JPH10178951A - Urination processing material or mat for bed for animal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a urination processing material or mat usable for the urination processing or bed of a pet kind or an animal for experimentation by turning a planar paper piece for which sheet-manufactured planar paper is subdivided and covering the surface of the subdivided planar paper piece with a water absorbent. SOLUTION: For instance, the sheet-manufactured planar paper 1 indicated in A is supplied with a wavy bend shape as indicated in B and then subdivided as indicated in C and the surface of the planar paper piece 2 supplied with the curved shape of an S shape or the like by the subdivision is covered with the water absorbent 3 as indicated in D. In the case of spreading many of it in a tray or the like, the lower recessed curved surface 6 of a curved part 4 forms a clearance 5 for holding urine with a spreading surface 9 and the upper recessed curved surface 7 forms a recess 8 for receiving the urine. The recessed curved surfaces 6 and 7 and the clearance 5 and the recess 8 formed by them generate appropriate cushion function and heat insulation function and suitability as the mat for the bed is supplied.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a urine-treating material or bed mat for pets such as cats and indoor dogs, or laboratory animals such as mice, guinea pigs and hamsters, and more particularly to paperboard such as cardboard base paper. The feature is that it is used as a material.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In Japanese Patent No. 16696885, an inorganic filler is mixed and kneaded with pulp or a residue thereof, and the kneaded product is granulated to form an animal urinary treatment material.

[0003] Thereafter, with this as a trigger, paper flour, sawdust, wood flour, ground coffee beans, residues after coffee distillation, organic fibers such as tea husks and rice husks as an alternative to the pulp are used as main components. Urinary treatment materials for animals have been filed.

[0004]

However, all of these methods require a granulation drying step and a preparation step of a kneaded material as a pre-step of the granulation drying step, and require only factory equipment for these steps. Alternatively, it is difficult to properly granulate the kneaded product of the organic fiber or the organic powder, and there is a problem that the yield of granulation is deteriorated and the homogeneity is lacking.

[0005] Further, they have a drawback that disaggregation easily occurs in the distribution process. Further, there is a problem that the animal is scattered or unevenly distributed when stepping on the foot.

[0006]

According to the present invention, a paperboard is used as a raw material, and the paperboard obtained by subdividing the paperboard is used as a core (substrate). The surface of the subdivided paperboard is used for urination. An animal urine treatment material or bedding for a bed, which is coated with a water absorbing agent suitable for water absorption, is provided.

In the present invention, the paperboard is used as a raw material, and the paperboard is finely divided into base materials. Therefore, a kneaded product of pulp and filler is formed and granulation is performed as in the prior art. It can be saved very much, and it can be produced very easily only by making paperboard, for example, cardboard base paper, and the like, and then subdividing the fragmented board-like paper pieces with various water absorbing agents.

Further, paperboard such as corrugated cardboard has an entangled structure of pulp fibers and is inherently rich in water absorption and heat insulating properties. Urine disposal material for animals or rugs for beds.

[0009] Further, since the base material is a sheet-like paper piece obtained by subdividing a paperboard, it has a good stationary property and is not scattered as compared with a granular material, and has an advantage of being unevenly distributed. The intended purpose of the rug can be fully demonstrated.

Further, the present invention is useful as a waste recycling technique, including the case where the above-mentioned object is formed by utilizing waste paperboard (used paperboard) such as cardboard base paper and cardboard, and waste paper. Not only that, it also contributes to cost reduction of the target product.

[0011]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

First Embodiment Example (see FIG. 1) A papermaking machine 1 made by the papermaking machine shown in FIG. 1A, for example, a corrugated cardboard base paper is subdivided as shown in FIG. 1C, and as shown in FIG. Water absorbing agent 3
Layer. The urine disposal material or the bedding rug has a structure in which the entire upper and lower surfaces and end surfaces of the plate-shaped paper piece 2 are covered with the water absorbing agent 3.

In this case, as shown in FIG. 1B, a corrugated bent shape is given to the papermaking paperboard 1 shown in FIG. 1A, and then it is subdivided as shown in FIG. 1C, and as shown in FIG. The surface of the plate-shaped paper piece 2 given the curved shape is covered with the water absorbing agent 3.

Therefore, when a large number of the urine-treating materials or bedding for the animal are laid on a tray or the like, the lower concave curved surface 6 of the curved portion 4 and the laying surface 9 form a space 5 for retaining urine. In addition, the upper concave curved surface 7 has a dent 8 for receiving urination.
To form

The lower concave curved surface 6 and the upper concave curved surface 7, and the void 5 and the concave 8 formed by them, provide an appropriate cushioning action and heat retaining action, and give an appropriateness as a bed rug.

Second Embodiment (See FIGS. 2 and 3) The surface of the papermaking board 1 shown in FIG. 2A, for example, the corrugated board is coated with a water absorbing agent 3 as shown in FIG. An animal urine-treating material or rug for bedding is obtained, which is based on a sheet of paper 2 whose surface is coated with a water-absorbing agent 3.

The finely divided plate-like paper piece 2 forming the treatment material or the rug has a structure in which the end face has a shear surface 2a shown in FIG. 3A and the shear surface 2a is exposed from the water absorbing agent 3. . Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 3B, the segmented plate-shaped paper piece 2 has a structure in which an end surface has a fractured surface 2 b and the fractured surface 2 b is exposed from the water absorbing agent 3.

The above-mentioned shearing surface 2a means a cut surface shape formed when the paperboard 1 covered with the water-absorbing agent 3 is cut by shear cutting, and the fractured surface 2b is coated with the water-absorbing agent 3. It means a fractured cross-sectional shape having fine entrances and exits formed when a tearing force is applied to the formed paperboard 1 to break it. The fractured surface 2b has a large number of raised brushes 10 generated by the fracture.

The above treated material is made of a water absorbing agent 3 by a sheet of paper 2.
At the same time as absorbing the urine absorbed by the water-absorbing agent 3 from the surface thereof, and at the same time, the shear surface 2a or the fracture surface 2b absorbs water from the cut end of the plate-shaped paper piece 2 to the inner layer of the paper piece 2. Encourage good. In the case of the fractured surface 2b, the ingress and egress and the raising 10 further promote the capillary phenomenon and enhance the water absorbing effect.

In the example shown in FIG. 2, the corrugated bent shape shown in FIG. 2B is given to the paperboard 1 shown in FIG. 2A, and the corrugated bent paperboard 1 shown in FIG.
Can be coated with a water absorbing agent 3 and then subdivided to give a curved shape as shown in FIG. 2D.

Therefore, similarly to FIG. 1D, when a large number of the urine treatment materials or the bed mats are laid on a tray or the like, the lower concave curved surface 6 of the curved portion 4 forms a gap 5 with the laying surface 9. At the same time, the upper concave curved surface 7 forms a depression 8 for receiving urine. Therefore, by providing a curved shape, the urine absorbing / absorbing action is enhanced, and an appropriate cushioning action and heat retaining action as a bed rug are provided.

The urination material or bedding rug may have a curved shape, as shown in FIGS.
A, As shown in FIG. 4B, a flat outer shape is provided. FIG. 4A shows a case where the entire surface is coated with the water-absorbing agent 3 as in FIG. 1D, and FIG. 4B shows a state in which the end surface of the plate-shaped paper piece 2 has a shearing surface 2a or a broken surface 2b as in FIG. 3 is exposed. The sheared surface 2 a and the fractured surface 2 b are exposed on the whole or a part of the peripheral end surface of the sheet 2.

FIG. 5 is a side view, partially cut away, showing a specific structure when the above-mentioned urine disposal material or bed rug is made of cardboard base paper. As is known, the corrugated board is a laminated paperboard in which a flat paper 1b is adhered to the front and back surfaces of a corrugated paperboard 1a to form a cavity 1c inside, and the laminated paperboard is subdivided according to the above description and flattened as shown in FIG. A plate-shaped paper piece 2 having an appropriate outer shape is formed, and the entire surface of the plate-shaped paper piece 2 is covered with a water absorbing agent 3. At this time, as shown in FIG. 5, the cavity 1c opened to the corrugated end face side of the corrugated paperboard 1a is not closed by the water absorbing agent 3, but remains in an open state. The water absorbing agent 3 is only layered on the end faces of the corrugated paperboard 1a and the flat paperboard 1b.

The upper and lower surfaces of the plate-shaped paper piece 2 made of the corrugated cardboard are covered with a water-absorbing agent 3, and the end face can be exposed as a fractured surface 2b or a sheared surface 2a, as described above. In this case, the cavity 1c has a completely open structure on the corrugated end face side of the corrugated paperboard 1a. The urine disposal material or bedding for bed made from the cardboard base paper can utilize the heat insulation and cushioning properties of the cardboard base paper as it is, and can secure a sufficient thickness (bulk), and is suitable as the treatment material or rug.

Next, various kinds of water-absorbing agents 3 of the first and second embodiments are used in the above-mentioned application, and these can be arbitrarily selected.

For example, starch, a water-absorbing polymer, methylcellulose carboxylate (CMC), etc., and these water-absorbing agents 3 adhere to the surface of the sheet of paper 2 in a thin state.

FIG. 6 shows the state of adhesion, that is, the layer structure of the water-absorbing agent 3 formed by this adhesion, and the state in which the particles 3a of the powdery water-absorbing polymer are superimposed on the surface of the sheet 2 of paper as a suitable material. Thus, the particles 3a adhere to each other on the peripheral surface to form a layer.

The above-mentioned layer structure is applied to the surface of the paperboard 1 or the paperboard 2 by spraying water or an adhesive in a spray form or the like, and the surface of the water or the adhesive is coated with the water-absorbing polymer or the like. It is formed by spraying the powder of the water absorbing agent 3.
The water or the adhesive causes the particles 3a directly in contact with the particles 3a to adhere to each other, and at the same time, a part of the particles 3a
It infiltrates between and adheres the particle peripheral surfaces to each other. So-called water absorbing agent 3
Is formed.

In FIG. 6, reference numeral 11a denotes a bonding portion between the paper sheet surface and the particles 3a by water or an adhesive applied to the surface of the plate-shaped paper sheet 2, and 11b denotes each particle infiltrated between the particles 3a by the water or the adhesive. The adhesive part between them is shown. As described above, the urine disposal material or the bedding rug has a layered structure of the water absorbing agent 3 which is active against moisture.

The above water-absorbing polymer, starch, CMC and the like do not prevent the use of one or more of these. An inorganic filler such as calcium carbonate, clay, feldspar and talc is mixed with the water absorbing agent 3 to coat the surface of the plate-shaped paper piece 2.

In the present invention, since the paperboard 1 is used as a raw material, the paperboard contains the above-mentioned inorganic filler, and its utility is utilized.

A large number of the above-mentioned urine disposal materials or bedding rugs are used by laying them on the floor of a toilet tray or the floor of a shed, and the size of each of them depends on the purpose of use.
The size is in the range of about 0 to 30 mm square. In the first and second embodiments, the plate-shaped paper piece 2 is formed in a substantially rectangular shape, and the surface thereof is covered with the water-absorbing material 3 so as to have a size within the above range.

[0032]

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION The animal urine-treating material or bedding rug according to the present invention can omit the granulation step and the kneading and conditioning step as a preceding step as in the conventional product, and the sheet-like paper sheet obtained by subdividing the paperboard is reduced. Can be easily and inexpensively provided as a base material.

Further, it can be stably laid on the floor surface, and scattering and uneven distribution due to stepping on the animal can be prevented as much as possible. Therefore, a more evenly laid state can be formed, so that the functions as the urination treatment material and the bed rug can be fully exhibited.

In addition, a sufficient contact area with urine can be ensured. In addition, by providing a curved shape, it is possible to enhance the effect of absorbing and absorbing urine, and to improve cushioning and heat retention.

The present invention can utilize paperboard such as discarded cardboard as a raw material, and is useful as a resource recycling technique.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIGS. 1A to 1D are cross-sectional views showing the animal urinary treatment material or the bed rug according to the present invention through manufacturing steps.

FIGS. 2A to 2D are cross-sectional views showing another example of the animal urinary treatment material or the same bed rug according to the present invention through manufacturing steps.

FIGS. 3A and 3B are partially cutaway plan views showing a first example and a second example of the urination treatment material or the bed rug manufactured according to FIG. 2;

FIGS. 4A and 4B are cross-sectional views showing other examples relating to the outer shape of the urine disposal material or the bedding rug.

FIG. 5 is a side view, partially cut away, showing a case where the urine disposal material or bedding rug is formed of cardboard base paper.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing a layer structure of the urine treatment material or the water absorbing material of the bed rug.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Papermaking paperboard 2 Finely divided board-shaped paper piece 2a, 2b Shear surface or fractured surface of said board-shaped paper piece 3 Water-absorbing agent 4 Curved part

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An animal urine-treating material or animal urine-treating material characterized in that a paperboard obtained by subdividing a paperboard is used as a base material, and the surface of the subdivided paperboard is coated with a water-absorbing agent. Bedding rug. 2. The animal urination treatment material or bedding for a bed according to claim 1, wherein the outer shape has a curved bending shape. 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein an end face of the fragmented sheet-shaped paper piece has a shear surface or a fracture surface, and the shear surface or the fracture surface is exposed from the water-absorbing agent. An animal urinating agent or bedding for the same bed. 4. The animal urinary treatment material or bed mat according to claim 1, wherein the paperboard is cardboard base paper.