JP3236889U - Pet animal excrement processing sand - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To discover a cat's disease by making the excrement of the cat inconspicuous when the cat's toilet is placed indoors to maintain the aesthetic appearance, and by being able to immediately detect hematuria or the like in the case of a cat with a disease. Provide cat toilet sand that can be facilitated. SOLUTION: The present invention is toilet sand for treating excrement of pet animals, particularly cats, and the shape per grain is substantially tubular, with a longitudinal direction of 8 mm to 15 mm and a radial direction. The size is 4 mm to 7 mm, the material is composed of silica gel, and the material that colors silica gel is used to color the silica gel in a specific color. [Selection diagram] Fig. 1

Description

The present invention is particularly concerned with the sand of cat litter, and in detail, it is intended to give a clean impression to the cat litter kept as a pet in the home and to make it easier to detect a cat's disease. It is related to the excrement-treated sand of pet animals, which is made possible by using different colors.

Due to the influence of the new coronavirus, the number of employment forms that introduce telework has increased, and the time spent at home has increased, such as refraining from going out with the family to prevent infection, creating a laid-back atmosphere seeking healing. It can be said that the cats that give us attention are attracting attention and are becoming more popular than before.

There are various reasons why cats are becoming more popular. Some people like the laid-back atmosphere peculiar to cats, but the fact that they don't need to take a walk every day compared to dogs and that it is easy to teach them how to use the toilet are also popular factors. Cats have a habit of digging up soft soil, adding extra work, and filling in the excrement at that time to eliminate the odor. Therefore, by utilizing this habit, it is possible to train a domestic cat's toilet by using a container containing sand in the room. However, in recent years, there has been a strong tendency to be concerned with the interior of the room and the fragrance of the room, and installing a cat litter box in the room may cause excrement to get into your eyes. The problem is also serious.

Therefore, various technical proposals have been made in the past. For example, a technique in which the name of the device is "lightened old aggregate cellulose pellet" is also disclosed (see Patent Document 1). Specifically, "Wood chips and wood pellets are used as bedding and toilet sand substances for small animals. However, they may contain irritants such as natural aromatic oils and are consumed by small animals. There are potential health risks such as food and scratches. Toilet sand with pulp and paper pellets is used as well, but these substances are usually inorganic or clay filler substances. Are included as bonding agents and / or flocculants. These materials also tend to be heavy, can only absorb a limited amount of liquid, and lose mechanical integrity due to the inclusion of moisture. The problem is "improvement of fluid bed and toilet sand for small animals, which is needed", and as a solution, "absorbent material that can be used for animal bed and toilet sand has a bulk density of 95". It is produced from pellets of cellulose fibers weighing up to 350 kg / m3. The cellulose fibers can be recycled from the stream of waste in the papermaking facility. The pellets may have a diameter of 3-12 mm and a length of 3-36 mm. When used for cat litter, the pellet density may be 240-305 kg / m3. When used for small animal litter, the pellet density may be 160-225 kg / m3. Pellets are very small. It contains an inorganic material and is typically less than 10% by weight or less than 5% by weight. "

Further, a technique is disclosed in which the name of the invention is "a method for producing a hydrophobic material in the form of particles or fine particles or a compressed body" (see Patent Document 2). Specifically, "it can be produced in the form of a molded or shaped body or fine or compressed particles used as toilet sand for animal hygiene, and is highly hydrophobic and has good surface smoothness. The subject is "to provide a method capable of producing a material which has and does not dissolve in a wet state." It is a toilet sand for animal hygiene that has a body, does not contain a binder, and is in the form of a cellulose-based molded product or fine particles or compressed product produced by a pressure molding process. "

Further, a technique in which the name of the invention is "pellet-shaped pet toilet sand and a method for producing the same" is also disclosed (see Patent Document 3). Specifically, the problem is "to provide toilet sand that can exhibit high water-repellent function without any coating while using plant fiber, which is a flammable material, as a raw material." A mixture of 90 to 97% by weight of plant fiber having a water content of 20 to 30% and 3 to 10% by weight of starches, which is a standard piece, is put into a disc pelleter and a die in the disc pelleter. The mixture is compressed and extruded by the above roller rotation to granulate into pellets, and the granulated pellets are heated and dried at a predetermined temperature by a dryer to have a bulk specific gravity of 0.5 to 0.8 g / cm3 and A device formed by molding to a water content of 10 to 12% is adopted. " However, none of the techniques of Patent Document 1 to Patent Document 3 adopts a structure in which the habit of a cat is used properly in relation to the color due to coloring.

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The present invention makes it easier to detect a cat's disease by making the cat's excrement inconspicuous when the cat's toilet is placed indoors and keeping the appearance, and by being able to immediately detect hematuria etc. for a cat with a disease. The challenge is to provide cat litter that can be used.

The present invention is toilet sand for treating the excrement of pet animals, especially cats, and the shape of each grain is substantially tubular, with a longitudinal direction of 8 mm to 15 mm and a radial direction of 4 mm to 7 mm. It is a size, and the material is composed of silica gel, and a structure colored with the material T that colors silica gel is adopted.

Further, in the present invention, it is also possible to adopt a configuration in which the material for coloring silica gel is colored orange.

Further, in the present invention, it is also possible to adopt a configuration in which the material for coloring silica gel is colored pink.

In addition, the present invention can also adopt a configuration in which the material that colors silica gel is colored green.

Further, in the present invention, it is also possible to adopt a configuration in which the material for coloring silica gel is colored blue.

Further, in the present invention, it is also possible to adopt a configuration in which the material for coloring silica gel is colored white.

Further, in the present invention, it is also possible to adopt a configuration in which the material for coloring silica gel is colored black.

Further, the present invention can also adopt a configuration in which different colors colored with the material T for coloring the silica gel are combined.

Further, according to the pet animal excrement-treated sand according to the present invention, since it is a collection of sand having a substantially tubular shape of silica gel, gaps are likely to be formed between the grains, and the urine excreted by the cat is collected from the sand. Since it easily falls downward along the gap while flipping the surface, it has an excellent effect of keeping the sand clean.

In addition, according to the pet animal excrement-treated sand according to the present invention, the characteristics that the color gives to the cat are utilized, and the excellent effect that the toilet can be made well by coloring the cat in the color preferred by each cat is exhibited. be.

In addition, according to the pet animal excrement treatment sand according to the present invention, the bright colors of orange, pink, and green have the effect of camouflaging the cat's excrement, and when installed indoors, the cat's toilet feels clean. It has the excellent effect of being able to spend a refreshing feeling for both the owner and the visitor.

In addition, when the pet animal excrement processing sand according to the present invention is colored black, it matches the interior such as monotone, and cat excrement, especially stool, is not noticeable, so it is installed in the indoor space. It has an excellent effect of reducing the disgust caused by the presence of pets.

In addition, if the pet animal excrement treatment sand according to the present invention is configured to have a pink color, which is considered to be preferred by cats, it will be a relaxing space for cats who have just started to train the toilet. It has an excellent effect that the toilet can be trained smoothly.

In addition, when the composition of coloring the excrement-treated sand of the pet animal according to the present invention is adopted to be colored white, the color of the cat's urine can be clearly seen, bloody urine can be detected quickly, and the disease can be detected quickly. It exerts an excellent effect.

In addition, in the excrement-treated sand of pet animals according to the present invention, by coloring it in black, white, or deep blue, which cats dislike, some long cats kept as pets can play with toilet sand. By using a color that is disliked by cats that have been in the toilet for a long time even after adding some extra work, it has an excellent effect of reducing mischief in the toilet.

Further, when the pet animal excrement-treated sand according to the present invention is selected to be a combination of different colored sands, the effect of each characteristic of the colored colors is exhibited. For example, by mixing pink, which is the color preferred by cats during toilet training, with white, which makes it easy to understand the color of excrement, it is easy to check whether the toilet is well made.

In addition, when different color combinations such as pink and white are selected for the pet animal excrement-treated sand according to the present invention, the excrement is camouflaged by the bright and colorful sand, so that the litter box for cats can be used. It has the combined effect of being able to alleviate the spoiling of the aesthetics of the room in which it is installed, and being able to detect abnormalities in physical condition such as blood and urine at an early stage as an effect of including white color.

It is a basic composition explanatory perspective view explaining the basic composition of the excrement processing sand of a pet animal which concerns on this invention. It is explanatory drawing explaining the shape and size of the excrement processing sand of a pet animal which concerns on this invention. It is an enlarged view explaining the use state of the excrement processing sand of a pet animal which concerns on this invention. It is a figure of use state of excrement processing sand of a pet animal which concerns on this invention.

The pet animal excrement processing sand 1 according to the present invention is toilet sand for processing pet animal excrement, particularly cat excrement, and has a substantially tubular shape per grain and has a longitudinal direction of 8 mm to 15 mm. The largest feature is that the size is 4 mm to 7 mm in the radial direction, the material is composed of silica gel S, and the material is colored with the material T that colors silica gel. Hereinafter, each configuration will be described with reference to the drawings. However, the shape and structure are not limited to those described in the drawings, and the changes can be made within the range in which the effect exerted as the creation of the technical idea of the present invention can be obtained.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view for explaining a basic configuration for explaining a basic configuration of a pet animal excrement-treated sand 1 according to the present invention, and FIG. 1 (a) shows a pet animal excrement-treated sand 1 colored in orange O. 1 (b) shows the pet animal excrement-treated sand 1 colored in pink P, and FIG. 1 (c) shows the pet animal excrement-treated sand 1 colored in green G, FIG. 1 (d). ) Shows the pet animal excrement-treated sand 1 colored in white W, FIG. 1 (e) shows the pet animal excrement-treated sand 1 colored in blue B, and FIG. 1 (f) shows the pet animal excrement-treated sand 1 colored in blue B. The excrement processing sand 1 of the pet animal which was made is shown.

Silica gel S is a substance produced by dehydrating and drying a silicate gel obtained by hydrolysis of an acid component generated by leaving an aqueous solution of sodium metasilicate (Na2SiO3) to stand, and is porous. Therefore, the surface area per unit volume is large, and it is easy to adsorb nearby substances. Utilizing this property, it is widely and generally used as an adsorbent and a desiccant for water.
Although the original silica gel is colorless and translucent, the silica gel used as a desiccant is often added with cobalt chloride as an indicator of water. Silica gel to which cobalt chloride is added exhibits a blue color when the amount of water adsorbed is small and the water adsorption power is sufficient, and becomes pale pink when the amount of water adsorbed increases and the water adsorption power decreases. Since silica gel as a desiccant can evaporate the water content inside the pores by heating it in a microwave oven or a frying pan, it can be reused by this heat treatment. Silica gel to which cobalt chloride is added returns from pale pink to blue. There are A type and B type, and A type adsorbs moisture even at low humidity, and when heated, it releases moisture and is regenerated as a desiccant. Type B has a diatomaceous earth-like property that adsorbs a large amount of water at high humidity but releases water at low humidity.

Among various types of cat litter such as mineral, paper, and okara, when silica gel is used as the material, it has features such as high water absorption and deodorant effect, and less frequent replacement. It is mainly used for system toilets that are divided into upper and lower parts. That is, the cat litter of silica gel S drops the water of the urine to the bottom without being absorbed by the sand, and the lower sheet absorbs the urine of only the water with the odor removed. When feces are made with cat litter of silica gel S, the silica gel absorbs the moisture of the feces and dries them. Therefore, it has a high deodorizing effect to eliminate the odor of urine and feces. If you use cat litter that hardens in the system toilet, moisture will remain, so silica gel cat litter is used in the system toilet, but silica gel is used as the material to use the deodorizing effect in the hardened type cat litter. It is also possible to mix a small amount of the excrement-treated sand 1 of the pet animal according to the present invention. In addition, silica gel cat litter needs to be replaced about once or twice a month, which is highly advantageous in terms of both environment and economy.

The material T is a pigment or dye for coloring silica gel S. It is desirable that it is a pigment or dye derived from silica gel, but it is not particularly limited, and it significantly reduces the water absorption and deodorant property of silica gel S regardless of whether it is inorganic or organic, natural or synthetic. It does not have to be a substance that colors firmly. Hereinafter, the characteristics of each color scheme will be described.

Orange O is one of the colors colored by the material T, and is a color selected to make the excrement inconspicuous and to give a bright and refreshing impression to the room where the toilet is installed.

Pink P is one of the colors colored by the material T and is considered to be the color most preferred by cats, and is selected because cats training in the toilet can relax and train smoothly. The color.

Green G is one of the colors colored by the material T, which is a color that cats are relatively fond of, and is selected because cats training in the toilet can relax and train smoothly. The color. In addition, it is a color that creates a refreshing impression for humans, and is a color that is selected to give a good impression to the room where the toilet is installed.

Blue B is one of the colors colored by the material T, which is a color that cats do not like very much, so that they do not play with the litter or stay in the litter box when they are done. The color you choose for. In addition, it is a color that creates a refreshing impression for humans, and is a color that is selected to give a good impression to the room where the toilet is installed.

White W is one of the colors colored by the material T, and is a color that can be used to detect abnormalities such as hematuria in cats. It is a color to do. The silica gel S itself is originally colorless and translucent and looks whitish, but in the present invention, it is colored white by the material T.

Black K is one of the colors colored by the material T, which is a color that cats do not like very much, so that they will not play with the toilet sand or stay in the toilet for a long time when they are done with it. The color to choose for.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the shape and dimensions of the pet animal excrement-treated sand 1 according to the present invention.

The longitudinal direction L indicates the length in the longitudinal direction of the tubular body, and specifically, it is preferably 8 mm to 15 mm, for example, and the dimension is about twice the radial direction D. The reason is to create a gap between the grains so that urine can easily fall downward. In addition, cats have a habit of digging holes in the sand, and in order to prevent the sand from being scattered outside the container Y, a certain amount of weight is required per volume when silica gel is used as the material. Therefore, it is desirable to have such dimensions because an appropriate weight is required so that they are not easily scattered.

The radial direction D indicates the radial length of the tubular body, and specifically, it is preferably 4 mm to 7 mm, for example, and has a dimension of about 1/2 of the longitudinal direction L. The reason is that, as in the explanation in the longitudinal direction L, a gap is created between the grains so that urine can easily fall downward. In addition, cats have a habit of digging holes in the sand and adding extra work, and the sand may be scattered outside the container Y. In order to prevent such scattering, a certain amount of weight is required per volume when silica gel is used as a material. Therefore, it is desirable to have such a dimension because an appropriate weight is required so that it does not easily scatter. Further, setting the dimensions in the longitudinal direction L and the radial direction D is also a dimension that makes it difficult for the cat's soles to be pinched between the paws.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view explaining the usage state of the excrement-treated sand of the pet animal according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, when a large number of pet animal excrement-treated sands 1 according to the present invention are collected, a gap is formed between each grain. The presence of such gaps increases the surface area of contact with the odorous components contained in urine and enhances the deodorizing effect by adsorbing them. For example, if it is spherical, it fills up without gaps, so the contact area per grain does not increase.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of the usage state of the excrement-treated sand 1 of the pet animal according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, when a large number of pet animal excrement-treated sands 1 according to the present invention are collected in a cat litter container Y, it can be conspicuous as a design decorative effect. Therefore, depending on the color scheme to be colored, it will affect the space as an interior, so for example, if the interior is composed of monotone, white or black will match, and pink or green near the floral curtain. It is possible to select the appropriate color for each, such as matching the color scheme. Further, by mixing and using the excrement-treated sand 1 of the pet animal according to the present invention colored in different colors, it is possible to coordinate in harmony with the indoor space. Although not shown in the drawings, it is preferable not only to collect in a single color or to collect by mixing, but also to divide the container Y into a multicolored structure so that it can be used as a part of the interior. Is.

According to the pet animal excrement processing sand according to the present invention, the current situation that there are many problems in installing pet animals in rooms in cat toilets is solved while pet animals, especially cats, have become a boom in recent years and the number of people who keep them is increasing. Since it can be guided, it can be said that it has high industrial applicability.

1 Pet animal excrement processing sand
S silica gel
Material for coloring T silica gel
L Longitudinal direction
D radial direction
O orange
P pink
G green
B blue
W white
K black Y container

Claims (8)

Toilet sand for treating pet animals, especially cat excrement,
The shape per grain is a substantially cylindrical shape,
Longitudinal (L) is 8 mm to 15 mm,
The radial direction (D) is 4 mm to 7 mm in size.
The material is composed of silica gel (S).
Pet animal excrement-treated sand (1), which is colored with the material (T) that colors silica gel (S). The pet animal excrement-treated sand (1) according to claim 1, wherein the material (T) for coloring the silica gel (S) is colored orange (O). The pet animal excrement-treated sand (1) according to claim 1, wherein the material (T) for coloring the silica gel (S) is colored pink (P). The pet animal excrement-treated sand (1) according to claim 1, wherein the material (T) for coloring the silica gel (S) is colored green (G). The pet animal excrement-treated sand (1) according to claim 1, wherein the material (T) for coloring the silica gel (S) is colored blue (B). The pet animal excrement-treated sand (1) according to claim 1, wherein the material (T) for coloring the silica gel (S) is colored white (W). The pet animal excrement-treated sand (1) according to claim 1, wherein the material (T) for coloring the silica gel (S) is colored black (K). The pet animal excrement-treated sand 1 according to claim 1, wherein the sand is a combination of different colors colored with the material (T) for coloring the silica gel (S).

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