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• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
  • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; 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
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
  • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; 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
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
  • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; 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
  • A01K1/0154—Litter comprising inorganic material

Definitions

• the present invention relates to animal litter.
• Patent Document 1 animal litter that changes color when water such as urine is absorbed and can easily grasp the location where urine is excreted has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
• the animal litter proposed in Patent Document 1 includes a dyed core and a coating layer that covers the core and covers the color of the core. And this animal litter shows the color of the core when the coating layer absorbs moisture.
• fragrance flavor dissolved in liquids, such as an organic solvent
• flavor dissolved in liquids, such as an organic solvent
• flavor is sprayed on the toilet litter for animals which absorbs water as mentioned above and changes color, the litter for animals will discolor by the sprayed liquid.
• the present invention provides an animal litter for animals that can easily grasp the location where urine has been absorbed, can easily check the color of urine, and can reduce the smell of excreted urine. Objective.
• the present invention is animal litter consisting of a plurality of granular materials having water absorption, wherein the granular materials are configured to include pulp, and are configured to include discolored particles that discolor by absorbing moisture, and pulp. And a white particle that includes a pulp, a superabsorbent resin, and a coating layer that covers the core and does not change color even when moisture is absorbed.
• the present invention relates to animal litter that contains more discolored grains than white grains.
• the discoloration grains are dyed nuclei dyed in a predetermined color
• a coating layer that includes pulp and a superabsorbent resin, covers the dyed nuclei, and covers the color of the dyed nuclei. It is preferable that when the coating layer absorbs moisture, the color of the stained nucleus is exposed.
• the dyeing nucleus part includes a waste material of the absorbent article, and the color of the dyeing nucleus part is darker than the color of the waste material.
• the dyeing core is preferably dyed in a cold color.
• the discolored particle includes a core part that includes pulp, and a coating layer that includes a predetermined pigment or dye and covers the core part, and the coating layer absorbs moisture. It is preferable that the color of the pigment or dye contained in the coating layer is exposed.
• the coating layer of the discolored particles is dyed in a cold color.
• the particle size of the discolored particles and the white particles is preferably 3 mm or more and less than 8 mm, and the ratio of the white particles in the entire granular material is preferably 0.5% to 30% in weight ratio.
• the discolored particles are preferably white particles in a state where moisture is not absorbed.
• the granular material contains a deodorant.
• the granular material contains a surfactant.
• the ratio of the pulp contained in the said coating layer is larger than the ratio of the pulp contained in the said nucleus part and the said dyeing
• the location where urine is absorbed can be easily grasped, the color of urine can be easily confirmed, and the smell of excreted urine can be reduced.
• the animal litter according to the present embodiment is composed of a plurality of granular materials mainly composed of pulp and having water absorption.
• the plurality of granular materials include discolored particles and white particles.
• the discolored particles are granular materials that change color by absorbing moisture.
• the discoloration grains include a dyeing nucleus portion and a covering portion.
• the staining nucleus is dyed in a predetermined color.
• the dyeing core is formed by spraying a water-soluble dye dissolved in water on the surface of a granular material mainly composed of powdered or short fiber pulp.
• the granular material constituting the dyeing core is formed by granulating a raw material mainly composed of powdered or short fiber pulp with an extrusion granulator or the like.
• the raw material for the dyeing core a material obtained by pulverizing a waste material of an absorbent article including pulp such as disposable diapers and sanitary napkins can be used.
• the waste material of the absorbent article is used as the raw material of the dyeing core part, in addition to the pulp, the superabsorbent resin constituting the absorbent article, the debris such as the back sheet, and the rubber debris in the dyeing core part
• the content of the foreign matter contained in the dyeing nucleus part is preferably 10% or less of the weight of the dyeing nucleus part from the viewpoint of suitably maintaining the water absorption of the dyeing nucleus part and not impairing the appearance of the animal litter. preferable.
• the dyeing core is preferably dyed in a cool color such as blue or green.
• a cool color such as blue or green.
• the waste material of an absorbent article is utilized as a raw material of the dyeing
• the color of the dye nucleus is darker than the color of the waste material.
• the dyeing core may contain other materials in addition to the pulp.
• examples of other materials include surfactants and deodorants.
• As the surfactant an anionic surfactant, a cationic surfactant, an amphoteric surfactant or a nonionic surfactant can be used. By using these surfactants, the affinity between the dye nucleus and urine can be improved, so that the water absorption rate of the dye nucleus can be improved.
• the deodorant examples include substances having a neutralizing action such as citric acid and sodium bicarbonate, and antibacterial agents.
• antibacterial agent organic, inorganic metal, photocatalyst, and natural antibacterial agents can be used, but organic surfactant type antibacterial agents can be preferably used. By using these antibacterial agents, growth of bacteria and the like can be suppressed.
• the content of other materials in the dyeing nucleus is preferably 30% or less, more preferably 20% or less, from the viewpoint of suitably maintaining water absorption.
• the coating layer covers the staining nucleus and covers the color of the staining nucleus.
• the coating layer includes a highly water-absorbing resin. More specifically, it is preferable that the coating layer includes a highly water-absorbent resin, powdered pulp, and other materials. This coating layer is formed by sprinkling a powder mixed with a highly water-absorbent resin, pulp, and other materials on a dyeing core portion containing moisture and having a wet surface.
• the superabsorbent resin resins such as polyacrylic acid polymers and starch-acrylic acid polymers can be used.
• starch tapioca starch, corn starch or the like can be used. Starch improves stickiness when the particulates absorb urine.
• surfactant and the antibacterial agent those similar to those used for the dyeing nucleus can be used.
• the content of the superabsorbent resin in the coating layer expresses the solidification property of the particulate matter when urine is absorbed, and also inhibits the superabsorbent at the core due to swelling and gelation of the superabsorbent resin. From the viewpoint of preventing it from occurring, it is preferably 1% to 20%, more preferably 4% to 15%.
• Powdered pulp is used to draw urine toward the dyeing nucleus and hide the color of the dyeing nucleus.
• the content of the pulp in the coating layer is preferably 30% or more, and more preferably 35% or more, from the viewpoint of improving the urine pullability.
• Examples of other materials constituting the coating layer include starch, surfactants and antibacterial agents.
• discolored particles absorb moisture, the superabsorbent resin constituting the coating layer gels, and the dye contained in the dyeing core oozes out to the coating layer side. As a result, the color of the staining nucleus is exposed and discolored.
• the coating layer comprised including a predetermined pigment or dye.
• the coating layer absorbs moisture
• the color of the pigment or dye contained in the coating layer is revealed.
• the coating layer is configured to include a pigment
• the discolored particles absorb moisture
• the superabsorbent resin contained in the coating layer is gelled to be transparent and the pigment color is changed.
• the coating layer includes a dye
• the dye contained in the coating layer dissolves and spreads, so that the color of the dye is exposed.
• White grains are white granules that do not change color even when moisture is absorbed.
• the white grains include a core part and a covering part.
• the white particles refer to granular materials having such whiteness that the color of the urine can be discriminated when the color of the animal's urine adheres.
• the core is mainly composed of powdered or short fiber pulp, and is formed by granulating a raw material mainly composed of powdered or short fiber pulp with an extrusion granulator or the like.
• the core is manufactured by the same raw material and manufacturing method as the dye core except that the dye is not sprayed.
• the white grain coating layer further includes a fragrance in addition to the material constituting the discoloration grain coating layer.
• a fragrance in addition to the material constituting the discoloration grain coating layer.
• alcohols such as geranol, citronellol, citral, eugenol, phenethyl alcohol, thymol, linalool, green leaf alcohol, menthol and benzyl alcohol, and aldehydes such as hexylcinnamaldehyde can be suitably used.
• flavor is contained in a coating layer with the following procedures. First, a powder mixed with a superabsorbent resin, pulp, and other materials is sprinkled on a core part containing moisture and the surface is moistened, and then the core part coated with the powder is dried. Subsequently, the fragrance
• both the core and the coating layer are made of a white material.
• the white state is maintained even when the white grains absorb moisture.
• the white particles absorb animal urine, if the animal urine is colored yellow or orange, the white particles are visible with the urine color attached.
• the animal litter for animals of the present invention is configured to be mixed so that discolored particles are larger than white particles in weight ratio.
• the animal litter of this embodiment described above when the excreted urine is absorbed by the granular material (discolored particles and white particles), the superabsorbent resin contained in the coating layer swells and is adjacent. A lump is formed by sticking to a granular material.
• the animal litter according to the present embodiment includes discolored grains and white grains, and the white grains that do not change color include a fragrance. As a result, white particles do not change color even when sprayed with a fragrance dissolved in a liquid, so the animal litter is composed of a mixture of white particles sprayed with a fragrance and discolored particles that change color when water is absorbed.
• the discolored grains were constituted including a dyeing nucleus and a coating layer, and when the moisture was absorbed, the color of the dyeing nucleus was revealed.
• ascertain easily the location in which urine was absorbed is realizable, without using the chemical
• animal urine is often colored yellow or orange when it is not healthy. Therefore, the dyeing nucleus was dyed in a cool color. As a result, when the urine is absorbed, the discolored particles are changed to a cold color, so that it is possible to more easily confirm the colored state of the white particles to which the urine color is attached.
• grain are formed in the particle size of 3 mm or more and less than 8 mm.
• the ratio of the white particles in the entire granular material is preferably 0.5% to 30%, more preferably 0.5% to 10%, and 1% to 5% in weight ratio. More preferably it is.
• the animal litter of this embodiment is mainly used for cats.
• the amount of urination for a cat is about 20 ml.
• the particle size of the granular material is 3 mm to 8 mm, the granular material used for absorption of 20 ml of urine is 300 to 500 particles.
• the particle size of the discolored particles and the white particles is 3 mm or more and less than 8 mm, and the ratio of the white particles in the entire granular material is 0.5% or more, so that the urine excreted once is absorbed in the granular material.
• the ratio of white particles in the entire granular material is less likely to have a mottled pattern, so that it is easy to grasp the portion where urine has been absorbed.
• the granular material which passes the 8 mm mesh sieve and does not pass the 3 mm mesh sieve is defined as a granular material having a particle size of 3 mm or more and less than 8 mm.
• the proportion of the granular material having a particle size of 3 mm or more and less than 8 mm in the entire granular material is preferably 90% or more and more preferably 95% or more by weight.
• Examples of the granular material other than the granular material having a particle size of 3 mm or more and less than 8 mm include, for example, a granular material in which a granular material having a particle size of 3 mm or more and less than 8 mm is broken and made fine.
• the discolored particles are preferably white particles in a state where moisture is not absorbed.
• the animal litter before use can be composed entirely of white granular material, the cleanliness of the litter for animals can be improved and the product image can be improved.
• the discolored grains and the white grains are configured in the same shape.
• the animal litter can be comprised with the several granular material of the same shape, the external appearance of the animal litter can be improved.
• the shape of the discolored particles and the white particles include a columnar shape, a disc shape, a spherical shape, and a cylindrical shape.
• the proportion of the pulp contained in the coating layer is larger than the proportion of the pulp contained in the core portion, and in the white grains, the proportion of the pulp contained in the coating layer is that of the pulp contained in the dyeing core portion. It is preferable that the ratio is larger than the ratio.
• a raw material mainly made of pulp and taken out from the waste material at the time of manufacturing disposable diapers and containing a superabsorbent resin was pulverized to a particle size of ⁇ 5 mm to ⁇ 15 mm, and water was added so that the granulated moisture content was 10 to 40%. After mixing, the mixture was granulated using an extrusion granulator. Here, the mixture extruded from the screen was cut at an interval of 4 mm to obtain the core and stained core. Next, a water-soluble dye was sprayed on the obtained dye nucleus to obtain a dye nucleus.
• the surface of the obtained core and dyeing core is sprinkled with powder mixed in a proportion of 55 to 90% pulverized pulp, 5 to 40% superabsorbent resin, and 5 to 40% starch to form a coating layer.
• the original of discolored grains and white grains were obtained.
• the obtained discolored particles and white particles were dried with a dryer to a moisture content of 10% or less.
• flavor dissolved in the organic solvent was sprayed on the original surface of the obtained white grain, and the white grain was obtained.
• the obtained discolored grains and white grains were each passed through a 4 mm mesh sieve, and the particulate matter that passed through the 4 mm mesh sieve was removed.
• the obtained discolored particles and white particles were mixed so as to have the ratios shown in Table 1 below, to obtain animal litter for animals of Examples 1 to 7 and Comparative Examples 1 and 2.
• the obtained discolored particles and white particles passed through an 8 mm mesh sieve and did not pass through a 3 mm mesh sieve.
• the animal toilet sand of Examples 1 to 7 and Comparative Examples 1 and 2 was evaluated for ease of confirmation of urine color and visibility of mass. The results are shown in Table 1 below.
• the animal litter of Examples 1 to 6 in which the mixing ratio of the white particles is 0.1% to 30% was shown to have a good evaluation of the visibility of the lump.
• the visibility of the lump equivalent to that of the animal litter of Comparative Example 1 consisting only of discolored particles is assured. It was shown that there are many people who evaluate to have, and the visibility of the mass is high.
• the animal litter of Example 7 and Comparative Example 2 in which the mixing ratio of white grains was 35% or more was shown to be poor in evaluation.
• the animal litter of Examples 2 to 6 in which the mixing ratio of the white particles is in the range of 0.5% to 30% by weight is easy to confirm the urine color and visually confirm the lump. It was shown that the nature is high.
• the animal litter of Examples 2 and 3 in which the mixing ratio of the white particles is in the range of 0.5% to 5% by weight is sufficient urine color while keeping the visibility of the mass high. It was shown that it has ease of confirmation.

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