JP3288309B2 - Animal excrement disposal material - Google Patents

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a granular excrement disposal material for animals, particularly cats and dogs, and other pets, and a method for producing the same, and more particularly to a method for producing wood flour from a sawmill. The present invention relates to a granular excrement disposal material for animals, particularly cats and dogs, and other pets and the like, which is to be effectively used, and a method for producing the same.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Sand, bentonite, zeolite, paper pulp, pulp sludge, and the like are used in the form of small lumps as excrement disposal materials for animals such as livestock and companion animals, especially for indoor excrement disposal. Have been. This kind of pet animal excrement disposal material is desired to be clean and sanitary, for example, when used indoors, and is easy to be disposed of after use, in terms of cleanliness and hygiene. Is desired. However, in the case of inorganic substances such as sand, zeolite and bentonite, they should be incinerated because they are easily crushed and dusty when used. And cannot be drained into sewage. Therefore, papermaking pulp and small lumps of paper powder are used because of their low deodorizing effect and high price, but excellent in water absorption and combustibles.

[0003]

[0006] Wood flour is generated in the process of sawing from sawmills and the like, and the amount thereof is enormous. Many of them are discarded as industrial waste. Handling is one of the challenges for the lumber industry. The present invention
Focusing on the fact that wood flour, especially wood flour containing hinokitiol as a component, has a water retention function, and solves the problems of conventional animal excrement disposal materials and wood flour as industrial waste. It is an object.

[0004]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention has good absorption and water retention of urine excreted by animals, can be in clumps in contact with excrement, can be incinerated, and can effectively utilize wood powder of industrial waste. It is intended to provide animal excrement disposal materials. That is, the present invention resides in an animal excrement disposal material comprising wood flour and a dried granulated material having a particle size of 1 mm or more, containing a tea husk in a smaller amount than the wood flour, and the present invention includes a wood flour, and tea leaves in an amount less than the wood powder, wood flour lesser amounts of manufacturing paper pulp, pulp sludge, paper sludge, polyvinyl alcohol, wheat flour, corn starch, carboxymethyl cellulose, gelatin, vinyl esters , starch, carboxymethyl cellulose, bentonite or zeolite, or a mixture of two or more thereof, that contains a superabsorbent polymer in an amount of less than wood flour, a dry granulated product having a particle size of 1 millimeter or more The animal excrement disposal material characterized by the present invention, furthermore, the present invention, wood flour , a smaller amount of tea shells than the wood flour ,
Wood flour lesser amounts of manufacturing paper pulp, pulp sludge, paper sludge, polyvinyl alcohol, wheat flour, corn starch, carboxymethyl cellulose, gelatin, vinyl ester, starch, carboxymethyl cellulose, bentonite or zeolite or mixtures of two or more thereof
If, animals and superabsorbent polymer of less than wood flour amount, characterized by containing a substance having a germicidal action in an amount less than wood flour, a dry granulated product having a particle size of 1 millimeter or more Excrement disposal materials.

In the present invention, the animal excrement disposal material comprises:
The dried granulated product contains wood flour and a smaller amount of tea husks than the wood flour and has a particle size of 1 mm or more. Pulp sludge, papermaking sludge, polyvinyl alcohol, flour, corn starch, carboxymethylcellulose, gelatin, vinylester starch, carboxymethylcellulose, bentonite or zeolite, or a mixture of two or more of these, and a smaller amount of superabsorbent resin than wood flour Thus, a dried granulated product having a particle size of 1 mm or more can be formed. Furthermore, in the present invention, these dried granules can further contain a substance having a bactericidal action in an amount smaller than that of wood flour, so that the dried granules having a particle size of 1 mm or more can be clarified. .

[0006] In the present invention, the wood flour is obtained from a sawmill or the like, and any wood conifer or hardwood can be used. In the present invention, the wood flour used in the animal excrement disposal material is preferably selected from those containing hinokitiol as a component of the wood flour in order to avoid generation of mold during storage. Since hinokitiol is contained in cypress wood, it is preferable to use cypress wood sawdust.

[0007] As such wood of the cypress family, there are, for example, asnaro and hinoki asunaro (Hiba) in the genus Asunaro, and woods of the genus Rattus include Ibuki and Heineus. (Cats) and Western Red Cedar. In the genus Incense Seed, there is an incense seeder, and there is Taiwan Cypress as a genus Cypress.

In the present invention, as the wood flour, wood flour obtained by collecting hinokitiol can also be used. When such a wood flour is used, a substance having a bactericidal action is added to the wood flour, and when such a wood flour excrement treating material is stored for a long period of time, the excrement treating material is used. It is preferable to avoid the occurrence of mold and the like. Substances having such a bactericidal action include bactericides, fungicides or preservatives, for example, benzoic acid or a salt thereof, sorbic acid or a salt thereof, calcium propionate, sodium hypochlorite or a salt thereof, or Mixtures of two or more can be used. In the present invention, the surface of the granulated material containing the wood flour exhibits the color inherent in the wood flour, and the granulated material can be used as it is as an excrement disposal material, but is colored by a special coloring substance. Thus, the original color of the surface of the granulated wood flour can be hidden and used as a surrounding excrement disposal material.

In the present invention, since the excrement disposal material is used in a dry state, the granulated wood flour used as the excrement disposal material is stored in a dry state. When the excrement disposal material is used in such a dry state, it gives the animal a dry and dry feel when used as an excrement disposal material, and does not cause mold or the like in long-term storage of the excrement disposal material. Therefore, in the present invention, the granulated colored wood flour is preferably dried until the water content becomes 10% by weight or less, more preferably 5% by weight or less, to obtain an animal excrement disposal material. You. In the present invention, the granulated material of colored wood flour can be used as it is as an excrement disposal material. In this case, in order to avoid becoming dust, for example, a fine particle having a particle size smaller than 1 mm is used. Preferably, the powdery parts are separated.

In the present invention, the granulated wood flour is colored with a coloring substance for the purpose of harmonizing the excrement disposal material with the use atmosphere. In the present invention, pigments and dyes can be used as the coloring substance. Such pigments and dyes include, for example, calcium carbonate, titanium oxide and synthetic pearl as white ones, and cyanine blue, azo blue and patent blue as blue pigments and dyes, and green pigments and dyes. Include cyanine green and emerald green, and yellow pigments and dyes include azo yellow, acid yellow and Hansa yellow.

In the present invention, a compounding substance can be added to the excrement disposal material in order to supplement the water absorption and deodorizing properties of the wood flour. Examples of such compounding substances include water-soluble or water-dispersible compounding substances such as paper powder, papermaking pulp, papermaking sludge, pulp sludge, polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), flour, starch, corn starch, superabsorbent resin, and carboxy. Methyl cellulose (CMC), sodium alginate, pullulan, casein or gelatin, etc., which are used alone or
A mixture of more than one species is used. As the alcohol-soluble compounding substance, hydroxyethyl cellulose (H
EC), hydroxypropylcellulose (HPC), polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) and the like. In this case as well, they are used alone or as a mixture of two or more.

However, as a compounding substance to be added to wood flour, powder particles are adhered to each other by touching urine so that the excrement disposal material can easily remove the portion touching urine.
It is preferable to select one having an adhesive function so as to easily form a lump. Such compounding materials include paper powder, paper pulp, papermaking sludge, polyvinyl alcohol (P
VA), flour, starch, cornstarch, superabsorbent resin, carboxymethylcellulose (CMC), sodium alginate, pullulan, casein or gelatin.

Further, in the excrement disposal material of the present invention, it is preferable to add a powdery superabsorbent resin in order to enhance the water absorbing ability and the water retaining function. The superabsorbent resin blended in the present invention is a resin capable of retaining its shape even when absorbing water of several tens to 2,000 times its own weight, for example, vinyl ester and ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid or Saponified copolymer with its derivative, graft polymer of starch and acrylic acid,
There are crosslinked products of polyacrylic acid, copolymers of vinyl alcohol and acrylic acid, partially hydrolyzed products of polyacrylonitrile, crosslinked products of carboxymethylcellulose, crosslinked products of polyethylene glycol, chitosan salts or gels of pullulan, and the like. , Wood flour alone or as a mixture of two or more.

The animal excrement disposal material of the present invention can be used
The powdered compounding substance is present in an amount of not more than 40% by weight, preferably
It can be mixed in an amount of 0% by weight or less. in this case,
The compounding substances can be added directly to the wood flour or to the granules of the wood flour. Further, at the time of granulation, it may be made to adhere to granulated particles.

In the present invention, the excrement treating material can be used also as an excrement indicator. In this case, if the colors of the coloring substance and the compounding substance are set to, for example, only white, it is easy to confirm the coloring of the indicator, and an appropriate excretion test indicator is mixed to facilitate the examination of animal excrement. It is preferable because it can be performed in The urine test indicator for animals used in the present invention may be a human urine test indicator, that is, a urine pH indicator, a urine protein indicator, a urine sugar indicator, urine hemoglobin, in the same manner as a conventional animal urine test indicator. Indicators and other human urinalysis indicators can be used.

In the present invention, when the surface of the granulated and dried particles of wood flour is colored white to mix such an indicator for urinalysis, the indicator is added or not added to the white or substantially white color. Can be mixed with wood flour. In this case, white or substantially white compounding substances can be used in place of the above-mentioned white pigments and dyes. Thus, for example, the white formulations of minerals, such as, for example, bentonite, zeolite, calcium carbonate and gypsum, and the white formulations, such as flour, paper flour, paper pulp flour, paper sludge and CMC, listed above, It can be used as a white coloring substance on the surface of the powder particles. In the case of urine pH indicators, the coloring and compounding substances used do not affect the pH. For example, paper powder, titanium white, or the like is used.

In the present invention, the dried granulated wood flour does not itself have a deodorizing ability, so that urine and the like excreted by animals should be decomposed to the extent possible to avoid odor. In the animal excrement disposal material of the present invention, as an auxiliary deodorant, 1
In an amount of 0% by weight or less, white powdery bentonite or zeolite having an adsorbing ability can be blended with a coffee liquid extraction residue of roasted coffee beans, that is, coffee grounds and / or charcoal filter pulp sludge. These are preferably blended into the granules. However, the coffee liquor extraction residue, i.e., coffee cake, is produced as leaching or extracted cake in the production of coffee beverages but is an industrial waste, and charcoal filter pulp sludge is an industrial waste produced as filter waste in the process of producing tobacco with a filter. . Thus, the coffee liquid extraction residue and / or the charcoal filter pulp sludge are industrial wastes like wood flour, but the coffee liquid extraction residue has a deodorizing function,
Also, since charcoal filter pulp sludge has a deodorizing function and a water absorbing function, in order to utilize these functions together with the water absorbing function of wood flour, in the present invention, together with wood flour, as a main component of animal excrement disposal materials , Can be used in an amount of 10% by weight or more.

In the present invention, in order to prevent the excrement disposal material from being powdered at the time of use, it is preferable to add a compound having an adhesive function to the wood flour. Such compounds include:
As a water-soluble or water-dispersible compounding substance, paper powder, papermaking pulp, papermaking sludge, pulp sludge, polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), flour, starch, corn starch, superabsorbent resin, carboxymethylcellulose (CMC),
There are pullulan and gelatin, and these can be used alone or in combination of two or more. Examples of the alcohol-soluble compounding material include hydroxyethyl cellulose (HEC), hydroxypropyl cellulose (HPC), polyvinylpyrrolidone or (PV
P) and the like, and in this case as well, they can be used alone or in combination of two or more.

In the present invention, the excrement disposal material is, for example, 1 mm in order to minimize the presence of fine dust such as wood flour.
It is preferable to granulate into granules having the above particle size,
When granulated into particles with a particle size of m or more, for example, it becomes difficult to disperse indoors from boxes for animal toilets,
It is easy to pick up and collect particles, which is preferable for keeping indoor hygiene. However, in these cases, the presence of particles of 1 mm or less or the presence of particles of 3 mm or less is not completely excluded. The granulated material can be formed into various shapes such as a sphere, a column, a granule, and a granule.

In the present invention, the wood flour is granulated by a granulator. As the granulation device, a conventionally known extrusion granulation device can be used. However, besides this, various types of granulators of pan type, drum type and fluidized bed type can be used. In these granulators, the adhesion of the white powder or the like to the surface of the granulated granules is performed by, for example, directly contacting the white powder on the surface of the granules when the granules are formed. Alternatively, the white powder can be made into a solution or a suspension and attached by spraying or the like.

In the present invention, the wood flour granules are produced as described above. In order to further stabilize the wood flour granules during the granulation process or after granulation, the adhesive power and the water absorption A compound having a function, for example, a super-absorbent resin, a compound having a bactericidal action, and the like, are adhered to the surface of the granulated material by spraying, and then dried. It is preferable not to easily peel off from the surface.

[0022]

According to the present invention, the animal excrement disposal material uses the excrement disposal material, since the surface of the granulated material containing wood flour is colored with a coloring substance, so that the specific color of the wood flour is hidden. At the time, for example, it is possible to make the coloring matter according to the harmony with the indoor furnishings, a sense of hygiene, the taste of the user, the color atmosphere, etc. it can. In the present invention, the animal excrement disposal material, since the granulated material surface of the wood flour compound is coated with an adhesive substance,
The excrement adhering to the surface can be easily wrapped by the treatment material, and the odor and the like of the excrement are not adsorbed by the wood powder and dissipated to the surroundings.

In addition, in the present invention, the wood flour itself has water absorbency and water retention, but it also has water absorbency and / or water absorbency.
Alternatively, since a compound having a deodorizing property such as a tea husk is compounded, it can be used as an animal excrement disposal material. Therefore, the animal excrement disposal material of the present invention has good absorption and deodorization of urine excreted by animals. Furthermore, since the excrement treating material of the present invention is particularly colored with a coloring substance, even if a urine test indicator is blended, it is easy to make the color development stand out, and the color of urine excreted by the animal can be improved. Testing makes it easier to monitor the animal's health.

In the present invention, when poval and / or flour are mixed, they adhere to the excrement of the animal and wrap the excrement in a lump, so that the disposal is simple and easy. In addition, when an auxiliary deodorant and / or superabsorbent resin is mixed in the animal excrement treatment material,
Exhibits more excellent deodorization, water absorption and water retention as excrement disposal materials. The present invention, conventionally, as a waste, wood flour, the treatment of which has been a problem, flammable industrial waste such as tea husks, paper powder, etc., to effectively utilize as animal excrement disposal material, In addition, since the main amount is composed of combustibles, disposal is easy.

The animal excrement disposal material of the present invention mainly contains wood powder of industrial waste, and is 1 mm or more, preferably 3 mm or more.
Since it is molded together with a water-absorbing and / or deodorizing compounded substance into a granulated product having a particle diameter of not less than mm, the urine excreted by animals is well absorbed and water retention is good. Moreover, in the present invention, wood flour gives the scent of wood to the surroundings, so that it has good deodorizing properties. In addition, the excrement disposal material of the present invention includes, for example, superabsorbent resin, or flour, poval, starch, or a compound having an adhesive ability, or a substance having a bactericidal action, or two or more of these compounds. Can be mixed and blended, so that it adheres to the excrement of the animal, and the excrement can be wrapped in a lump, and the disposition is simple and easy. Also,
When a deodorant and / or a water-absorbing agent is mixed, more excellent deodorizing and water-absorbing properties are exhibited as an excrement disposal material. Furthermore, when a substance having a bactericidal action is mixed, the excrement disposal material can be stored for a long period of time without generating mold and the like.

[0026]

EXAMPLES Examples of the embodiments of the present invention will be described below, but the present invention is not limited by the following description and illustrations. FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of an apparatus for coloring and granulating wood flour used in one embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, a first raw material tank 2 for supplying wood powder is provided with a pipeline 1 for supplying wood powder, and a pipeline 3 for supplying adhesive material is provided at a bottom thereof. A second raw material tank 4 and a third raw material tank 6 for supplying a blended substance, similarly having a conduit 5 for supplying a blended substance such as tea husks at the bottom, are provided. Each raw material tank 2, 4
And 6, the pipes 1, 3 and 5 are connected to a flow path switching device 7, respectively, and by switching the flow path of the flow path switching device 7, a compound substance such as wood flour, an adhesive substance or a tea husk is obtained. Through a pipeline 8 provided on the outflow side of the flow path switching device 7.
It can be selectively introduced into the stirring device 9.

In this embodiment, the introduction of the wood flour, the adhesive substance or the compounding substance into the stirring device 9 is performed by operating the vacuum device 10 connected to the stirring device 9 and using the suction force. The pipeline 8 from the flow switching device 7 and the pipeline 11 to the vacuum device 10 are both connected to the space above the stirring device 9. The lower opening / closing port 12 of the stirring device 9 is provided above the supply-side hopper 14 of the conveyor 13. The belt conveyor 13 is provided on the supply side hopper 16 of the granulator 15.
It extends to the top.

In this embodiment, the granulating apparatus 15 is an extrusion granulating apparatus, and is provided with a die (not shown) so as to be formed into a thin cylindrical body having a diameter of 6.4 mm and a length of 12.5 mm. ing. The granulated material is extruded from the die outlet 17 of the granulator 15. Below the die exit 17 of the granulator 15, a net conveyor 1 for conveying granulated material is provided.
8 are provided. The net conveyor 18 penetrates through the spraying device 19 and the upper inlet 21 of the disc dryer 20.
It is provided to extend to.

The spray device 19 is provided with spray nozzles 22 above and below the net conveyor 18 and directed toward the net conveyor 18. Particles conveyed on the net conveyor 18 are sprayed from the spray nozzle 22. The coating substance can be sprayed. The bottom 23 of the spraying device 19 is provided with a coating substance supply port 24, a coating substance transport pipe 25, and a coating substance return pipe 27 connected to the bottom 26 of the disc dryer 20. The coating substance transfer line 25 is connected to a transfer pump 28, and the transfer pump 28 is connected to a coating substance transfer upper pipe 29, and the coating substance transfer upper pipe 29 is connected to the spray nozzle 22. I have. The coating substance is returned to the bottom of the spraying device 19 from the coating substance supply port 24, the coating substance collected on the bottom 23 without adhering to the granulated substance, and the coating substance return pipe 27. The coating substance to be applied is sucked through the transport pump 28, sent to the spray nozzle 22 from the upper pipe 29 for transporting the coating substance, and is sprayed from the spray nozzle 22 onto the granulated material. The granulated material coated with the coating substance sprayed with the coating substance by the spray device 19 is:
It is sent from the spraying device 19 to the heating dryer 20 by the net conveyor 18.

An exhaust pipe 30 provided above the hot air drier 20 is connected to a gas inlet 32 of a heating device 31, and a gas outlet 33 of the heating device 31 is connected to a hot air drier via a hot air introduction pipe 34. 20 connected to the bottom 26. Therefore, the exhaust air from the hot air dryer 20 is sent to the heating device 31 to be heated, sent to the bottom 26 of the hot air dryer 20 via the hot air introduction pipe 34, and circulated for heating the hot air dryer.
A sieve (not shown) is provided at the bottom 26 of the hot-air dryer 20, and a conveyer 36 for transporting the dried and granulated material for sending the colored and dried granulated material to the packaging device 35 is provided at the upper outlet of the sieve. Have been. At the bottom 26 of the hot air drier 20, a coating substance return pipe 27 is formed so as to be connected to the spraying device bottom 23, and the lower part of the sieve crushed in the drying step of the heating drier 20 is used as coating powder. The spray is sent to the spray device 19, sprayed from the spray nozzle 22, and used again for coating the granulated material.

Since the apparatus of this embodiment is configured as described above, first, the flow path switching device 7 is operated to introduce the wood flour from the first raw material tank 2 into the stirring device 9 and then to switch the flow path. The flow path of the device 7 is switched so that the adhesive substance is introduced from the second raw material tank 4 into the stirring device 9.
Is switched, and the compounded substance is introduced from the third raw material tank 6 into the stirring device 9, and the raw material introduced from each of the raw material tanks is stirred in the stirring device 9.

At the end of the blending step, the stirring device 7
Is opened, and the wood flour containing the compounding substance and the adhesive substance is put into the hopper. Hopper 1
The wood flour compound containing the adhesive substance and the like put in 4 is put into a hopper 16 of a granulating device 15 by a belt conveyor 13 and granulated. The granulated wood flour is sent by a net conveyor 18 to a spraying device 19 in order to apply the coating substance by spraying, and the coating substance is sprayed from a spray nozzle 22.

The granulated wood flour to which the coating substance has been applied is sent to a disk dryer 20 by a net conveyor 18,
Dried. 1mm of colored dried granules of dried wood flour
Those of the particle size of the above is in Tsu by the conveyor 36, fed to the packaging apparatus 35, the animal excreta treating material. In the animal excrement disposal material manufacturing apparatus of this example, the granulating device 15 is a dewatering granulating device capable of performing dehydration, and the dewatered water flows to the drain pipe 37 and is purified by the water purifying device 38. You.

Example 1 900 g of hinoki asunaro-type wood flour dried to a water content of 10% or less is put into the first raw material tank 2 for supplying wood flour, and starch paste (manufactured by Nishiki Glue Industry Co., Ltd.) 13
The mixture of 0 g and 2800 ml is put into the second raw material tank 4 for supplying the adhesive substance. Next, 50 g of calcium carbonate, 50 g of flour, 10 g of polyvinyl alcohol, and 50 g of high water-absorbent resin Hymosub 500 (registered trademark) manufactured by Himo Co., Ltd. are put into the third raw material tank 6 for supplying the compounding substance.

When the raw materials are placed in each raw material tank,
By switching the flow path of the flow path switching device 7, first, the first raw material tank 2 is communicated with the stirring device 9, the vacuum device 10 is operated, and wood powder is removed from the first raw material tank 2 by the vacuum pressure. Is introduced into the stirring device 9. When the wood flour was sucked into the stirring device 9 from the first raw material tank 2, the flow path of the flow path switching device 7 was switched to communicate with the second raw material tank 4 for supplying the adhesive substance, and When the apparatus is operated, the starch paste aqueous solution of the adhesive substance formulation is sucked into the stirring device 9 by the vacuum pressure. When the compounded substance is introduced into the stirring device 9 from the third raw material tank 6, the flow path of the flow path switching device 7 is switched so as to communicate with the third raw material tank 6 for supplying the compounded substance, and the vacuum device is operated. And, by the vacuum pressure, from the third raw material tank 6,
Calcium carbonate, flour, polyvinyl alcohol and superabsorbent resin, which are compounded substances, are sucked into the stirring device 9 from the third raw material tank 6.

From the third raw material tank 6 for supplying the compounded substance,
When the compound substance is introduced into the stirring device 9, the stirring device 9 is operated to stir and mix the wood flour, and the calcium carbonate, superabsorbent resin, polyvinyl alcohol, wheat flour, and starch paste aqueous solution of the compound material. The wood flour mixture containing calcium carbonate, superabsorbent resin, polyvinyl alcohol, wheat flour, and starch paste aqueous solution has a color in which the color of the wood flour is lightened as a whole. 12 is opened and put into the hopper 14. The white-colored wood flour compound put in the hopper 14 is put into the hopper 16 of the granulating device 15 by the belt conveyor 13, and the thin columnar granule having a diameter of 6.4 mm and a length of 12.5 mm is obtained. Formed.

The granulated wood flour is obtained by using the vibration type net conveyor 1
And Tsu by the 8, transmitted to the spray device 19, the first spray nozzle 22 at a first spraying position, wood flour 70% super absorbent polymer 30
36 g of a 30% mixture were dusted. The coating material is applied and the granules of the wood flour are vibrated by the vibrating net conveyor 18.
It was sent to a disc dryer 20 where it was dried to a moisture content of 7%. The dried white granules of the dried charcoal filter pulp sludge, except those having a particle size of 1 mm or less,
The sand was removed from the conveyor 36 to obtain cat litter sand having a diameter of 6 mm and a length of 10 mm.

In the room, the sand 10
To 0 g, 50 ml of aqueous ammonia diluted to 20 times the temperature of 35 ° C. was added, and the water absorption and deodorizing properties were very good. After the ammonia odor was deodorized, the smell of wood was recognized. The sand for this cat litter has a clean feeling with the whole color of wood flour reduced, and the cat litter has a thickness of 3c.
The cat was used as a toilet, as usual, and there was no problem in using it. The toilet sand of this example easily adheres to the periphery of the excrement to facilitate the removal of the excrement. Moreover, since the sand for toilets of this example has a scent of wood after use, it is excellent in deodorization and deodorant, so that it was possible to avoid generating an unpleasant odor indoors. .

Example 2 1,000 g of wood flour dried to a water content of 10% or less is put into the first raw material tank 2 for supplying wood flour,
3000 ml of water was put into the second raw material tank 4. Next, 150 g of a superabsorbent resin Hymosub 500 (registered trademark) manufactured by Hymo Co., Ltd. was placed in the third raw material tank 6 for supplying the compounded substance, and thereafter, from each raw material tank to the stirring device 9, as in Example 1, The flour, superabsorbent resin and water were introduced to produce a wood flour formulation. The blend was then sent to a granulator to granulate to form a thin columnar wood flour granulation 6.4 mm in diameter and 12.5 mm in length.

[0040] The wood flour granules is Tsu by the vibratory net conveyor 18, fed to the spraying device 19, the first spray nozzle 22 at a first spraying position, similarly coated material as Example 1 70% wood powder from the first spray nozzle 22 at the first spray position
35 g of a mixture of 30% superabsorbent resin was dusted. The colored granules of the charcoal filter pulp sludge to which the coating substance has been applied are obtained by the vibrating net conveyor 18.
It was sent to a disc dryer 20 and dried to a water content of 7%. Those of the dried charcoal filter white 1mm or less of the particle size of the dry granulated product of the pulp sludge formulation is removed, taken out Tsu by the conveyor 36, the diameter 5 mm, length 10mm
Sand was obtained for the cat's toilet.

In the room, the cat litter 10
To 0 g, 50 ml of aqueous ammonia diluted to 20 times the temperature of 35 ° C. was added, but the water absorption and deodorizing properties were very good, and no ammonia smell could be sensed indoors in 5 to 10 minutes. The sand for this cat toilet was white and clean, and it was used by laying it on the cat toilet with a thickness of 3 cm, but the cat used it as a toilet as usual. There was no problem in use. The toilet sand of this example easily adheres to the periphery of the excrement to facilitate the removal of the excrement. In addition, the sand for toilets in this example has the scent of wood after use, so it has excellent deodorizing properties,
Because of its excellent deodorizing properties, it was possible to avoid generating an unpleasant odor indoors.

Example 3 700 g of wood flour dried to a water content of 10% or less, put into the first raw material tank 2 for supplying wood flour, and then 100 g of a dry coffee liquid extraction residue of the compounded substance, and 10 tea leaves
0 g and 2500 ml of water are put into the second raw material tank 4 for supplying the compounded substance, and then 100 g of the superabsorbent resin of the water-absorbing substance is put into the third raw material tank 6 for supplying the compounded substance. As in the case of the above, wood powder,
A coffee liquid extraction residue, a tea husk, and a water-absorbent resin are introduced to produce a wood flour formulation in which the color of the wood flour is reduced, and the mixture is sent to a granulator and granulated to have a diameter of 6.4 mm and a length of 12. A 5 mm thin columnar granule was formed, which was almost uniformly diluted overall and exhibited a wood flour color.

The granulated wood flour is sent to the spraying device 19 by the vibrating net conveyor 18, and from the first nozzle 22 at the first spraying position, the cypress wood powder 60%. And the coating substance of 40% of the superabsorbent resin was dusted on the granule surface. The granules of the wood flour compound on which the coating substance and the compounding substance are adhered are sent directly to the disk dryer 20 by the vibrating net conveyor 18 and have a water content of 8%.
% Dried. The dried granulated material of the dried wood flour composition has a diameter of 6 mm, excluding a particle size of 1 mm or less.
Conveyor 36 is used as sand for litter of cats with a length of 10 mm.
Was taken from

In the room, the cat litter 10
To 0 g, 50 ml of aqueous ammonia diluted to 20 times the temperature of 35 ° C. was added, but the water absorption and deodorizing properties were very good, and no ammonia smell could be sensed indoors in 5 to 10 minutes. The sand for this cat litter has a light wood powder color and has a clean feeling. The cat litter has a thickness of 3cm.
The cat was used as a toilet as usual, and there was no problem in using it.
The toilet sand of this example easily adheres to the periphery of the excrement to facilitate the removal of the excrement. Moreover, since the sand for toilets of this example has a scent of wood after use, it is excellent in deodorization and deodorant, so that it was possible to avoid generating an unpleasant odor indoors. .

Example 4 Hinoki assaro wood lumber 400
g was placed in the first raw material tank 2 for supplying wood flour. continue,
20 g of polyvinyl alcohol as an adhesive substance and 60 g of a highly water-absorbent resin were put into the second raw material tank 4 for supplying an adhesive and water-absorbing compounding substance. Next, 300 g of charcoal filter pulp sludge having a water content of 60%, 300 g of a dried coffee liquid extraction residue, and 1200 ml of water were mixed and placed in a third raw material tank 6 for supplying a compounded substance. Hereinafter, as in the case of Example 1, wood flour, charcoal filter pulp sludge, coffee liquid extraction residue, polyvinyl alcohol and the superabsorbent resin were introduced into the stirring device 9 and stirred. The granules of the wood flour blend produced by the stirrer 9, that is, wood flour, charcoal filter pulp sludge, coffee liquid extraction residue, polyvinyl alcohol and the superabsorbent polymer blend,
Granulated by feeding to a granulator, 6.4 mm in diameter, 12.5 in length
A fine columnar granulated wood flour formulation of mm was formed.

The granulated product of wood powder formulation is Tsu by the vibratory net conveyor 18, fed to the spraying device 19, the first spray nozzle 22 at a first spraying position, granulated wood flour blend 32 g of paper powder is sprayed on the surface of the granules, and the second powder is sprayed at the second spray position.
32 ml of water was sprayed from the spray nozzle of No. 3, and 32 g of a coating composition of 90% of paper powder and 10% of superabsorbent resin were sprayed from the third spray nozzle at the third spray position. The granulated material of the wood flour mixture thus coated with the coating material was directly sent to the disk dryer 20 by the vibrating net conveyor 18 and dried to a water content of 8%. The dried white granules of the dried charcoal filter pulp sludge formulation are:
6mm in diameter, length 1
Removed from conveyor 36 as 0 mm cat litter sand.

In the room, the cat litter 10
To 0 g, 50 ml of aqueous ammonia diluted to 20 times the temperature of 35 ° C. was added, but the water absorption and deodorizing properties were very good, and no ammonia smell could be sensed indoors in 5 to 10 minutes. The sand for this cat toilet was white and clean, and it was used by laying it on the cat toilet with a thickness of 3 cm, but the cat used it as a toilet as usual. There was no problem in use. The toilet sand of this example easily adheres to the periphery of the excrement to facilitate the removal of the excrement. In addition, the sand for toilets in this example has the scent of wood after use, so it has excellent deodorizing properties,
Because of its excellent deodorizing properties, it was possible to avoid generating an unpleasant odor indoors.

Example 5 Hinoki assaro wood lumber 600
g into a first raw material tank 2 for supplying wood flour, and 50 g of calcium carbonate as a coloring substance and 80 g of a superabsorbent resin as a water-absorbing substance are fed into a second raw material tank for supplying a coloring, water-absorbing and adhesive compounding substance. Put in 4. Subsequently, 270 g of the dried coffee liquid extraction residue and 2500 ml of water were mixed and placed in the third raw material tank 6 for supplying the compounded substance. Hereinafter, similarly to the case of Example 1, wood flour, a coffee liquid extraction residue, calcium carbonate, and the superabsorbent resin were introduced into the stirring device 9 and stirred.
The granulated product of the wood flour compound produced by the stirrer 9 is sent to a granulator and granulated, and granulated into a thin cylindrical white wood flour compound having a diameter of 6.4 mm and a length of 12.5 mm. Formed.

The granulated wood flour granules is Tsu by the vibratory net conveyor 18, fed to the spraying device 19, the first spray nozzle 22 at a first spraying position, cypress dolabrata system tree Coating composition 30 of powder 60% and superabsorbent resin 40%
g was dusted on the surface of the granulated wood flour. The white granules of the charcoal filter pulp sludge composition thus coated with the coating substance and the coloring substance were directly sent to the disk dryer 20 by the vibrating net conveyor 18 and dried to a water content of 6%. . The dried white granules of the dried charcoal filter pulp sludge composition were 6 mm in diameter and 10 mm in length except for those having a particle size of 1 mm or less.
Removed from conveyor 36 as sand for cat toilet.

In the room, the cat litter 10
To 0 g, 50 ml of aqueous ammonia diluted to 20 times the temperature of 35 ° C. was added, but the water absorption and deodorizing properties were very good, and no ammonia smell could be sensed indoors in 5 to 10 minutes. The sand for this cat toilet was white and clean, and it was used by laying it on the cat toilet with a thickness of 3 cm, but the cat used it as a toilet as usual. There was no problem in use. The toilet sand of this example easily adheres to the periphery of the excrement to facilitate the removal of the excrement. In addition, the sand for toilets in this example has the scent of wood after use, so it has excellent deodorizing properties,
Because of its excellent deodorizing properties, it was possible to avoid generating an unpleasant odor indoors. In the above embodiment, wood flour of Hinoki assaro wood is used, but similar results can be obtained by using various wood flours of different types of wood.

[0051]

According to the present invention, the animal excrement disposal material exhibits a soft wood flour color since wood flour is mixed with a water-absorbing and deodorizing compounding substance and granulated. Because it is easy to color, it is possible to select various color tones, that is, appropriate color of excrement disposal materials, according to the color tone of the place of use, compared to conventional animal excrement disposal materials As a result, not only the hygienic atmosphere but also the harmony of the colors in the room can be maintained. In addition, since wood flour has a unique scent, it is left indoors, for example, to eliminate the odor peculiar to the toilet and to improve the indoor environment. Moreover, since it has water retention by itself, it becomes easier to use the urine test indicator and to grasp the health condition of the animal as compared with the conventional animal excrement disposal material.

[0052] The present invention relates to wood flour, which has conventionally been regarded as waste.
Tea husks and the like are effectively used as a material for treating animal excrement, and furthermore, since they are mainly composed of combustibles, disposal is easy. Moreover, according to the present invention, the dried granulated material of wood flour can be appropriately colored and used as an animal excrement disposal material, so that flammable waste such as wood flour, tea husk, etc., which has been treated as waste as it is can be used. Since the animal excrement disposal material is used, the excrement disposal material after use can be easily incinerated as combustible waste, and waste disposal is easier than conventional excrement disposal materials. INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY As described above, the present invention relates to the problem of disposal of wood powder, tea husks, and the like of industrial waste, It solves all the problems associated with non-combustible waste disposal at once, and is significant in terms of effective use of resources, reduction of costs such as tobacco production, and reduction of environmental waste disposal. .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of a coloring device for a coffee extract liquid extraction residue used in the present example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 1st raw material supply line 2 1st raw material tank 3 2nd raw material supply line 4 2nd raw material tank 5 3rd raw material supply line 6 3rd raw material tank 7 flow path switching device 8 flow path Pipe line on the outflow side of the switching device 9 9 Stirrer 10 Vacuum device 11 Pipe line 12 Lower opening and closing port of the stirrer 9 13 Conveyor 14 Supply hopper of the conveyor 13 15 Granulator 16 Supply hopper of the granulator 15 17 Dice Unit outlet 18 Net conveyor 19 Spray device 20 Disk drier 21 Upper inlet 22 Spray nozzle 23 Bottom of spray device 19 Coating substance supply port 25 Coating substance transfer conduit 26 Bottom of disk dryer 27 Coating material return Pipe 28 Transport pump 29 Upper pipe for transport of coating substance 30 Exhaust pipe 31 Heating device 32 Gas inlet 33 Gas outlet 34 Hot air introduction pipe 35 Packaging device 36 Detachment Wastewater purification system of drainage pipes 37 dewatering granulator 15 of granulator 15

Claims (12)

(57) [Claims] 1. An animal excrement disposal material comprising wood flour and a dried granulated material having a particle size of 1 mm or more, containing a smaller amount of tea husks than the wood flour. 2. Wood flour, and a smaller amount of tea husks than the wood flour ,
Wood flour lesser amounts of manufacturing paper pulp, pulp sludge, paper sludge, polyvinyl alcohol, wheat flour, corn starch, carboxymethyl cellulose, gelatin, vinyl esters of starch, carboxymethyl cellulose, bentonite or zeolite or mixtures of the two or more,
It contains a lesser amount superabsorbent resin wood flour, animal excrement treatment material, which is a dry granulated product having a particle size of 1 millimeter or more. 3. A wood flour, and a smaller amount of tea husks than the wood flour ,
Wood flour lesser amounts of manufacturing paper pulp, pulp sludge, paper sludge, polyvinyl alcohol, wheat flour, corn starch, carboxymethyl cellulose, gelatin, vinyl ester, starch, carboxymethyl cellulose, bentonite or zeolite or mixtures of two or more thereof
If, animals and superabsorbent polymer of less than wood flour amount, characterized by containing a substance having a germicidal action in an amount less than wood flour, a dry granulated product having a particle size of 1 millimeter or more Excrement disposal material. 4. The dry granulated product according to claim 1, wherein at least a part of the surface of the dried granulated product is colored with a coloring substance.
The animal excrement disposal material according to any one of claims 1 to 3. 5. The animal excrement disposal material according to claim 1, wherein the wood flour contains hinokitiol. 6. The coloring substance includes calcium carbonate, titanium oxide and synthetic pearl, cyanine blue, azo blue, patent blue, cyanine green and emerald green, and is azo yellow, acid yellow or hansa yellow or a mixture of two or more of these. The animal excrement disposal material according to claim 4 , wherein the material is provided. 7. The animal excrement disposal material according to claim 3, wherein the substance having a bactericidal action is a bactericide, a fungicide or a preservative. 8. The substance having a bactericidal action is benzoic acid or a salt thereof, sorbic acid or a salt thereof, calcium propionate, sodium hypochlorite or salt, or a mixture of two or more thereof. Item 4. The animal excrement disposal material according to Item 3 . 9. The animal excrement disposal material according to claim 1, wherein the dried granulated product contains wood flour in an amount of 30% by weight or more. . 10. The animal excrement disposal material according to claim 1, wherein the dried granulated material contains wood flour in an amount of 50% by weight or more. . 11. The dried granulated product having a water content of 10% by weight.
The animal excrement disposal material according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein: 12. The total content of papermaking pulp, pulp sludge, papermaking sludge, polyvinyl alcohol, flour, corn starch, carboxymethyl cellulose, gelatin, vinyl ester , starch, carboxymethyl cellulose, bentonite or zeolite, or a mixture of two or more thereof. The animal excrement disposal material according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the content is 15% by weight or less.