extraction residue that have been treated as waste waste. Because combustible waste such as animal waste treatment material is used, waste treatment material after use can be easily incinerated as combustible waste. Material handling is easy.
As described above, the present invention has problems related to the disposal of industrial waste wood flour, charcoal filter pulp sludge, coffee liquor extraction residue, tea husk and the like, compared with conventional animal waste treatment materials, To solve the problems related to non-flammability disposal of used animal excrement disposal materials at once, reducing the costs of effective use of resources, tobacco production, etc. This is significant in terms of reduction.

In the present invention, the wood powder is obtained from a sawmill or the like, and any of softwood and hardwood can be used.
In the present invention, the wood flour used for animal excrement disposal materials is preferably selected from those containing hinokitiol as a component of wood flour in order to avoid generation of wrinkles during storage.
Since hinokitiol is contained in cypress wood, it is preferable to use sawdust of cypress wood.
As such wood of the cypress family, for example, Asunaro genus includes Asunaro and Hinokiasunaro (Hiba). Western red cedar, and in the sense genus, there is an incense seeder.
In the present invention, as wood flour, wood flour collected from hinokitiol can also be used. When using such a wood flour, when a substance having a bactericidal action is blended with the wood flour and the waste treatment material for such wood flour is stored over a long period of time, the waste treatment material It is preferable to avoid the occurrence of wrinkles.
Examples of such bactericidal substances include bactericides, fungicides or preservatives, such as benzoic acid or salts thereof, sorbic acid or salts thereof, calcium propionate, sodium hypochlorite or sodium chloride, or these. A mixture of two or more can be used.
In the present invention, the surface of the granulated material containing wood flour exhibits the color inherent to the wood flour, and the granulated material can be used as a material for treating soot and excreta, but it is colored with a coloring substance. Thus, it is possible to conceal the original color of the surface of the wood powder granulated material and to make a surrounding excrement disposal material.

In the present invention, since the excrement disposal material is used in a dry state, the granulated product of wood powder used as the excrement disposal material is stored in a dry state. In such a dry state, when used as a waste treatment material, the animal is given a dry and free touch, and no wrinkles or the like occur during long-term storage of the waste treatment material. Therefore, in the present invention, the colored granulated product of wood flour is preferably dried until the water content is 10% by weight or less, more preferably 5% by weight or less, and is used as an animal excrement disposal material. The
In the present invention, the granulated product of colored wood powder can be used as a soot and excrement treatment material, but in this case, in order to avoid dust, the fine particle size is smaller than 1 mm, for example. It is preferable to separate the powdery part.

  In the present invention, for the purpose of harmonizing the excrement disposal material with the use atmosphere, the wood powder granulated product is colored with a coloring substance. In the present invention, pigments and dyes can be used as the coloring substance. Such pigments and dyes include, for example, calcium carbonate, titanium oxide, and synthetic pearls as white ones, and blue pigments and dyes include cyanine blue, azo blue, and patent blue, and green pigments and dyes Are cyanine green and emerald green, and yellow pigments and dyes are azo yellow, acid yellow and hansa yellow.

  In the present invention, the excrement disposal material can be blended with a compounding substance in order to supplement the water absorption and deodorizing properties of the wood powder. As such compounding substances, as water-soluble or water-dispersible compounding substances, coffee liquid extraction residue, tea husk, paper powder, paper pulp, paper sludge, charcoal filter pulp sludge, pulp sludge, polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), There are flour, starch, corn starch, superabsorbent resin, carboxymethylcellulose (CMC), sodium alginate, pullulan, casein or gelatin, and these are used alone or in combination of two or more. The In addition, examples of the alcohol-soluble compounding substance include hydroxyethyl cellulose (HEC), hydroxypropyl cellulose (HPC), and polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP). In this case as well, these are used alone or in combination. A mixture of the above is used.

  However, as a compounding substance to be blended with the wood powder, the excrement disposal material can easily take out the part that has been in contact with the urine, and the powder particles are easily bonded together by touching the urine. It is preferable to select one having such an adhesive function. Such compounding substances include paper powder, paper pulp, paper sludge, polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), wheat flour, starch, corn starch, superabsorbent resin, carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC), sodium alginate, pullulan, casein or gelatin, etc. There is.

Moreover, in the excrement disposal material of the present invention, it is preferable to blend a powdery superabsorbent resin in order to enhance the water absorption ability and the water retention function.
The superabsorbent resin blended in the present invention is a resin that can retain its shape even when it absorbs several tens to 2,000 times its own weight of water, for example, vinyl ester and ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid or Copolymer saponified product with its derivative, starch / acrylic acid graft polymer, polyacrylic acid cross-linked product, vinyl alcohol / acrylic acid copolymer, polyacrylonitrile partial hydrolyzate, carboxymethyl cellulose cross-linked product, There are crosslinked polyethylene glycol, chitosan salt, pullulan gel, and the like, and these can be blended with wood flour alone or as a mixture of two or more.
The animal excrement disposal material of the present invention can be mixed with wood flour in an amount of 40% by weight or less, preferably 10% by weight or less. In this case, the compounding substances can be added directly to the wood flour or to the granulate of the wood flour. Moreover, you may make it adhere to granule particle | grains at the time of granulation.

  In the present invention, the excrement disposal material can also be used as an excrement indicator. In this case, if the color of the coloring substance and the compounding substance is aligned to, for example, a single white color, it will be easy to confirm the color of the indicator, and an appropriate excrement inspection indicator will be blended to facilitate screening with animal excrement. This is preferable. The urinalysis indicator for animals used in the present invention is a urinalysis indicator for humans, that is, a urine pH indicator, a urine protein indicator, a urine sugar indicator, and a urine hemoglobin, as in the case of conventional urinalysis indicators for animals. Indicators and other indicators for human urinalysis can be used.

In the present invention, when the surface of the granulated dry particles of wood flour is colored white for the purpose of blending such an indicator for urinalysis, a white to substantially white blended substance with or without the addition of the indicator Can be blended into the wood flour. In this case, white to substantially white compounding substances can be used in place of the white pigments and dyes described above. Thus, for example, the above-listed white compounding substances such as bentonite, zeolite, calcium carbonate and gypsum, and white compounding substances such as wheat flour, paper powder, paper pulp powder, paper sludge and CMC, It can be used as a white coloring substance on the surface of the powder particles.
In the case of a urine pH indicator, the coloring substances and compounding substances used do not affect the pH. For example, paper powder, titanium white, etc. are used.

In addition, in the present invention, the granulated dried product of wood powder itself does not have a deodorizing ability. Therefore, in order to avoid as much as possible that the urine etc. excreted by the animal decomposes and become odorous, For animal excrement disposal materials, as a supplemental deodorant, coffee liquid extract residue of roasted coffee beans such as white powdery bentonite, zeolite, etc. having adsorbing capacity in an amount of 10% by weight or less, that is, coffee cake and / or Or charcoal filter pulp sludge can be mix | blended. These are preferably blended in the granulated product.
However, coffee liquor extraction residue, i.e., coffee grounds, is an industrial waste that occurs as leaching or extraction grounds in coffee beverage production, and charcoal filter pulp sludge is an industrial waste generated as filter waste in the process of tobacco production with filter. .
As described above, the coffee liquid extraction residue and / or the charcoal filter pulp sludge is an industrial waste like the wood flour, but the coffee liquid extraction residue has a deodorizing function, and the charcoal filter pulp sludge has a deodorizing function and a water absorption function. In order to utilize these functions together with the water absorption function of wood powder, in the present invention, it is used in the present invention in an amount of 10% by weight or more as the main component of animal excrement disposal materials. Can do.

  In this invention, in order to avoid the powdering of the excrement disposal material at the time of use, it is preferable to mix | blend the compounding substance which has an adhesive function with wood flour. Such compounding substances include water-soluble or water-dispersible compounding substances such as paper powder, paper pulp, paper sludge, pulp sludge, polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), wheat flour, starch, corn starch, superabsorbent resin, carboxy There are methyl cellulose (CMC), pullulan, gelatin and the like, and these can be used alone or in admixture of two or more. In addition, alcohol-soluble compounding substances include hydroxyethyl cellulose (HEC), hydroxypropyl cellulose (HPC), polyvinyl pyrrolidone or (PVP), and in this case as well, these may be used alone or in combination of two or more. Can be used.

  In the present invention, the excrement disposal material is preferably granulated into a granulated material having a particle diameter of 1 mm or more, for example, in order to avoid the presence of fine dust such as wood powder as much as possible. If it is granulated into particles, for example, it will be difficult to disperse into the room from an animal toilet box, and even if it is disseminated, it is easy to pick up the particles, which is preferable for maintaining indoor hygiene. However, in these cases, the presence of particles of 1 mm or less or the presence of particles of 3 mm or less is not completely excluded. The granulated product can be formed into various shapes such as a spherical shape, a columnar shape, a granular shape, and a granular shape.

  In the present invention, wood flour is granulated by a granulator. As the granulator, a conventionally known extrusion granulator can be used. However, in addition to this, various granulators of bread type, drum type and fluidized bed type can be used. In these granulators, the adhesion of the white powder or the like to the surface of the granulated product formed by granulation is performed by directly contacting the white powder, for example, with the white powder when the granulated product is formed. Or by making a white powder into a solution or suspension and adhering it by spraying or the like.

  In the present invention, the wood powder granulated product is produced as described above, and has an adhesive ability and a water absorption ability in order to further stabilize the wood powder granulated particles during or after the granulation. By adhering these compounding substances on the surface of the granulated material by spraying compounded substances such as a superabsorbent resin and a compounding substance having a bactericidal action, and then drying, the adhering substance is removed from the surface of the granulated particles. It is preferable not to peel off easily.

In the present invention, the animal excrement disposal material is colored with a coloring substance on the surface of the granulated product containing wood flour, so that the unique color of the wood flour is hidden, when using the excrement disposal material, For example, it is possible to make a colored material according to harmony with the indoor furniture, hygiene, user preference, color atmosphere, and the like, and it is possible to increase the number of animal excrement disposal materials.
In the present invention, the animal excrement treatment material, since the granulated surface of the wood flour compound is coated with an adhesive substance, excrement adhering to the surface can be easily wrapped with the treatment material, The foul odor of excrement is not adsorbed by the wood powder and released to the surroundings.

Moreover, in the present invention, the wood flour itself has water absorption and water retention, but since it contains a compounding material having water absorption and / or deodorizing properties, it is used as an animal excrement disposal material. be able to. Therefore, the animal excrement disposal material of the present invention has good absorbability and deodorization of urine excreted by the animal.
Furthermore, since the excrement disposal material of the present invention is particularly colored with a coloring substance, it is easy to highlight the color even when blended with a urine test indicator, and the color of urine excreted by animals It becomes easier to inspect and monitor the health status of animals.

In the present invention, when poval and / or wheat flour is mixed, it adheres to the excrement of the animal and wraps the excrement in a lump, so that cleanup is simple and easy. In addition, when an auxiliary deodorizing agent and / or a highly water-absorbing resin are mixed in the animal excrement treating material, it exhibits further excellent deodorizing property, water absorbing property and water retaining property as the excrement treating material.
In the present invention, combustible industrial wastes such as wood powder, charcoal filter pulp sludge, tea husk, coffee liquor extraction residue, paper powder, etc., which have been conventionally treated as wastes, are treated with animal excrement. It can be used effectively as a material, and since the main amount is composed of combustible material, disposal is easy.

The animal excrement disposal material of the present invention mainly contains wood waste of industrial waste, and is formed into a granulated product having a particle size of 1 mm or more, preferably 3 mm or more together with a water-absorbing and / or deodorizing compounding substance. Therefore, the absorbability of the urine excreted by the animal is good and the water retention is good. In addition, in the present invention, the wood powder gives a wood fragrance to the surroundings, so that the deodorizing property is good.
The excrement disposal material of the present invention includes, for example, a highly water-absorbent resin, wheat flour, poval, starch, or other compounding substance having adhesive ability, a substance having a bactericidal action, or two or more of these compounding substances Can be mixed and blended, so that it adheres to the excrement of the animal, and the excrement can be wrapped in a lump, and cleaning up is easy and easy. Moreover, when the deodorizing agent and / or the water-absorbing agent are mixed, the deodorizing agent and the water-absorbing property which are further excellent as the excrement treating material are exhibited. Furthermore, when a substance having a bactericidal action is mixed, the excrement disposal material can be stored for a long time without generation of soot and the like.

Examples of embodiments of the present invention will be described below, but the present invention is not limited to the following descriptions and examples.
FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of an apparatus for coloring and granulating wood flour used in this example of one embodiment of the present invention.
In FIG. 1, a first raw material tank 2 for supplying wood powder provided with a pipe line 1 for supplying wood powder, and an adhesive substance supplying source provided with a pipe line 3 for supplying an adhesive substance at the bottom. There is provided a second raw material tank 4 and a third raw material tank 6 for supplying a compounding substance, which is similarly provided with a pipe 5 for supplying a compounding substance at the bottom. The pipe lines 1, 3 and 5 of the respective raw material tanks 2, 4 and 6 are connected to the flow path switching device 7, respectively. By switching the flow path of the flow path switching device 7, wood flour, adhesiveness The substance or the compounding substance can be selectively introduced into the stirring device 9 via the pipe line 8 provided on the outflow side of the flow path switching device 7.

In this example, the introduction of the wood flour, the adhesive substance or the compounding substance into the stirring device 9 is performed by operating the vacuum device 10 connected to the stirring device 9 and using the suction force.
Both the pipe line 8 from the flow path switching device 7 and the pipe line 11 to the vacuum device 10 are connected to the upper space of the stirring device 9.
The lower opening / closing port 12 of the stirring device 9 is provided above the supply-side hopper 14 of the conveyor 13. The belt conveyor 13 is provided so as to extend onto the supply side hopper 16 of the granulating device 15.

  In this example, the granulator 15 is an extrusion granulator, and is provided with a die (not shown) so as to be formed into a thin cylindrical body having a diameter of 6.4 mm and a length of 12.5 mm. The granulated material is pushed out from the die part outlet 17 of the granulating device 15. Below the dice outlet 17 of the granulator 15, a net conveyor 18 for conveying the granulated material is provided. This net conveyor 18 extends through the spraying device 19 to the upper inlet 21 of the disk dryer 20.

The spraying device 19 is provided with a spray nozzle 22 toward the net conveyor 18 above and below the net conveyor 18, and the coating material is applied to the particles conveyed on the net conveyor 18 from the spray nozzle 22. Can be sprayed. The bottom 23 of the spraying device 19 is provided with a coating substance supply port 24, a coating substance transfer pipe 25, and a coating substance return pipe 27 connected to the bottom 26 of the disk drier 20. The coating material transfer pipe 25 is connected to a transfer pump 28, the transfer pump 28 is connected to a coating substance transfer upper pipe 29, and the coating substance transfer upper pipe 29 is connected to a spray nozzle 22. Yes.
The coating material is returned to the bottom of the spraying device 19 from the coating material newly supplied from the coating material supply port 24, the coating material that does not adhere to the granulated material and collects at the bottom 23, and the coating material return pipe 27. The coating material to be applied is sucked through the transport pump 28, sent from the coating material transport upper pipe 29 to the spray nozzle 22, and sprayed from the spray nozzle 22 onto the granulated material. The granulated material coated with the coating material sprayed with the coating material by the spraying device 19 is sent from the spraying device 19 to the heating dryer 20 by the net conveyor 18.

The exhaust pipe line 30 provided at the upper part of the hot air dryer 20 is connected to the gas inlet 32 of the heating device 31, and the gas outlet 33 of the heating device 31 is connected to the bottom of the hot air dryer 20 via the hot air introduction pipe line 34. 26 is connected. Therefore, the exhaust air from the hot air dryer 20 is sent to the heating device 31 and heated, and then sent to the bottom portion 26 of the hot air dryer 20 via the hot air introduction pipe 34 and circulated and used for heating the hot air dryer.
The bottom portion 26 of the hot air dryer 20 is provided with a sieve (not shown), and a dry granulated material transporting conveyor 36 for sending the colored dry granulated material to the packaging device 35 is provided at the top of the sieve. It has been. The bottom portion 26 of the hot air dryer 20 is connected to the spray device bottom portion 23 to form a coating substance return conduit 27. The under-sieved portion crushed in the drying process of the heating dryer 20 is used as a coating powder. Then, it is sent to the spraying device 19, sprayed from the spray nozzle 22, and used again for coating the granulated product.

  Since the apparatus of this example is configured as described above, first, the flow path switching device 7 is operated to introduce the wood flour from the first raw material tank 2 into the stirring device 9, and then the flow path switching device 7 The flow path is switched to introduce the adhesive substance from the second raw material tank 4 into the stirring device 9, and the flow path switching device 7 is further switched to introduce the compounded substance from the third raw material tank 6 into the stirring device 9. The stirring device 9 stirs the raw material introduced from each of these raw material tanks.

  When the blending process is completed, the lower opening / closing port 12 of the stirring device 7 is opened, and the wood flour blended with the blending substance and the adhesive substance is put into the hopper 14. The wood flour blend containing the adhesive substance and the like placed in the hopper 14 is put into the hopper 16 of the granulating device 15 by the belt conveyor 13 and granulated. The granulated product of the granulated wood powder is sent by the net conveyor 18 to the spraying device 19 in order to deposit the coating material by spraying, and the coating material is sprayed from the spray nozzle 22.

The granulated material of the wood powder coated with the coating substance is sent to the disk dryer 20 by the net conveyor 18 and dried. A dried and dried colored powder granulated product having a particle size of 1 mm or more is sent to the packaging device 35 by the conveyor 36 and becomes an animal excrement disposal material.
In the animal excrement disposal material manufacturing apparatus of this example, the granulator 15 is a dewatering granulator capable of performing dehydration. The dehydrated water flows into the drain pipe 37 and is purified by the water purifier 38. The

Example 1.
900 g of Hinoki Asuna wood powder dried to a moisture content of 10% or less is put in the first raw material tank 2 for supplying wood flour, and a mixture of 130 g of starch paste (manufactured by Nishiki Paste Industry Co., Ltd.) and 2800 m 2 is supplied as an adhesive substance. 2nd raw material tank 4 is put. Next, 50 g of calcium carbonate, 50 g of wheat flour, 10 g of polyvinyl alcohol, and 50 g of a superabsorbent resin Hymo Sub 500 (registered trademark) manufactured by Hymo Co., Ltd., are added to the third raw material tank 6 for supplying the compounding substance.

  When the raw materials are put into the respective raw material tanks, the flow path of the flow path switching device 7 is switched, and the first raw material tank 2 is first communicated with the stirring device 9 and the vacuum device 10 is operated. The wood flour is sucked and introduced into the stirring device 9 from the first raw material tank 2. When the wood flour is sucked and introduced from the first raw material tank 2 into the stirring device 9, the flow path of the flow path switching device 7 is switched to communicate with the second raw material tank 4 for supplying the adhesive substance, and the vacuum The apparatus is operated, and the starch paste aqueous solution of the adhesive substance composition is sucked into the stirring apparatus 9 by the vacuum pressure. When the blended substance is introduced from the third raw material tank 6 into the stirring device 9, the flow path of the flow path switching device 7 is switched to communicate with the third raw material tank 6 for supplying the blended substance, and the vacuum device is operated. Then, due to the vacuum pressure, calcium carbonate, wheat flour, polyvinyl alcohol and superabsorbent resin as compounding substances are sucked and introduced into the stirring device 9 from the third raw material tank 6 from the third raw material tank 6.

When the compounded material is introduced into the stirring device 9 from the third raw material tank 6 for supplying the compounded material, the stirring device 9 is operated to activate the wood flour, the compounded material calcium carbonate, the superabsorbent resin, and polyvinyl alcohol. And stirring and mixing the wheat flour and starch paste aqueous solution.
The wood flour blended with calcium carbonate, superabsorbent resin, polyvinyl alcohol and wheat flour, and starch paste aqueous solution has a color in which the color of the wood flour is thinned as a whole. 12 is opened and put into the hopper 14. The white-colored wood flour compound put in the hopper 14 is put into the hopper 16 of the granulating device 15 by the belt conveyor 13 and is a thin cylindrical granulated product having a diameter of 6.4 mm and a length of 12.5 mm. Formed.

The granulated product of wood powder is sent to the spraying device 19 by the vibration type net conveyor 18, and 36 g of a mixture of 70% wood powder and 30% superabsorbent resin is collected from the first spray nozzle 22 at the first spray position. I was beaten.
The granulated material of the wood powder coated with the coating material was sent to the disk dryer 20 by the vibrating net conveyor 18, where it was dried to a moisture content of 7%. The white dried granulated product of the dried charcoal filter pulp sludge was taken out from the conveyor 36 except for particles having a particle size of 1 mm or less, and sand for cat litter having a diameter of 6 mm and a length of 10 mm was obtained.

In the room, 50 m of ammonia water diluted to 20 times the temperature of 35 ° C. was added to 100 g of the sand for the cat toilet, but the water absorption and deodorizing properties were very good, and the ammonia odor was eliminated. Later, the scent of wood was observed.
The sand for this cat toilet has a clean feeling with the color of the wood powder being thinned. The cat sand is 3cm thick on the cat toilet. Similarly, it was used as a toilet and there was no problem in use.
The toilet sand in this example easily adheres to the surroundings of the excrement and facilitates the removal of the excrement. Moreover, since the sand for toilets in this example drifts the scent of wood after use, it has excellent deodorizing properties and excellent deodorizing properties, so it was possible to avoid generating unpleasant odors indoors. .

Example 2.
1,000 g of wood flour dried to a moisture content of 10% or less was placed in the first raw material tank 2 for supplying wood flour, and 3000 m 2 of water was placed in the second raw material tank 4. Next, 150 g of the superabsorbent resin Hymo Sub 500 (registered trademark) manufactured by Hymo Co., Ltd. is placed in the third raw material tank 6 for supplying the compounding substance. Powder, superabsorbent resin and water were introduced to produce a wood flour formulation. The blend was then sent to a granulator and granulated to form a thin columnar wood powder granulate having a diameter of 6.4 mm and a length of 12.5 mm.

This granulated wood powder is sent to the spraying device 19 by the vibration type net conveyor 18, and from the first spraying nozzle 22 at the first spraying position, the first spraying position at the first spraying position of the coating substance is the same as in Example 1. From 1 spray nozzle 22, 35 g of a mixture of 70% wood powder and 30% superabsorbent resin was applied.
The colored granulated material of charcoal filter pulp sludge coated with the coating substance was sent to the disk dryer 20 by the vibrating net conveyor 18 and dried to a moisture content of 7%. The dried charcoal filter pulp sludge blend white dry granule having a particle size of 1 mm or less was removed and taken out by the conveyor 36 to obtain sand for cat litter having a diameter of 5 mm and a length of 10 mm.

In the room, 50m 2 of ammonia water diluted to 20 times the temperature of 35 ° C was added to 100g of sand for the cat's toilet, but the water absorption and deodorizing properties were very good. I can no longer feel the odor of ammonia.
This cat litter sand was white and clean, and was used with a thickness of 3cm on the cat litter, but the cat is used as a litter as usual. There was no problem in use.
The toilet sand in this example easily adheres to the surroundings of the excrement and facilitates the removal of the excrement. Moreover, since the sand for toilets in this example drifts the scent of wood after use, it has excellent deodorizing properties and excellent deodorizing properties, so it was possible to avoid generating unpleasant odors indoors. .

Example 3
700 g of wood flour dried to a moisture content of 10% or less is placed in the first raw material tank 2 for supplying wood flour, and then 100 g of dry coffee liquor extraction residue, 100 g of tea husk and 2500 m of mixed material are supplied as the second raw material Then, 100 g of the superabsorbent resin of the water-absorbing substance is put in the third raw material tank 6 for supplying the compounding substance, and thereafter, in the same manner as in Example 1, the stirrer 9 is filled with wood flour. , Coffee liquor extraction residue, tea husk and water-absorbing resin are introduced to produce a wood flour compound in which the color of the wood flour is thinned, sent to a granulator, granulated, diameter 6.4 mm, length 12 A granulated product having a thin cylindrical shape of 0.5 mm and thinned substantially uniformly as a whole and exhibiting a wood powder color was formed.

The granulated wood powder granulated product is sent to the spraying device 19 by the vibration type net conveyor 18, and from the first nozzle 22 at the first spraying position, 60% of Hinokiasaro wood powder and super absorbent resin. 40% of the coating material was applied to the granulated surface.
The granulated product of the wood flour blend thus coated with the coating substance and the blending substance was directly sent to the disk dryer 20 by the vibrating net conveyor 18 and dried to a moisture content of 8%. The dried granulated product of the dried wood powder blend was removed from the conveyor 36 as cat litter for cats with a diameter of 6 mm and a length of 10 mm, excluding those with a particle size of 1 mm or less.

In the room, 50m 2 of ammonia water diluted to 20 times the temperature of 35 ° C was added to 100g of sand for the cat's toilet, but the water absorption and deodorizing properties were very good. I can no longer feel the odor of ammonia.
This cat litter sand has a thin wood powder color and is clean, and was used with a thickness of 3cm on the cat litter. It was used and there was no problem in use.
The toilet sand in this example easily adheres to the surroundings of the excrement and facilitates the removal of the excrement. Moreover, since the sand for toilets in this example drifts the scent of wood after use, it has excellent deodorizing properties and excellent deodorizing properties, so it was possible to avoid generating unpleasant odors indoors. .

Example 4
400 g of Hinoki Asalo wood powder was placed in the first raw material tank 2 for supplying wood powder. Subsequently, 20 g of polyvinyl alcohol as an adhesive substance and 60 g of a highly water-absorbent resin were placed in the second raw material tank 4 for supplying adhesive and water-absorbing compounded substances. Next, 300 g of charcoal filter pulp sludge having a water content of 60%, 300 g of dry coffee liquor extraction residue, and 1200 m of water were mixed and put into the third raw material tank 6 for supplying the compounding substance. Thereafter, as in Example 1, wood powder, charcoal filter pulp sludge, coffee liquor extraction residue, polyvinyl alcohol and the superabsorbent resin were introduced into the stirring device 9 and stirred. The granulated product of the wood flour compound produced by the stirring device 9, that is, the wood flour, charcoal filter pulp sludge, coffee liquid extraction residue, polyvinyl alcohol and the superabsorbent resin composition is sent to the granulator and granulated. A granulated product of a thin cylindrical wood powder blend having a diameter of 6.4 mm and a length of 12.5 mm was formed.

The granulated product of the wood powder composition is sent to the spraying device 19 by the vibration type net conveyor 18, and the paper is granulated from the first spray nozzle 22 to the surface of the granulated material of the wood powder composition at the first spray position. 32 g of powder is sprayed, 32 m of water is sprayed from the second spray nozzle at the second spray position, and 90% paper dust and 10% superabsorbent resin are coated from the third spray nozzle at the third spray position. 32 g of composition was sprayed.
The granulated product of the wood flour blend thus coated with the coating substance was directly sent to the disk drier 20 by the vibrating net conveyor 18 and dried to a moisture content of 8%. The dried white granulation of the dried charcoal filter pulp sludge blend was removed from the conveyor 36 as cat litter for cats with a diameter of 6 mm and a length of 10 mm, excluding those with a particle size of 1 mm or less. .

In the room, 50m 2 of ammonia water diluted to 20 times the temperature of 35 ° C was added to 100g of sand for the cat's toilet, but the water absorption and deodorizing properties were very good. I can no longer feel the odor of ammonia.
This cat litter sand was white and clean, and was used with a thickness of 3cm on the cat litter, but the cat is used as a litter as usual. There was no problem in use.
The toilet sand in this example easily adheres to the surroundings of the excrement and facilitates the removal of the excrement. Moreover, since the sand for toilets in this example drifts the scent of wood after use, it has excellent deodorizing properties and excellent deodorizing properties, so it was possible to avoid generating unpleasant odors indoors. .

Example 5.
600 g of wood powder of Hinoki Asanaro wood is put in the first raw material tank 2 for supplying wood powder, 50 g of calcium carbonate as a coloring substance and 80 g of a superabsorbent resin as a water absorbing substance are added to the coloring, water absorbing and adhesive compounding substances It put into the 2nd raw material tank 4 for supply. Subsequently, 270 g of the dried coffee liquid extraction residue and 2500 m 2 of water were mixed and put into the third raw material tank 6 for supplying the compounding substance. Thereafter, as in Example 1, wood powder, coffee liquid extraction residue, calcium carbonate and the superabsorbent resin were introduced into the stirring device 9 and stirred. The granulated product of the wood flour blend produced by the stirring device 9 is sent to the granulator and granulated to granulate a thin cylindrical white wood flour blend having a diameter of 6.4 mm and a length of 12.5 mm. Formed.

The granulated wood powder granulated product is sent to the spraying device 19 by the vibration type net conveyor 18 and from the first spray nozzle 22 at the first spraying position, 60% of Hinoki snaro wood powder and high water absorption. 30 g of a covering composition of 40% of a functional resin was applied to the surface of the wood powder granulated product.
The white granulated product of the charcoal filter pulp sludge compound thus coated with the coating material and the coloring material was directly sent to the disk drier 20 by the vibrating net conveyor 18 and dried to a moisture content of 6%. . The dried white granulation of the dried charcoal filter pulp sludge blend was removed from the conveyor 36 as cat litter for cats with a diameter of 6 mm and a length of 10 mm, excluding those with a particle size of 1 mm or less. .

In the room, 50m 2 of ammonia water diluted to 20 times the temperature of 35 ° C was added to 100g of sand for the cat's toilet, but the water absorption and deodorizing properties were very good. I can no longer feel the odor of ammonia.
This cat litter sand was white and clean, and was used with a thickness of 3cm on the cat litter, but the cat is used as a litter as usual. There was no problem in use.
The toilet sand in this example easily adheres to the surroundings of the excrement and facilitates the removal of the excrement. Moreover, since the sand for toilets in this example drifts the scent of wood after use, it has excellent deodorizing properties and excellent deodorizing properties, so it was possible to avoid generating unpleasant odors indoors. .
In the above examples, wood powder of Hinoki Asanaro wood is used, but similar results can be obtained even if various wood powders of different kinds of wood are used.

In the present invention, the animal excrement disposal material is granulated by blending water-absorbing and deodorizing compounding substances with wood flour, so that it exhibits a soft wood flour color and is colored in other colors. Therefore, compared to conventional animal excrement disposal materials, it is possible to select various color tones, that is, appropriate color excrement disposal materials according to the color tone of the place of use. In addition to the atmosphere, the color of the room can be kept in harmony. Moreover, the present invention effectively uses wood flour, charcoal filter pulp sludge, coffee liquor extraction residue, tea husk, etc., which have been regarded as waste, as an animal excrement disposal material, and is mainly combustible. Since it is composed of, disposal processing is easy. And, the present invention can appropriately color the dried granulated product of wood powder to produce animal excrement disposal materials, so that the wood powder, charcoal filter pulp sludge, coffee liquid extraction residue that has been treated as waste waste Because combustible waste such as animal waste treatment material is used, waste treatment material after use can be easily incinerated as combustible waste. This makes it easy to handle materials.
As described above, the present invention has problems related to the disposal of industrial waste wood flour, charcoal filter pulp sludge, coffee liquor extraction residue, tea husk and the like, compared with conventional animal waste treatment materials, To solve the problems related to non-flammability disposal of used animal excrement disposal materials at once, reducing the costs of effective use of resources, tobacco production, etc. It is industrially significant in terms of mitigation.

It is a conceptual diagram which shows an example of the coloring apparatus of the coffee extract extracted residue used for this example.

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1 Pipeline for supplying coffee extract liquid residue 2 Raw material tank for supplying coffee extract liquid residue 3 Pipeline for supplying colored substance 4 Raw material tank for supplying colored substance 5 Pipeline for supplying compounded substance 6 Supplying compounded substance Raw material tank 7 Flow switching device 8 Pipe line on the outflow side of the flow switching device 7 9 Stirring device 10 Vacuum device 11 Pipe 12 Lower opening of the stirring device 9 13 Conveyor 14 Supply side hopper 15 of the conveyor 13 Granulation Device 16 Supply side hopper of granulating device 17 Die portion outlet 18 Net conveyor 19 Spraying device 20 Disc dryer 21 Upper inlet 22 Spraying nozzle 23 Bottom of spraying device 19 24 Covering material supply port 25 Coating material conveying conduit 26 Bottom of the disk dryer
27 Coating material return conduit 28 Transport pump 29 Coating material transport upper conduit 30 Exhaust conduit 31 Heating device 32 Gas inlet 33 Gas outlet 34 Hot air introduction conduit 35 Packaging device 36 Drain pipe 37 of dewatering granulator 15 Waste water purification device of dewatering granulator 15

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A dry powder having a particle size of 1 millimeter or more, containing wood flour containing hinokitiol in an amount of 50% by weight or more as a component of wood, and a lesser amount of polyvinyl alcohol or carboxymethyl cellulose or a mixture thereof. Animal excrement disposal material characterized by being granulated. A wood flour containing hinokitiol in an amount of 50% by weight or more as a component of wood, polyvinyl alcohol or carboxymethyl cellulose in an amount less than the wood flour, or a mixture thereof, and a superabsorbent resin in an amount less than the wood flour. An animal excrement disposal material characterized by being a dry granulated product having a particle diameter of 1 mm or more. A granulated product part containing a wood flour containing hinokitiol in an amount of 50% by weight or more as a component of the wood, and a polyvinyl alcohol or carboxymethyl cellulose or a mixture thereof in an amount less than the wood flour, and the granulated product part Animal excretion characterized in that it is a dry granulated material having a particle diameter of 1 mm or more, having a coating substance part containing paper powder or wood powder and a superabsorbent resin. Material treatment material. The animal excrement disposal material according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the dry granulated product has a water content of 10% by weight or less. The animal excrement disposal material according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the content of polyvinyl alcohol or carboxymethyl cellulose or a mixture thereof is 15% by weight or less. In a wood powder containing hinokitiol as a wood component, in a smaller amount than the wood powder, blended with polyvinyl alcohol, carboxymethyl cellulose or a mixture thereof, and granulated to form a granulated product of the wood powder composition, A method for producing an animal excrement disposal material, which is dried to obtain a dry granulated product containing wood powder containing hinokitiol as a wood component in an amount of 50% by weight or more. Granulation of wood powder containing hinokitiol as a wood component by blending polyvinyl alcohol or carboxymethyl cellulose or a mixture thereof and a superabsorbent resin in an amount less than the wood powder in an amount less than the wood powder. Then, a granulated product of a wood powder composition is formed and dried to obtain a dry granulated product containing wood powder containing hinokitiol as a wood component in an amount of 50% by weight or more. A method for producing animal excrement disposal materials. Form a granulated product of the wood flour blend by blending the wood flour containing hinokitiol as a wood component with a smaller amount than the wood flour and blending with polyvinyl alcohol, carboxymethyl cellulose or a mixture thereof. Then, the granulated product of the above-mentioned wood powder composition is coated with a mixture of wood powder or paper powder and a superabsorbent resin, dried and 50% by weight or more of wood powder containing hinokitiol as a wood component The manufacturing method of the animal excrement disposal material characterized by setting it as the dry-coating granulated material contained in quantity. 9. The method for producing animal excrement disposal materials according to claim 6, wherein the moisture content of the dried granulated product is 10% by weight or less. The method for producing an animal excrement disposal material according to any one of claims 6 to 8, wherein the content of polyvinyl alcohol, carboxymethyl cellulose, or a mixture thereof is 15% by weight or less.

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