JP2021097602A - Toilet for pet - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a toilet for pet which can be arranged so as to achieve space-saving while sufficiently securing an excrement space for pets.SOLUTION: A toilet for pet 1 includes: a storage part 10C which stores an excrement processing material; and a guide wall part 2 which surrounds the upper circumference of the storage part 10C. The plan view shape of the toilet for pet 1 is the substantially rectangular shape having a longitudinal direction X and a width direction Y orthogonal to the direction X. The guide wall part 2 is provided with a gateway 2E at a place located at a corner part of the rectangular shape. It is preferable that the gateways 2E are provided at places located at both ends on one long side. It is preferable that the ratio of the length W1 in the longitudinal direction X to the length D1 in the width direction Y in the storage part 10C is 1.7 or greater.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

The present invention relates to a pet toilet.

A pet litter box used to treat the excrement of pets such as cats indoors is typically a drainboard-shaped liquid passage part that divides the main body container into an upper layer part and a lower layer part. And a tray accommodated in the lower layer portion. Further, an absorber that absorbs urine that has passed through the liquid passing portion can be provided on the tray.

As a pet toilet having such a configuration, Patent Document 1 describes a sand-like material forming a floor for the purpose of removing sand-like matter adhering to the pet after stool and facilitating cleaning of the toilet body. A pet toilet including a toilet body to be accommodated and a toilet frame body that is combined with the toilet body to provide an outer shape that guides a pet to the toilet body is disclosed. It is also disclosed in the same document that this pet toilet has a sand removing plate that drops sand downward from the top plate of the mesh plate so as to face the inclined surface portion of the toilet frame body.

Further, in Patent Document 2, for the purpose of efficiently using the absorber, an animal toilet having an internal space which is provided in the longitudinal direction, the lateral direction, and the height direction and is a space for excretion by an animal is provided. It is disclosed. In this animal toilet, an absorber arrangement portion for arranging an absorber that absorbs excrement is provided on the lower side in the height direction, and in the longitudinal direction, the center position of the absorber arrangement portion and the center of the internal space are provided. It is also disclosed in the same document that the position is deviated.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2004-49030 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2019-83792

In recent years, pet species with a relatively large head and body length have been bred indoors, and a pet toilet with a large excretion space is desired so that large pets can be excreted comfortably. On the other hand, a pet toilet that has been enlarged to fit the large head and torso length of a pet has a limited indoor placement location, so it is desirable to save space so that the placement location is not restricted. .. The techniques described in Patent Documents 1 and 2 have not studied at all in achieving both of these conflicting problems.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a pet toilet that can solve the drawbacks of the prior art.

The present invention relates to a pet toilet provided with an accommodating portion for accommodating excrement treatment material and a guide wall portion arranged around the upper part of the accommodating portion.
In one embodiment, the pet litter box has a substantially rectangular plan view shape having a longitudinal direction and a width direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction.
In one embodiment, the pet litter box has a pet doorway at a location on the rectangular corner of the guide wall.

According to the present invention, there is provided a pet litter box that can be arranged so as to realize space saving while sufficiently securing a pet excretion space.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view schematically showing an embodiment of a pet toilet of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view schematically showing a disassembled state of the pet toilet shown in FIG. 1, and also shows a granular excrement treatment material arranged in a storage portion. FIG. 3A is a schematic plan view of the pet toilet shown in FIG. 1 as viewed from above, and FIG. 3B is a view of the pet toilet shown in FIG. 1 from the side where the doorway is provided. It is a side view. FIG. 4 is a perspective view schematically showing another embodiment of the pet toilet of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a perspective view schematically showing still another embodiment of the pet toilet of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a vector diagram showing the orientation of the pet's body during excretion in Examples and Comparative Examples.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described based on a preferred embodiment thereof with reference to the drawings. The pet litter box of the present invention can be used for processing or collecting excrement of pets such as dogs, cats, rabbits, and hamsters, and is particularly bred indoors and has a head and torso length. Is useful as a large cat litter box. The head-to-body length is the length obtained by subtracting the length of the tail from the total length (body length) of the pet, and refers to the length from the tip of the head to the base of the tail.

1 to 3 show an embodiment of a pet toilet of the present invention. In the pet litter box 1 of the present embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, a storage portion 10C for accommodating the granular excrement treatment material P and a guide wall portion 2 arranged around the upper portion of the storage portion 10C are provided. I have. Further, as shown in FIG. 3A, the pet toilet 1 has a substantially rectangular plan view shape having a longitudinal direction X and a width direction Y orthogonal to the longitudinal direction X. In FIGS. 1 to 3, the height direction is indicated by reference numeral Z.

In the pet toilet 1 of the present embodiment, the toilet body 10 and the partition portion 20 having the toilet body 10 divided into the upper layer portion 10A and the lower layer portion 10B and the liquid passing portion 21 capable of passing urine, and the lower layer portion It is provided with a urine receiving tray 30 that can be taken in and out of 10B.
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The pet toilet 1 is provided with a storage portion 10C for accommodating the granular excrement treatment material P inside the toilet main body 10, and has a guide wall portion 2 above the toilet main body 10. The guide wall portion 2 is arranged so as to surround the space above the accommodating portion 10C, and a pet excretion space surrounded by the guide wall portion 2 is formed on the accommodating portion 10C.

More specifically, the toilet body 10 is divided into an upper layer portion 10A and a lower layer portion 10B by a partition portion 20 having a liquid passage portion 21 capable of passing urine. Further, in the toilet body 10, the accommodating portion 10C is formed on the partition portion 20 in the upper layer portion 10A, and the guide wall portion 2 is formed above the accommodating portion 10C in the upper layer portion 10A. The expression "surrounding the periphery" includes a case where the entrance / exit 2E, which will be described later, is formed in the guide wall portion 2 and thus has a portion without a wall in a part of the periphery.

The guide wall portion 2 and the accommodating portion 10C preferably have a longitudinal direction X and a width direction Y orthogonal to the longitudinal direction X, as in the plan view shape of the pet litter box 1, and FIGS. As shown in 3, it is also preferable that each longitudinal direction X of the guide wall portion 2 and the accommodating portion 10C coincides with the longitudinal direction X of the pet litter box 1.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the toilet body 10 preferably includes a bottom forming portion 3 having an open upper portion and forming a bottom arranged on the floor surface, and a guide wall portion 2. Both the guide wall portion 2 and the bottom forming portion 3 constituting the toilet body 10 form the outer shape of the pet toilet 1 and have a substantially rectangular plan view shape having a width direction Y orthogonal to the longitudinal direction X. ing.

The guide wall portion 2 in the present embodiment has a tubular shape in which both the upper surface and the lower surface are open, and the guide wall portion 2 is fitted from above the partition portion 20 arranged so as to be overlapped with the bottom portion forming portion 3. 2 can be detachably fixed to the upper part of the bottom forming portion 3. At this time, the guide wall portion 2 is arranged around the upper part of the accommodating portion 10C of the excrement treatment material P formed by the partition portion 20.

As described above, the pet toilet 1 has a substantially rectangular plan view shape, and the guide wall portion 2 has an entrance / exit 2E for pets to enter and exit at a position located at a corner of the rectangular shape. have. The doorway 2E is a portion formed so that the pet can easily enter and exit the pet litter box 1 when the pet litter box 1 is used. The doorway 2E is preferably provided at a position located at at least one corner of the guide wall portion 2 when the pet toilet 1 is viewed in a plan view. Further, the doorway 2E is formed so as to straddle the first wall portion 2x extending along the longitudinal direction X and the second wall portion 2y extending along the width direction Y of the guide wall portion 2. This is preferable from the viewpoint that pets can easily enter and exit even if the second wall portion 2y is arranged close to the wall surface of the room.

Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, in the plan view of the pet toilet 1, the entrance 2E is both ends of one long side of a rectangle which is the plan view shape of the pet toilet in the guide wall portion 2. It is provided at two corners located in. Instead of this, as in the pet litter box 1 of the embodiment shown in FIG. 4, only the corner portion located at one end of one of the long sides of one rectangular shape of the pet litter box in a plan view is used. It may be provided only at the two corners located at both ends of the diagonal line of the rectangle, or it may be provided at all the corners of the guide wall 2. Of these, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the entrance / exit 2E is a guide wall portion, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, from the viewpoint of facilitating the entry / exit of pets even when the pet toilet 1 is arranged close to the indoor wall. It is more preferable that the corner portions located at both ends of one long side in No. 2 are provided.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the bottom forming portion 3 constituting the toilet body 10 preferably has a volume capable of accommodating at least the bottom of the partition portion 20. A substantially rectangular notch 11 is formed on one side surface of the bottom forming portion 3 of the toilet body 10, and the tray 30 can be taken in and out of the toilet body 10 through the notch 11. It has become. In the present embodiment, the notch portion 11 is formed on the long side side where the entrance / exit 2E is arranged.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the partition portion 20 has an open upper portion and a bottomed shape having a shallower bottom than the bottom forming portion 3 in the toilet body 10, and the toilet body 10 has an upper layer portion 10A and a lower layer. It is divided into parts 10B. In the present embodiment, the guide wall portion 2 located above the partition portion 20 mainly constitutes the upper layer portion 10A of the toilet body 10, and the bottom forming portion 3 located below the partition portion 20 is the lower layer portion of the toilet body 10. 10B is mainly configured, and the partition portion 20 allows the granular excrement treatment material P to be accommodated in the upper layer portion 10A of the toilet body 10. That is, the upper surface of the partition portion 20 is configured as a storage portion 10C for accommodating the excrement treatment material P.

The partition portion 20 has a liquid passing portion 21 at the bottom thereof. The liquid passing portion 21 in the present embodiment is configured in a net shape so as to have a plurality of wires extending in parallel with each other. Between the wires in the liquid passing portion 21, there is a gap such that the excrement treatment material P and the excreted feces do not fall and urine passes downward. The partition portion 20 is inclined downward from the peripheral edge thereof toward the liquid passing portion 21, whereby the partition portion 20 can be guided so that the excreted urine flows toward the liquid passing portion 21 side. The urine is configured so that the urine can be passed downward through the liquid passing portion 21. The partition portion 20 is preferably configured to be detachable from the upper part of the bottom forming portion 3 of the toilet body 10.

The tray 30 is for collecting urine that has passed through the excrement treatment material P and the partition portion 20 and has fallen downward. The tray 30 is a thin tray having a substantially rectangular shape in a plan view, and can be accommodated in the lower layer portion 10B of the toilet body 10. The plan view area of the tray 30 is equal to or larger than the area where the liquid passing portion 21 in the partition section 20 is arranged, and is smaller than the plan view area of the pet litter box 1, which means that the urine that has passed through the partition section 20 It is preferable from the viewpoint of facilitating the accumulation of urine and facilitating the treatment or collection of urine.

Since the pet litter box 1 having the above configuration has a substantially rectangular plan view shape that is long in one direction, even if a pet such as a cat having a large head and body length enters the pet litter box, the inside of the litter box It is possible to excrete in a comfortable position without having to change the direction of the body or bend the body in the toilet, and the excretion space is sufficiently secured. Further, since the doorway 2E is provided at the corner of the rectangular shape, the doorway 2E is provided along the longitudinal direction or the width direction in the plan view shape of the pet litter box 1 as compared with the case where the doorway 2E is provided. Even when the pet's head and body length is large, it is possible to easily enter and exit the pet litter box 1, and it is possible to guide the pet's excretion posture along the diagonal direction or the longitudinal direction in the plan view of the pet litter box 1. Therefore, a sufficient space for excretion of pets is secured. Further, when the pet litter box 1 is arranged so as to be close to the wall in the room by having a substantially rectangular plan view shape having a short one direction and providing an entrance / exit 2E at a position located at a corner. In addition, since the depth of the pet litter box 1 can be reduced, space saving can be realized when the pet litter box 1 is arranged indoors, and the long side or short side of the pet litter box 1 can be indoors. Pets can easily enter and exit through the doorway 2E even when they are placed close to the wall surface of the pet. In particular, by providing the doorways 2E at both ends on one long side, when the pet enters and exits the pet litter box 1, the pet is in a position to enter the pet litter box 1 and the pet is from the pet litter box 1. Since it is not necessary to replace the exiting posture in the pet litter box 1, there is an advantage that the pet's posture can be guided to be comfortable and the pet's efficient movement line can be secured.

From the viewpoint of making the above-mentioned effect remarkable, when the accommodating portion 10C has the longitudinal direction X and the width direction Y, the length of the longitudinal direction X with respect to the length D1 of the width direction Y in the accommodating portion 10C. The ratio of W1 (W1 / D1) is preferably 1.7 or more, more preferably 1.8 or more, still more preferably 1.9 or more, and preferably 4.0 or less, more preferably 3.5. Below, it is more preferably 3.0 or less. By having such a dimension, space saving can be effectively achieved when the pet toilet 1 is arranged close to the wall surface of the room.

From the viewpoint of facilitating the entry and exit of pets having a large head and torso length and securing a sufficient excretion space for pets, the length W1 in the longitudinal direction X in the accommodating portion 10C (see FIG. 3A) is preferable. It is more than 600 mm, more preferably 650 mm or more, still more preferably 700 mm or more, preferably 1500 mm or less, more preferably 1200 mm or less, still more preferably 1000 mm or less.

Further, from the viewpoint of achieving both easy entry and exit of a pet having a large head and body length and securing a space for excretion of the pet, the length W1 in the longitudinal direction X is 120% or more and 200% of the head and body length of the pet. It is preferable to set the length as follows.

From the same viewpoint, the length D1 (see FIG. 3A) in the width direction Y of the accommodating portion 10C is preferably 200 mm or more, more preferably 250 mm or more, still more preferably 300 mm or more, and preferably 600 mm or less. , More preferably 500 mm or less, still more preferably 400 mm or less.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the length W1 in the longitudinal direction X and the length D1 in the width direction Y of the accommodating portion 10C described above are partitions when the accommodating portion 10C is composed of the partition portion 20. Let it be the length in the longitudinal direction X and the length in the width direction Y in the plan view of the portion 20. Instead, when the accommodating portion 10C is formed inside the toilet body 10 and the partition portion 20 is not arranged, the length W1 in the longitudinal direction X and the length D1 in the width direction Y are , Based on the inner diameter of the toilet body 10.

From the viewpoint of facilitating the entry and exit of the pet and guiding the pet to have a comfortable posture during excretion, the opening dimension D3 of the entrance 2E in the plan view of the pet litter box 1 (see FIG. 3A). Is preferably 125 mm or more, more preferably 150 mm or more, still more preferably 175 mm or more, preferably 350 mm or less, more preferably 300 mm or less, still more preferably 250 mm or less. This opening dimension is the shortest distance between both ends 2f and 2g at the entrance / exit 2E.

Further, in the plan view of the pet toilet 1, the angle θ on the acute angle side formed by the first virtual straight line L1 passing through both ends 2f and 2g of the entrance 2E and the second virtual straight line L2 along the longitudinal direction X (FIG. 3 (FIG. 3). (see a)) is preferably 10 ° or more, more preferably 15 ° or more, still more preferably 20 ° or more, preferably 80 ° or less, more preferably 75 ° or less, still more preferably 70 ° or less. The first virtual straight line L1 passes through both end portions 2f, 2g at the position that is the shortest distance between both end portions 2f, 2g of the entrance / exit 2E. With such a configuration, pets can easily enter and exit even when the side portion of the pet toilet 1 on the side where the entrance / exit 2E is arranged is arranged close to the wall surface of the room. A sufficient passageway will be secured. Along with this, there is also an advantage that it is not necessary to particularly consider the arrangement location of the pet toilet 1 in order to secure the passage through the entrance 2E.

The height H1 (see FIG. 3B) from the upper end of the doorway 2E to the upper end of the guide wall 2 can be appropriately selected according to the length of the pet's head and body and the size of the excrement treatment material P. However, it is preferably 25 mm or more, more preferably 50 mm or more, still more preferably 75 mm or more, preferably 300 mm or less, more preferably 250 mm or less, still more preferably 200 mm or less. With such a configuration, when the granular excrement treatment material P is housed in the toilet body 10 and used, the excrement treatment material P caused by the movement of the pet is sent to the outside of the pet toilet 1. Scattering can be prevented efficiently.

The height H2 from the bottom surface of the toilet body 10 to the upper end of the doorway 2E (see FIG. 3B) can be appropriately selected according to the length of the pet's head and body and the size of the excrement treatment material P. It is preferably 50 mm or more, more preferably 75 mm or more, still more preferably 100 mm or more, preferably 200 mm or less, more preferably 180 mm or less, still more preferably 160 mm or less. With such a configuration, it is possible to make it easier for pets to enter and exit.

The outer dimensions of the pet litter box 1 can be appropriately selected according to the length of the pet's head and body and the size of the excrement treatment material P, but the length of the longitudinal direction X is preferably 610 mm or more, more preferably 660 mm. The above is preferably 1250 mm or less, and more preferably 1200 mm or less.
Similarly, the length in the width direction Y in the outer dimension of the pet toilet 1 is preferably 210 mm or more, more preferably 260 mm or more, preferably 650 mm or less, still more preferably 550 mm or less.
Similarly, the height (length in the height direction Z) of the pet toilet 1 in the outer dimensions is preferably 75 mm or more, more preferably 125 mm or more, preferably 500 mm or less, still more preferably 430 mm or less. ..

The head and body length of a pet that can preferably use the pet litter box of the present invention depends on the animal species, but from the viewpoint of achieving space saving at the arrangement position of the pet litter box 1, it is preferably 400 mm or more, more preferably 450 mm. The above is preferably 1000 mm or less, and more preferably 800 mm or less.

As another embodiment of the pet toilet 1, the embodiment shown in FIG. 5 can also be adopted. In this embodiment, components different from those in the above-described embodiment will be mainly described, and similar components will be designated by the same reference numerals and description thereof will be omitted. The above-described description of the embodiment is appropriately applied to the components not particularly described.

Specifically, the guide wall portion 2 shown in FIG. 5 includes a first portion 2C having an open upper surface and a second portion 2D whose upper surface is covered and formed into a dome shape. The first portion 2C is formed on one end region side in the longitudinal direction X of the pet toilet 1, and the second portion 2D is formed on the other end region side in the longitudinal direction X of the pet toilet 1. ing. An entrance / exit 2E is formed at a corner of the first portion 2C. The first part 2C and the second part 2D shown in the figure are formed with the substantially central part of the longitudinal direction X in the pet toilet 1 as a boundary, and the side surface of the second part 2D on the first part 2C side is open. doing. Even with such a configuration, even if the pet's head and body length is large, the pet can easily enter and exit the pet toilet 1, and the position of the pet when excreting is in the diagonal direction or the longitudinal direction in the plan view of the pet toilet 1. Since it can be guided along, a sufficient space for excretion of the pet is secured. In addition, space saving can be realized when the pet toilet 1 is arranged indoors. In addition to this, since the circumference of the pet is covered by the second part 2D, the pet can calmly excrete without worrying about the surroundings at the time of excretion. It is also easy for pets to get out of the toilet 1.

In each of the above-described embodiments, the material of each component of the pet toilet 1 is not particularly limited as long as it has corrosion resistance. From the viewpoints of being lightweight, easy to handle, and having good moldability, for example, those integrally molded with a general-purpose synthetic resin such as polypropylene, polyethylene, polyethylene terephthalate, vinyl chloride, and acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer (ABS) are used. preferable. Further, it is more preferable to use each component of the pet toilet 1 having a water-repellent finish or an antibacterial finish on its surface.

In each of the above-described embodiments, as the excrement treatment material P, for example, a material used as cat sand, toilet sand, or the like in the technical field can be used without particular limitation. The excrement treatment material P is preferably a crushed product of a plant-derived material such as crushed wood flour or pulp obtained by crushing a crushed coniferous tree such as Taxodiaceae, Pinaceae or Cupressaceae, a binder, a mineral such as zeolite, and the like. Examples thereof include molded products formed by containing a salt such as zinc oxide and one or more components such as glass. The binder can be used without particular limitation as long as it can solidify a crushed product of a plant-derived material and components contained in it into granules, and for example, a synthetic resin such as polypropylene or polyethylene may be used. Can be done.

The excrement treatment material P can be, for example, a granular material having a shape such as a cylinder, a sphere, a cube, or a rectangular parallelepiped. When collecting urine as a sample for urinalysis, from the viewpoint of improving the reliability of urinalysis, use an excrement treatment material P made of a material that does not affect or hardly affects the composition and characteristics of urine. Is preferable. It is also preferable to use a material for forming the excrement treatment material P so that the molded product does not collapse due to the presence of water.

A preferred embodiment of the method of using the pet toilet 1 described above will be described below. First, the tray 30 is housed in the lower layer portion 10B of the toilet body 10. Further, preferably, the partition portion 20 is arranged so as to overlap the bottom forming portion 3 to form the accommodating portion 10C on the partition portion 20. Further, preferably, an appropriate amount of granular excrement treatment material P is arranged on the upper surface of the partition portion 20 to form the toilet bed of the pet litter box 1. After that, the guide wall portion 2 is arranged so as to overlap the bottom forming portion 3 so that the guide wall portion 2 is arranged above the accommodating portion 10C formed in the upper layer portion 10A. Further, if necessary, a urine absorber such as a urine absorbing sheet may be housed on the upper surface of the tray 30.

In this state, the pet is excreted so as to enter the upper layer portion 10A of the pet litter box 1 preferably through the doorway 2E. The urine urinated from the pet passes through the liquid passing portion 21 in the partition portion 20 and flows down to the lower layer portion 10B side. The urine that has flowed down to the lower layer portion 10B is accumulated on the tray 30 or absorbed by the urine absorber in the tray 30 and collected. Further, the feces excreted from the pet remain on the upper part of the partition portion 20 or on the excrement treatment material P. When cleaning the excrement of a pet, the partition portion 20 and the tray 30 may be cleaned, or the excrement treatment material P and the urine absorber may be replaced with unused ones. As the urine absorber, for example, a raw material containing one or more of components such as pulp fiber, clay mineral material, and polymer absorbing material, which is formed into a sheet or a plate can be used. When the excreted urine of a pet is used as a sample for a urinalysis or the like, it is preferable not to store anything in the tray 30 from the viewpoint of facilitating the collection of the excreted urine.

When the pet litter box 1 to which the partition portion 20 is not arranged is used, for example, an appropriate amount of the excrement treatment material P is arranged in the accommodating portion 10C inside the toilet body 10 to provide the toilet bed of the pet litter box 1. It is formed, and in this state, the pet can be excreted so as to enter the excrement treatment material P.

Although the present invention has been described above based on the preferred embodiment thereof, the present invention is not limited to the present embodiment. For example, the cutout portion 11 of the present embodiment is formed on the long side side where the entrance / exit 2E exists in the plan view of the pet litter box 1, and is configured so that the tray 30 can be taken in and out in the direction along the width direction Y. However, other configurations may be used as long as the effects of the present invention are exhibited. Specifically, the notch portion 11 may be formed on the opposite side of the long side where the entrance / exit 2E exists so that the tray 30 can be taken in and out in the direction along the width direction Y, and the notch portion 11 may be formed. The tray 30 may be formed on the short side side or the opposite side side of the short side in a plan view of the pet toilet 1 so that the tray 30 can be taken in and out in the direction along the longitudinal direction X.

Further, although only one tray 30 of the present embodiment is arranged, the present invention is not limited to this, and a plurality of trays 30 may be accommodated.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to Examples. However, the scope of the present invention is not limited to such examples.

[Example 1]
As shown in FIG. 1, a pet litter box 1 having a substantially rectangular plan view shape and having two entrances and exits 2E at corners located at both ends of one long side is placed on an indoor floor. Using. The outer dimensions of the pet litter box 1 are a length of 750 mm in the longitudinal direction X and a length of 400 mm in the width direction Y, and the height from the mounting surface of the pet litter box 1 to the upper end of the guide wall portion 2. The height (length in the height direction Z) was 260 mm, and the height H2 from the mounting surface of the pet litter box 1 to the doorway 2E was 134 mm. The accommodating portion 10C is composed of a partition portion 20, and the length W1 of the partition portion 20 in the longitudinal direction X in the plan view is 716 mm, the length D1 in the width direction Y is 360 mm, and the ratio of the lengths W1 / D1 was 1.99. In the storage portion 10C, a pulverized product of a plant-derived material and a granular material formed by containing a synthetic resin were stored as excrement treatment material P.

[Comparative Example 1]
In this comparative example, a pet toilet having the configuration described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2019-83792 was placed on an indoor floor and used. This pet toilet has a substantially rectangular plan view shape, and one entrance / exit is provided along the longitudinal direction of the pet toilet, and no entrance / exit is provided at a location located at a corner. The outer dimensions of the pet toilet are 701 mm in the longitudinal direction X and 471 mm in the width direction Y, and the height (height) from the mounting surface of the pet toilet 1 to the upper part of the wall portion. The length in the vertical direction Z) was 350 mm, and the height H2 from the mounting surface of the pet toilet 1 to the doorway was 142 mm. The accommodating portion is composed of a partition portion 20, and the length W1 of the partition portion 20 in the longitudinal direction X in the plan view is 670 mm, the length D1 in the width direction Y is 440 mm, and the ratio of lengths W1 / D1. Was 1.52. Granules similar to those in Example 1 were contained in the accommodating portion 10C as the excrement treatment material P.

[Evaluation of toilet use by pets]
<1. Body orientation when excreting pets>
The pet litter boxes of Examples and Comparative Examples were placed indoors and excreted by a plurality of cats having a head and body length shown in Table 1 below. FIG. 6 shows the orientation of the cat's body during excretion when the pet litter box is viewed in a plan view. In the figure, the length of the cat's head and body, its direction, and the position of the head are shown by vectors. The arrowhead is in the direction of the cat's head. Along with this, the longitudinal direction X and the width direction Y of the pet toilet 1 are shown in the figure.

<2. Number of turns before and after pet excretion>
Evaluation above <1. > At the same time, the number of times (the number of turns) the cat changed its direction in the pet litter box before and after excretion was measured between the time the cat entered the pet litter box and the time it left the pet litter box. The smaller the number of turns before and after excretion, the more the flow line is secured so that the person can enter the toilet and take an excretion posture smoothly. The results are shown in Table 1.

[Pet entry / exit position]
Evaluation above <1. > And <2. > At the same time, before and after excretion, it was visually observed whether or not the cat entered and exited through the doorway. In the pet litter box of Example 1, a cat that entered through one doorway 2E before excretion and exited from the other doorway 2E after excretion was evaluated as "properly entered and exited", and the other cats entered and exited. Evaluated that "it did not go in and out properly". Further, in the pet litter box of Comparative Example 1, cats that entered through the doorway before excretion and exited from the same doorway after excretion were evaluated as "properly entered and exited", and cats that entered and exited other than that were evaluated as "properly entered and exited". It doesn't go in and out properly. "
In Table 1, cats that enter and exit properly are indicated by the symbol "○", and cats that do not enter and exit properly are indicated by the symbol "x". In Table 1, "average value (times)" is an arithmetic mean value obtained by dividing the number of cat turns before excretion and the number of cat turns after excretion by the number of cats using a pet litter box. , "Ratio (%)" is a percentage of the number of cats that entered and exited properly (cats evaluated by the symbol "○" in Table 1) with respect to the number of cats that used the litter box. The results are shown in Table 1.

As shown in Table 1 and FIG. 6, in the pet litter box of the example, each vector is oriented in the direction along the longitudinal direction X of the pet litter box 1 as compared with that of the comparative example, and the cat's turn. The number was small. In addition to this, the pet litter box of the example has a higher rate of proper entry and exit of the pet than that of the comparative example, so that the pet's posture is guided to be comfortable and the pet's efficient flow line is maintained. It can be seen that it has been secured. Therefore, the pet litter box of the present invention has a sufficient space for excretion of pets. In addition to this, the pet toilet of the present invention is provided at a place where the doorway is located at the corner, so that it can be arranged close to the indoor wall side, and even in that case, the pet passage can be provided. It is secured. As a result, it can be arranged so as to realize space saving.

1 Pet toilet 2 Guide wall part 2E Doorway 10 Toilet body 10A Upper layer part 10B Lower layer part 10C Storage part 20 Partition part 30 Tray P Excrement treatment material X Longitudinal direction Y Width direction

Claims (5)

It is provided with a storage portion for accommodating excrement treatment material and a guide wall portion arranged around the upper part of the storage portion.
It has a substantially rectangular plan view shape having a longitudinal direction and a width direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction.
A pet toilet having a pet entrance / exit at a position located at a corner of the rectangle on the guide wall portion. The pet toilet according to claim 1, wherein the doorway is provided at both ends of one long side of the rectangle. The pet litter box according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the accommodating portion has a ratio of the length in the longitudinal direction to the length in the width direction of 1.7 or more. The pet toilet according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the accommodating portion has a length of more than 600 mm in the longitudinal direction. A toilet body, a partition portion that divides the toilet body into an upper layer portion and a lower layer portion and has a liquid passage portion capable of passing urine, and a tray for receiving urine that can be taken in and out of the lower layer portion. Prepare,
Any of claims 1 to 4, wherein the accommodating portion is formed on the partition portion in the upper layer portion, and the guide wall portion having the entrance / exit is formed above the accommodating portion in the upper layer portion. The pet litter box described in item 1.

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