WO1993006718A1 - Animal housing accessory - Google Patents
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- WO1993006718A1 WO1993006718A1 PCT/GB1992/001824 GB9201824W WO9306718A1 WO 1993006718 A1 WO1993006718 A1 WO 1993006718A1 GB 9201824 W GB9201824 W GB 9201824W WO 9306718 A1 WO9306718 A1 WO 9306718A1
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- layer
- rubber
- crumbs
- rubber crumbs
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CARE OF BIRDS, FISHES, INSECTS; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
- A01K1/00—Housing animals; Equipment therefor
- A01K1/015—Floor coverings, e.g. bedding-down sheets ; Stable floors
- A01K1/0152—Litter
- A01K1/0155—Litter comprising organic material
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- This invention relates to the housing of animals.
- the primary application is to non-domestic animals such as, for example, horses and ponies, but it also finds application to domestic animals such as cats and dogs.
- Such rubber crumb material is resilient, thermally insulating and parti ⁇ cularly non-absorbent as regards both liquid and solid contamination. Further, solid contamination can be largely separated from such rubber crumb material quickly and easily, by using a fork or the like whose tines are sufficiently far apart to allow the rubber crumbs to pass through them; also, the material can readily be washed with a suitable disinfectant.
- one aspect of the present invention provides an animal housing accessory comprising a layer of rubber crumbs in which the crumb size is 4 - 18 mm, the crumbs preferably being derived from rubber waste products such as old/waste vehicle tyres and other vehicle rubber parts. (Most plastics materials are unsuitable, as they are too hard and would therefore be liable to cause discomfort or even injury to the animals.)
- the crumb _ O For horses and the like, the crumb _ O —
- a stable 1 has a floor 2 upon which is provided a layer 3 of rubber crumbs, the layer 3 being preferably about 100 mm in depth.
- the floor 2 is constructed with a central drainage channel 4 covered by a grid 5, and slopes slightly downwards to this channel on both sides, as shown.
- the size of the crumbs which forms the layer 3 is 4 - 18 rn Inclusive, preferably 10 - 18 mm, and the size of the apertures in the grid 5 is chosen to be less than the smallest crumb size.
- the crumbs are derived from rubber waste pro ⁇ ducts such as vehicle rubber parts (of which there is an ever — growing supply).
- the stable is shown with the floor level roughly 100 mm below the ground level outside, so that the crumbs of the layer 3 are automatically confined to the stable. If necessary, a raised step can be provided across the door of the stable to confine the crumb layer.
- Rubber crumbs of substantially 2 mm crumb size are commercially available, produced from old/waste rubber tyres. These small crumbs are not suitable for use as the present animal housing accessory, since they are almost always somewhat powdery in nature and are so small and light that an animal, such as a horse or pony, could easily breathe them in if in close proximity thereto.
- the significantly larger crumb size that is required for the present crumbs can how ⁇ ever easily be produced merely by adjustment of the machines which are employed to produce crumbs of the known smaller size just mentioned. (It will be appre ⁇ ciated that the crumbs will in general be of highly irregular shape; the size is taken as a kind of mean diameter, which can be determined eg by a sieve with a suitable hole size.
- the present crumbs prefferably be resilient, ie rubbery.
- Crumb material derived from hard (non-resilient J plastics material is substantially inferior for the present purposes of providing bedding material for stabling.
- the crumbs it is desirable for the crumbs to be substantially metal-free. This may limit the extent to which old/waste tyres can be used, since it may be difficult to avoid significant metal content in crumbs of the larger sizes (eg 12 - 18 mm) produced from such tyres. Hence the use of other rubber waste products, con ⁇ veniently from cars and other vehicles, may be preferred for such larger sizes.
- the present crumb mixture is also desirable for the present crumb mixture to be substantially powder-free, as "powder” (ie very small crumbs) in the mixture may be breathed in by the animals.
- the present larger crumbs are sufficiently heavy not to pre ⁇ sent any danger of being inhaled.
- the material of the crumbs should also have sufficient strength to withstand normal wear without breaking up significantly.
- Some stables and other animal houses have an apertured false floor, beneath which there is an open collecting area for liquid to be drained off.
- Other stables have floors with a slight slope; this, in conjunction with the present rubber crumbs, results in relatively rapid and complete drainage of liquid.
- Yet other stables have floors which are permeable, eg earth floors, or brick floors in which the bricks are laid directly on underlying earth and allow passage of liquid through to the earth.
- the present layer of rubber crumb material allows liquid to drain downwardly through it with considerable rapidity. With such stable constructions, the present crumb layer thus remains effectively dry.
- Some stables are however constructed with non-permeable and level floors. When wood shavings or straw are used in such a stable, they absorb liquid con ⁇ tamination, which is therefore disposed of when the stable is "mucked out". If the present rubber crumbs are used in such a stable, they will not absorb such liquid contamination. The present rubber crumbs can however be used with advantage in such a stable. Although the crumbs may become wet, they will not absorb any liquid. Such liquid will drain down through them and, provided that there is some form of drainage, the liquid will be largely confined to the bottom of crumb layer and, generally speaking, at least the upper parts of the layer will remain dry for most of the time.
- the efficiency of this drainage through the present crumb mixture would be reduced if the mixture contained a substantial amount of "powder", since that would hold liquid by capillary action. This is thus a second reason for the present crumb mixture to be substantially powdei — free.
- the material of the present crumbs should be substantially inert and non-absorbent, eg not spongy.
- the present crumbs result generally in reduced odour compared to wood shavings or straw; the reason for this may be that there is no absorption of liquid by the present crumbs, and therefore less opportunity for chemical and/or bacterial action. But when "mucking out" becomes necessary, the fact that the present crumbs are non-absorbent means that they can, when required, be washed so as to reduce odour and maintain them in a hygienic condition.
- the washing is preferably with a suitable disinfectant (one which will not cause adverse reaction from the animals housed on the crumbs).
- the rubber crumbs can have solid contamination removed from them quite easily by employing a fork or the like whose tines are sufficiently far apart from one another to allow the crumbs readily to fall between them whilst retaining the solid contamination for hygienic disposal.
- the need for reasonably effective separation between the crumbs and solid con ⁇ tamination sets an upper limit to the size of the crumbs.
- a layer of the present rubber crumbs is resilient, thermally insulating, and non-powdery. Further, generally speaking, at least the upper parts of the layer remains dry for most of the time, as discussed above.
- the present rubber crumb layer is largely free of dust (spores, &c), compared to the conventional bedding material of wood shavings or straw.
- the layer may there ⁇ fore be considered to be therapeutically beneficial to any horses, ponies or other animals which use it.
- the invention furnishes another use for rubber waste products such as old/waste vehicle tyres and other vehicle rubber parts, and is therefore of significant benefit to the environment inasmuch as it greatly reduces the pollution of the atmosphere that occurs when such material is burnt in the open air, as often takes place.
- the invention finds its chief utility in regard to animal housing in the form of stables for horse and ponies, but it will be evident that it is not limited to this purpose and that it can equally well be employed for other animals in cages and other housing in public and private zoos and so on. It may further be used as litter material for domestic animals such as cats and dogs. For such smaller animals, a smaller crumb size may be preferable. For such applications, it may also be desirable to select the source rubber to be of a suitable colour.
- the present rubber crumb material retains the advantages of allowing liquid contamination to sink down to the bottom of the litter tray and being separable from solid contamination for re-use.
- the material may be washed with disinfectant at suitable intervals, both to reduce possible odours and to assist in the separation of solid contamination.
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Priority Applications (1)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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EP92920894A EP0609267A1 (en) | 1991-10-08 | 1992-10-07 | Animal housing accessory |
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GB919121285A GB9121285D0 (en) | 1991-10-08 | 1991-10-08 | Animal housing accessory |
GB9121285.2 | 1991-10-08 | ||
GB929216193A GB9216193D0 (en) | 1991-10-08 | 1992-07-30 | Animal housing accessory |
GB9216193.4 | 1992-07-30 |
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WO1993006718A1 true WO1993006718A1 (en) | 1993-04-15 |
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PCT/GB1992/001824 WO1993006718A1 (en) | 1991-10-08 | 1992-10-07 | Animal housing accessory |
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EP (1) | EP0609267A1 (en) |
CA (1) | CA2120953A1 (en) |
WO (1) | WO1993006718A1 (en) |
Cited By (2)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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GB2292150B (en) * | 1994-07-25 | 1999-02-03 | Willow Tyres Ltd | Rubber strip material |
US9670626B2 (en) | 2008-04-29 | 2017-06-06 | Kenneth Alan Karmie | Impermeable liner, substrate, and artificial grass surface for animals and human beings to walk thereon with hidden cleaning structure and method for use thereof |
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US4038944A (en) * | 1975-12-22 | 1977-08-02 | Tucci Frank J | Artificial bedding material for animals |
DE2740758A1 (en) * | 1976-09-09 | 1978-03-16 | Ato Chimie | ARTIFICIAL STRAW FOR THE MAKING OF LITTERS |
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- 1992-10-07 EP EP92920894A patent/EP0609267A1/en not_active Withdrawn
- 1992-10-07 WO PCT/GB1992/001824 patent/WO1993006718A1/en not_active Application Discontinuation
- 1992-10-07 CA CA 2120953 patent/CA2120953A1/en not_active Abandoned
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US4038944A (en) * | 1975-12-22 | 1977-08-02 | Tucci Frank J | Artificial bedding material for animals |
DE2740758A1 (en) * | 1976-09-09 | 1978-03-16 | Ato Chimie | ARTIFICIAL STRAW FOR THE MAKING OF LITTERS |
Cited By (2)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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GB2292150B (en) * | 1994-07-25 | 1999-02-03 | Willow Tyres Ltd | Rubber strip material |
US9670626B2 (en) | 2008-04-29 | 2017-06-06 | Kenneth Alan Karmie | Impermeable liner, substrate, and artificial grass surface for animals and human beings to walk thereon with hidden cleaning structure and method for use thereof |
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