JP2017192320A - Excrement disposal material and method for manufacturing the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an excrement disposal material that can mitigate malodor from excrement, and to provide a method for manufacturing the same.SOLUTION: An excrement disposal material 1 includes a granular body 10 leading excrement inside thereof. The granular body 10 contains baby powder.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to an excrement disposal material and a method for producing the same.

  As a conventional excrement processing material, there exists a thing described in patent document 1, for example. The excrement disposal material described in this document is made of a granular material having water absorption, and absorbs excrement such as animals.

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  However, in the excrement disposal material described above, malodor such as ammonia odor may be generated from the excrement remaining inside the granular material, and the malodor may drift around the excrement disposal material. This causes discomfort to the user (such as an animal owner).

  This invention is made | formed in view of the said subject, and it aims at providing the excrement processing material which can relieve the malodor from excrement, and its manufacturing method.

  The excrement disposal material according to the present invention is provided with a granular material for introducing excrement therein, and the granular material contains baby powder.

  In this excrement disposal material, baby powder is contained in the granular material. Baby powder exerts deodorizing and deodorizing effects against odors such as ammonia odor. For this reason, even if it is a case where a bad smell generate | occur | produces from the excrement remaining inside the granular material, the bad smell can be relieved.

  Further, the method for producing the excrement disposal material according to the present invention is a method for producing an excrement disposal material having a granular material for guiding the excrement therein, and includes a preparation step for preparing baby powder and the baby powder. And a granular material forming step for forming the granular material as described above.

  In this manufacturing method, a granular material containing baby powder is formed. Baby powder exerts deodorizing and deodorizing effects against odors such as ammonia odor. For this reason, in the excrement disposal material after manufacture, even if it is a case where malodor occurs from the excrement remaining inside the granular material, the malodor can be mitigated.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the excrement processing material which can relieve the malodor from excrement, and its manufacturing method are implement | achieved.

It is a schematic diagram which shows one Embodiment of the excrement disposal material by this invention. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a granular body 10. FIG. It is a graph which shows the result of the test which confirmed the deodorizing and deodorizing effect of baby powder.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the description of the drawings, the same reference numerals are assigned to the same elements, and duplicate descriptions are omitted.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing an embodiment of the excrement disposal material according to the present invention. The excrement disposal material 1 is an excrement disposal material used for processing human or animal excrement, and includes a plurality of granules 10. The excrement disposal material 1 is used, for example, in a state where a plurality of granular bodies 10 are laid on a box-shaped toilet.

  The granular material 10 is configured to guide excrement into the granular material 10. The granular material 10 has water absorption. The granular material 10 contains baby powder. It is preferable that the weight ratio of the baby powder in the granular material 10 is 1% or more and 10% or less. Baby powder is a mixed powder composed of a plurality of raw material components. The average particle size of the baby powder is preferably 1 μm or more and 100 μm or less.

  In this embodiment, the baby powder has talc as a main component and starch as a subcomponent. The starch is preferably corn starch. Here, the main component means a component having the largest weight ratio in the baby powder. The subcomponent refers to a component having the second largest weight ratio in the baby powder. The weight ratio of the main component in the baby powder is preferably 50% or more and 90% or less, and more preferably 60% or more and 80% or less. Further, the weight ratio of the accessory component in the baby powder is preferably 5% or more and 45% or less, and more preferably 15% or more and 35% or less. The baby powder may or may not contain a fragrance.

  The granular material 10 is mainly made of an organic material. Here, the main material of the granular material 10 means a material having the largest weight ratio in the granular material 10 among the materials constituting the granular material 10. As the organic substance, for example, papers, tea husks, plastics, or okara can be used.

  Paper refers to a material mainly composed of pulp. Examples of papers include, in addition to ordinary paper, PVC wallpaper classifieds (paper obtained by classifying PVC wallpaper), fluff pulp, papermaking sludge, pulp sludge, and the like. As plastics, for example, a paper diaper classification product (plastic obtained by classifying paper diapers) may be used. The okara is preferably dry okara.

  FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the granular material 10. The granular body 10 has a core portion 12 and a covering portion 14. The core part 12 is formed into a granular shape. Examples of the granular shape include a sphere, a cylinder, and an ellipsoid. The core 12 has a function of absorbing and retaining excrement (particularly urine). The core portion 12 is mainly made of an organic material. The core part 12 may contain the adhesive material, and does not need to contain it. As the adhesive material, for example, CMC (carboxymethylcellulose), PVA (polyvinyl alcohol), dextrin, or a water-absorbing polymer can be used.

  The covering portion 14 covers the core portion 12. The covering portion 14 may cover the entire surface of the core portion 12 or may cover only a part of the surface of the core portion 12. The covering portion 14 has a function (a lump forming function) for adhering the granular bodies 10 that have absorbed excrement during use to make them lump together. The covering portion 14 contains an adhesive material. The covering portion 14 is also mainly made of an organic material. In the present embodiment, baby powder is contained in both the core portion 12 and the covering portion 14.

  Then, an example of the manufacturing method of the excrement disposal material 1 is demonstrated as one Embodiment of the manufacturing method of the excrement disposal material by this invention. This manufacturing method includes a preparation step and a granule forming step.

  The preparation step is a step of preparing baby powder. In this step, baby powder may be produced from raw material components such as talc and starch, or ready-made baby powder may be procured.

  The granular material forming step is a step of forming the granular material 10. In this step, the granular material 10 is formed so as to contain the baby powder prepared in the preparation step. At this time, it is preferable to form the granular body 10 so that the weight ratio of the baby powder in the granular body 10 is 1% or more and 10% or less.

  The granule forming process includes a core part forming process and a covering part forming process. The core portion forming step is a step of forming the core portion 12. In this step, a plurality of core portions 12 are formed by granulating a core portion material (material constituting the core portion 12) using a granulator. As a granulator, an extrusion granulator can be used, for example. Prior to granulation, the core material is subjected to pretreatment such as pulverization, kneading, and addition as necessary. In the present embodiment, the core material includes baby powder, and the core 12 containing the baby powder is formed.

  The covering portion forming step is a step of forming the covering portion 14. In this step, the coating portion 14 is formed by attaching a powdery coating material (material constituting the coating portion 14) to the surface of each core portion 12 using a coating apparatus or the like. The coating material can be applied, for example, by spraying or spraying. In the present embodiment, the covering material also includes baby powder, and the covering portion 14 containing the baby powder is formed. Thereafter, post-treatments such as sieving (sizing) and drying are performed as necessary. As described above, the excrement disposal material 1 including the plurality of granular bodies 10 is obtained.

  The effect of this embodiment will be described. In this embodiment, the granular material 10 containing baby powder is formed. Baby powder exerts deodorizing and deodorizing effects against odors such as ammonia odor. For this reason, in the excrement disposal material 1, even if malodor is generated from excrement remaining inside the granular material 10, the malodor can be mitigated.

  In order to confirm the deodorizing / deodorizing effect of the baby powder, the test was carried out by the following method. Three odor bags with a size of 35 cm × 50 cm were prepared. The first bag contained 10 g of baby powder, and the second bag contained 10 g of talc. There was nothing in the third bag. And after heat-sealing each bag, 9L of air was enclosed, and ammonia gas was added so that it might become a density | concentration of about 500 ppm. These bags were allowed to stand, and the ammonia gas concentration in the bags was measured using a gas detector tube every predetermined elapsed time (10 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, 3 hours, 6 hours).

  In addition, as an odor bag, the thing by Aram Co., Ltd. was used. As the ammonia gas, a gas generated from ammonia water (28%, special grade) manufactured by Oso Chemical Co., Ltd. was used. As the gas detector tube, a gas detector manufactured by Gastec Co., Ltd. was used. As baby powder, “Shicaroll (registered trademark)” manufactured by Wakodo Co., Ltd. was used. This baby powder contains chlorohydroxyaluminum in addition to talc and corn starch.

  The test results are as shown in Table 1 and FIG. “Sample 1)”, “Sample 2)”, and “Blank test” show the test results for a bag containing baby powder, a bag containing talc, and a bag containing nothing, respectively.

  As can be seen from Table 1 and FIG. 3, in the bag containing the baby powder, the ammonia gas concentration drastically decreased to 50 ppm after 10 minutes, and the ammonia gas concentration reached the lower limit of determination (10 ppm) after 1 hour. (For this reason, the measurement after the elapse of 3 hours was omitted for the bag containing the baby powder). Thus, it was confirmed that the baby powder exhibits a remarkable deodorizing / deodorizing effect against the ammonia odor.

  In order to sufficiently bring out such a deodorizing / deodorizing effect, the weight ratio of the baby powder in the granular material 10 is preferably 1% or more. On the other hand, if the weight ratio is too large, the original functions such as water absorption in the granular material 10 may be hindered. From this viewpoint, it is preferable that the weight ratio of the baby powder in the granular material 10 is 10% or less.

  The granular material 10 is mainly made of an organic material. Thereby, the granular material 10 suitable for incineration disposal can be obtained. Thus, if the granular material 10 is suitable for incineration disposal, since the used excrement disposal material 1 can be thrown away as combustible garbage, the convenience for a user improves.

  The core part 12 has a function of absorbing and retaining excrement. In this case, most of the excrement introduced into the granular material 10 remains in the core portion 12. Therefore, since the malodor from the excrement is likely to be generated, the excrement treatment material 1 that can alleviate the malodor is particularly useful.

  The granular material 10 has a two-layer structure including a core portion 12 and a covering portion 14. Thereby, the water absorption / water retention function can be assigned mainly to the core part 12, and the lump formation function can be assigned mainly to the covering part 14. A plurality of functions can be enhanced together by selecting materials suitable for the respective functions as the material of the core portion 12 and the covering portion 14.

  Baby powder is contained in both the core portion 12 and the covering portion 14. Thereby, not only the malodor from the excrement remaining in the core part 12 but also the malodor from the excrement remaining in the covering part 14 can be effectively mitigated.

  The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made. In the said embodiment, the case where baby powder contained in both the core part 12 and the coating | coated part 14 was illustrated. However, the baby powder may be contained only in one of the core portion 12 and the covering portion 14. In that case, the amount of baby powder used can be saved, and thereby the manufacturing cost of the excrement disposal material 1 can be reduced.

  When the baby powder is contained only in the core portion 12 of the core portion 12 and the covering portion 14, the baby powder can be reliably prevented from scattering out of the granular material 10. On the other hand, when the baby powder is contained only in the covering portion 14 of the core portion 12 and the covering portion 14, the deodorizing / deodorizing effect of the baby powder is not only bad odor from excrement remaining in the covering portion 14, The bad smell from the excrement remaining in the core 12 is also reached. That is, the deodorizing / deodorizing effect of the baby powder contained in the covering portion 14 extends to the bad odor generated in the covering portion 14 and of course, against the bad odor generated in the core portion 12 and transferred to the covering portion 14. It also extends. Therefore, even if it is a small amount of baby powder, the bad odor from excrement can be relieved efficiently.

  In the said embodiment, the case where the granular material 10 had the multilayer structure which consists of the core part 12 and the coating | coated part 14 was illustrated. However, it is not essential to provide the covering portion 14. That is, the granular material 10 may have a single layer structure including only the core portion 12. In that case, it is preferable that the core portion 12 contains an adhesive material.

  In the said embodiment, the granular material 10 which has water absorption was illustrated. However, as the granular material, a water-permeable material in which excrement passes through the granular material may be used. The granular material having such water permeability also corresponds to “a granular material that guides excrement to the inside”, like the granular material having water absorption. Even in a granular material having water permeability, since some excrement remains in the inside thereof, the present invention capable of alleviating malodor from the excrement is useful.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Excrement disposal material 10 Granule 12 Core part 14 Covering part

Claims (18)

It has a granular material that guides the excrement inside,
The excrement disposal material, wherein the granular material contains baby powder. In the excrement disposal material according to claim 1,
The excrement processing material whose weight ratio of the said baby powder to the said granular material is 1% or more and 10% or less. In the excrement disposal material according to claim 1 or 2,
The granular material is an excrement disposal material mainly composed of organic matter. In the excrement disposal material according to claim 3,
The organic matter is an excrement disposal material which is paper, tea leaves, plastics or okara. The excrement disposal material according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The granular material is an excrement disposal material having a granular core part and a covering part covering the core part. In the excrement disposal material according to claim 5,
The core part is an excrement disposal material having a function of absorbing and retaining the excrement. In the excrement disposal material according to claim 5 or 6,
The baby powder is an excrement disposal material contained only in the core part of the core part and the covering part. In the excrement disposal material according to claim 5 or 6,
The baby powder is an excrement disposal material contained only in the covering portion of the core portion and the covering portion. In the excrement disposal material according to claim 5 or 6,
The baby powder is an excrement disposal material contained in both the core part and the covering part. A method for producing an excrement disposal material comprising a granular material for guiding excrement to the inside,
A preparation process for preparing baby powder;
A granule forming step of forming the granule so as to contain the baby powder;
The manufacturing method of the excrement disposal material characterized by including. In the manufacturing method of the excrement disposal material according to claim 10,
In the said granule formation process, the manufacturing method of the excrement disposal material which forms the said granule so that the weight ratio of the said baby powder to the said granule may be 1% or more and 10% or less. In the manufacturing method of the excrement disposal material according to claim 10 or 11,
In the said granule formation process, the manufacturing method of the excrement disposal material which forms the said granule which uses organic substance as a main material. In the manufacturing method of the excrement disposal material according to claim 12,
The said organic substance is a manufacturing method of the excrement disposal material which is papers, tea-shells, plastics, or Okara. In the manufacturing method of the excrement disposal material in any one of Claims 10 thru / or 13,
The granule forming step is a method for producing excrement disposal materials including a core forming step for forming a granular core and a covering portion forming step for forming a covering that covers the core. In the manufacturing method of the excrement disposal material according to claim 14,
In the said core part formation process, the manufacturing method of the excrement processing material which forms the said core part which has the function to water-absorb and retain the said excrement. In the manufacturing method of the excrement disposal material according to claim 14 or 15,
In the core forming step, the core containing the baby powder is formed,
In the said covering part formation process, the manufacturing method of the excrement disposal material which forms the said covering part which does not contain the said baby powder. In the manufacturing method of the excrement disposal material according to claim 14 or 15,
In the core part forming step, the core part not containing the baby powder is formed,
In the said covering part formation process, the manufacturing method of the excrement disposal material which forms the said covering part containing the said baby powder. In the manufacturing method of the excrement disposal material according to claim 14 or 15,
In the core forming step, the core containing the baby powder is formed,
In the said covering part formation process, the manufacturing method of the excrement disposal material which forms the said covering part containing the said baby powder.

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