Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
119173000 | Having clay component | 43 |
20080223302 | Animal Litter, Process for Preparing Animal Litter, and Method of Removal of Animal Waste - Disclosed are an animal litter, a process for preparing the animal litter, and a method for removal of animal waste. The method for removal of animal waste comprises providing a copra residue, such as copra cake or copra oil cake, allowing an animal to excrete waste into the litter, and removing at least a portion of the soiled litter. An animal litter in accordance with the disclosed teachings includes a copra residue in combination with one or more absorbent materials, such as clay, whole ground grain, spent grain germ, or any other absorbent material. The process for preparing the animal litter comprises blending copra residue with one or more absorbent materials. The animal litters disclosed herein may include other ingredients, such as additional absorbent materials, preservatives, and so forth. | 09-18-2008 |
20080251027 | Shaped Absorbent Particles - Absorbent particles suitable for use as an animal litter according to one embodiment include an absorbent material formed into a general shape selected from a group consisting of: square with a flat form, rectangular with a flat form, square, rectangular, diamond, cupped, star, bagel, mesh, angled, cone, tetrahedron, pyramid, and combinations thereof. Absorbent particles suitable for use as an animal litter according to another embodiment include first absorbent particles having a first general shape and second absorbent particles having a second general shape, where the second general shape is different than the first general shape. Agitation of the absorbent particles may cause the first and second absorbent particles to segregate. Agitation of the absorbent particles may cause the first and second absorbent particles to orient with each other in a targeted way. | 10-16-2008 |
20080295778 | ANIMAL LITTER WITH COLORIMETRIC INDICATOR - An extension of the use of calorimetric indicators in clumping litter is to utilize indicators as a visual confirmation that the litter has become soiled. However, all clumping animal litter is susceptible to some degree of crumbling. Since it is the crumbling of a clump that allows soiled litter to remain and propagate malodors, attaching an indicator that undergoes a color change informs the litter user that it is time to change the litter. | 12-04-2008 |
20080308045 | Composite Absorbent Particles - Composite particles and methods for making the same. An absorbent material is formed into a particle. An optional performance-enhancing active is coupled to the absorbent material before, during, or after the particle-forming process, homogeneously and/or in layers. Additionally, the composite absorbent particle may include a core material. Preferred methods for creating the absorbent particles include a pan agglomeration process, a high shear agglomeration process, a low shear agglomeration process, a high pressure agglomeration process, a low pressure agglomeration process, a rotary drum agglomeration process, a mix muller process, a roll press compaction process, a pin mixer process, a batch tumble blending mixer process, an extrusion process, and a fluid bed process. | 12-18-2008 |
20090000562 | WASTE ENCAPSULATING ANIMAL LITTER - Disclosed herein is a method for encapsulating solid animal waste with animal litter to eliminate the odor that emanates from the waste material. An additional benefit is that encapsulation hides the solid waste from view. The encapsulated waste resembles a urine clump in the litter box. Waste-encapsulating actives are incorporated in the litter composition to provide this benefit. | 01-01-2009 |
20090007852 | Composite Absorbent Particles - Composite particles and methods for making the same. An absorbent material is formed into a particle. An optional performance-enhancing active is coupled to the absorbent material before, during, or after the particle-forming process, homogeneously and/or in layers. Additionally, the composite absorbent particle may include a core material. Preferred methods for creating the absorbent particles include a pan agglomeration process, a high shear agglomeration process, a low shear agglomeration process, a high pressure agglomeration process, a low pressure agglomeration process, a rotary drum agglomeration process, a mix muller process, a roll press compaction process, a pin mixer process, a batch tumble blending mixer process, an extrusion process, and a fluid bed process. | 01-08-2009 |
20090211532 | ANIMAL LITTER - Animal litter is provided that causes little damage to the legs or the like of animals using a litter box and generates a small amount of ammonia. The animal litter includes a plurality of particulate matter, in which the plurality of respective particulate matter includes a group of particles configured with an inorganic porous material and an inorganic binder which binds the group of particles together, and the inorganic binder includes a non-cement solidifying agent. | 08-27-2009 |
20090217882 | Dry Bed Agglomeration Process and Product Formed Thereby - A method for creating a particle from a powder according to one embodiment includes applying a droplet of a liquid to a bed of powder, wherein a particle is formed at about a point of contact of the droplet with the bed. A composite particle according to one embodiment includes a liquid-absorbing material and a liquid-induced binding agent substantially homogeneously dispersed in the particle. A composite particle according to yet another embodiment includes a liquid-absorbing material and a byproduct of a liquid-induced gas forming agent substantially homogeneously dispersed in the particle. A composite particle suitable for use as an animal litter according to an embodiment includes a liquid-absorbing material, where the particle has at least one of the following properties: hollow, cupped, and generally bagel shaped. A composite particle in yet another embodiment includes a material formed in a shape substantially defined by a droplet of liquid. | 09-03-2009 |
20090255478 | CLUMP RECOGNITION ANIMAL LITTER - A clump recognition animal litter is disclosed that enables a user to visually identify and dispose of all used litter portions from unused litter portions regardless of clump size and clump location within the litter. The clump recognition animal litter comprises a clumping component and a color indicating material. A wetted litter clumps and displays a color in response to wetness. | 10-15-2009 |
20090308323 | PARTICULATE CLUMPLING ANIMAL LITTER MATERIAL AND PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - The invention provides a particulate clumping animal litter material comprising bentonite dust, a filler material, and optionally a coagulant, wherein the material comprises 50-95 wt. % bentonite dust, wherein the particles of the particulate clumping animal litter material have a weight averaged particle size in the range of 0.25-8 mm and wherein the material has a bulk density equal to or less than 700 gram/l. The invention further provides a process for the production of the product. The product is light weight but still clumpable and scoopable. The product according to the invention eliminates odours quickly and naturally with no need for added chemicals or perfumes to mask odours. The filler material is a protein based foam. | 12-17-2009 |
20100132619 | PUFFED BENTONITE LITTER - An animal litter such as a clay material is treated to reduce the bulk density thereof by contacting the clay material with an aqueous electrolyte solution and then heating at an elevated temperature. Substantial reductions in bulk density have been achieved without reducing the absorption capacity of the clay granule. | 06-03-2010 |
20100147225 | ANIMAL LITTER AND PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE SAME - The present invention relates to an animal litter comprising a carrier material of calcium silicate, which is at least coated with sodium-containing bentonite, the animal litter comprising a complexing agent for complexing free calcium ions and/or a component forming poorly soluble salts with calcium ions, and to a process for preparing it. | 06-17-2010 |
20100269759 | AGGLOMERATED ANIMAL LITTER - Lightweight composite particles, primarily comprising various bentonite clays, but which may include other functional solid particles, are formed by introducing expanding gases or air into the particle forming process. The methods presented create the ability to reduce the bulk density of the composite particles while maintaining and in some cases even increasing the particle strength. | 10-28-2010 |
20110061598 | Environmentally-Friendly Animal Litter - An animal litter composition that includes geopolymerized ash particulates having a network of repeating aluminum-silicon units is described herein. Generally, the animal litter is made from a quantity of a pozzolanic ash mixed with a sufficient quantity of water and an alkaline activator to initiate a geopolymerization reaction that forms geopolymerized ash. After the geopolymerized ash is formed, it is dried, broken into particulates, and sieved to a desired size. These geopolymerized ash particulates are used to make a non-clumping or clumping animal litter. Odor control is accomplished with the addition of a urease inhibitor, pH buffer, an odor eliminating agent, and/or fragrance. | 03-17-2011 |
20110174228 | HYBRID ANIMAL LITTER COMPOSITION - A hybrid litter for pets and a method of making a hybrid litter for pets is provided. The litter includes a hybrid composition of inorganic clay, silica gel, and biodegradable materials, such as corn, wheat, alfalfa, peanut hulls, ground walnut shells, sawdust, and mixtures thereof and a low density mineral, such as perlite, diatomaceous earth, or pumice. | 07-21-2011 |
20110185977 | Extruded animal litters - The invention provides extruded animal litters and methods of making and using such litters. The animal litters comprise an extruded mixture of from about 10 to about 90% of one or more clays and from about 90 to about 10% of one or more starches. The use of starches to produce the extruded litters result in litters that are less dense than conventional clay-based animal litters and are therefore easier to transport and use. | 08-04-2011 |
20110185978 | Extruded animal litters having an increased absorption rate - The invention provides animal litters that have an increased absorption rate and methods of making and using such litters. The animal litters comprise one or more animal litter particles that have been produced by fragmenting extruded animal litter particles that have a film on the surface of the particle that adversely affects the absorption rate. The fragmenting exposes the interior of the extruded animal litter particles, which does not have this film, to the external environment and increases the absorption rate. | 08-04-2011 |
20110203525 | COATED CLUMPING LITTER - A clumping animal litter is disclosed which includes non-swelling particles and a swelling agent coated on the non-swelling particles. In one embodiment, the non-swelling particles are manufactured by agglomerating clay fines. | 08-25-2011 |
20110253055 | ANIMAL LITTERS - The invention provides animal litters and methods of making and using such litters. The animal litters comprise (a) a plurality of absorbent particles comprising (i) a non-swelling particle and (ii) a clumping material coated on the non-swelling particle and (b) a plurality of one or more filler particles that are not associated with the absorbent particles. The filler particles provide additional functionality to the litters, e.g., controlling odor, absorbing moisture, releasing fragrance, controlling microorganisms, controlling dust, reducing density, reducing weight, and combinations thereof. The litters are made by producing the absorbent particles using conventional means and combining the absorbent particles with one or more filler particles that impart the desired characteristic to the litters. | 10-20-2011 |
20120079989 | ABSORBENT COMPOSITION FOR MITIGATING FECAL ODOR - The present invention is directed towards an absorbent composition and its method of production and use. More specifically, the present invention relates to an absorbent composition comprising a liquid absorbing material, at least one alkaline earth metal peroxide, and an acidic material. The acid maintains a high hydrogen peroxide release profile under acidic conditions, such that the composition is found surprisingly effective in mitigating fecal odor. | 04-05-2012 |
20120103269 | ANIMAL LITTER - Animal litter is provided that causes little damage to the legs or the like of animals using a litter box and generates a small amount of ammonia. The animal litter includes a plurality of particulate matter, in which the plurality of respective particulate matter includes a group of particles configured with an inorganic porous material and an inorganic binder which binds the group of particles together, and the inorganic binder includes a non-cement solidifying agent. | 05-03-2012 |
20120103270 | COATED CLUMPING LITTER - A clumping animal litter is disclosed which includes non-swelling particles and a swelling agent coated on the non-swelling particles. In one embodiment, the non-swelling particles are manufactured by agglomerating clay fines. | 05-03-2012 |
20120118242 | ABSORBENT MATERIAL - An absorbent composition is manufactured and used in cat litter. The composition includes: a particulate inorganic mineral, one or more superabsorbent polymers (SAP) dispersed between the particles of the mineral, and a hydrophilic binder capable of binding the mineral and the SAP into discrete granules. The granular material produced has water absorbency characteristics comparable to that of more expensive bentonite-products. The mineral may be waste quarry fines that would otherwise have to be disposed of. Such fines are widely available, in contrast to bentonite that must be shipped from a restricted number of locations, which is environmentally damaging and associated with excessive product miles. The granules can be made by mixing the mineral and the super absorbent polymer to form a slurry, draining the water from the slurry and optionally pressing the resulting filter cake, mixing the binder with the wet filter cake and granulating the resulting composition. | 05-17-2012 |
20120260860 | Lightweight Clumping Animal Litter and Method Thereof - Animal litter having up to a sixty percent reduction in bulk density can be produced by combining flat-shaped cellulosic materials and sodium bentonite clay. Not only is the resulting litter lighter, but it also maintains a high clump strength as compared to clay-based animal litters that contain greater than ninety percent by weight sodium bentonite clay. | 10-18-2012 |
20120318205 | CAT LITTER PRODUCT - Litter compositions are provided comprising sodium bentonite and various fillers. These litter compositions have substantially the same clumpability properties as a composition consisting of only the sodium bentonite. | 12-20-2012 |
20130139760 | COMPOSITE ABSORBENT PARTICLES - Composite particles and methods for making the same. An absorbent material is formed into a particle. An optional performance-enhancing active is coupled to the absorbent material before, during, or after the particle-forming process, homogeneously and/or in layers. Additionally, the composite absorbent particle may include a core material. Preferred methods for creating the absorbent particles include a pan agglomeration process, a high shear agglomeration process, a low shear agglomeration process, a high pressure agglomeration process, a low pressure agglomeration process, a rotary drum agglomeration process, a mix muller process, a roll press compaction process, a pin mixer process, a batch tumble blending mixer process, an extrusion process, and a fluid bed process. | 06-06-2013 |
20130199456 | ANIMAL LITTER COMPOSITION - There is provided an absorbent composition for water-based liquids, wherein dusting normally associated with handling of powdered absorbent materials is significantly reduced. The composition can be an animal litter, such as cat litter. The composition is formed by mixing a filler with a de-dusting agent and spraying an aqueous slurry of a deodorizing agent onto the mixture. The mixture is then added to a water absorbing material such as clay to uniformly mix the deodorizing agent with the water absorbing material. | 08-08-2013 |
20130213314 | Odor-Absorbing Materials and Processes for Their Preparation and Use - A slightly puffed, low density, moisture-absorbing and odor-absorbing additive that can readily remove undesirable odors from a confined space is produced from re-purposed spent carbon materials obtained from other processes. The product is particularly suitable as an addition to animal litters and the like with possible uses in human applications. An aspect of the method includes a step of extruding a spent carbon mixture, optionally containing diatomaceous earth to obtain the additive. Also disclosed are de-germinated corn flour, or grits, that aid process flow and can serve as a substrate for the spent carbon materials. | 08-22-2013 |
20130239901 | MODIFIED ANIMAL LITTER - A chemically modified animal litter that is comprised of at least one acid-activated liquid absorbing material and at least one peroxide, wherein the litter provides a surprisingly steady and consistent malodor inhibition. | 09-19-2013 |
20130305997 | CLAY-BASED SUPERIOR ANIMAL LITTER - The invention is directed toward a high performance clay-based animal litter that is comprised of a clay-based liquid-absorbing material, and at least one filler coated with at least one clumping agent. The particle size of the liquid-absorbing material is small and provides the litter with a “sandy” appearance. The high performance litter is found to be surprisingly effective in containing odors and reducing tracking and dusting. It does not contain foaming agents and/or acids to trigger foaming, and does not utilize foams to block odors. | 11-21-2013 |
20130319341 | LOW-DUST ANIMAL LITTERS AND METHODS FOR MAKING SAME - The invention provides low-dust animal litters made from one or more ingredients that function as an animal litter and one or more polyols that function to control dust in the litter. The low-dust animal litters are made by selecting one or more litter ingredients suitable for making an animal litter and combining the litter ingredients with one or more polyols, generally by applying the polyols to the surface of one or more ingredients before or during the process of combining the ingredients to produce the litter. | 12-05-2013 |
20140000525 | CLUMPING AGENT | 01-02-2014 |
20140000526 | SCOOPABLE CAT LITTER WITH IMPROVED CLUMP STRENGTH | 01-02-2014 |
20140165921 | ORGANICALLY BASED ANIMAL LITTER AND MANUFACTURING PROCESS - The present disclosure provides a lightweight hybrid clumping animal litter made from organic core particles combined with small amounts of clumping agent, and methods for making the litter. | 06-19-2014 |
20140174370 | LOW DENSITY COATED ANIMAL LITTER COMPOSITIONS - Animal litter compositions having relatively low densities are described herein. Methods of manufacturing such litter compositions are also described. | 06-26-2014 |
20150040833 | CLUMP-FORMING HYGIENE GRANULATE AND METHOD FOR ITS PRODUCTION - A clump-forming hygiene granulate has individual granules, each granule having: at least one inner carrier grain of a porous, mineral, non-swelling carrier material; an intermediate layer mantling the carrier grain or grains including a mixture containing at least one powder of a non-swelling, mineral, porous material, and a gel matrix composed at least of starch that swells in cold water, and a hydrocolloid different from starch, which swells in cold water; bentonite powder or superabsorber meal disposed between the carrier grain or grains and the intermediate layer; an outer mantle layer sheathing the intermediate layer, having a mantle layer surface including a mixture containing at least a powder of a non-swelling, mineral, porous material, and bentonite powder; hydrocolloid gel that swells in cold water, disposed between outer mantle layer and intermediate layer; and hydrocolloid grains of a hydrocolloid that swells in cold water, distributed on the mantle layer surface. | 02-12-2015 |
20150090188 | EXTRUDED ANIMAL LITTERS HAVING AN INCREASED ABSORPTION RATE - The invention provides animal litters that have an increased absorption rate and methods of making and using such litters. The animal litters comprise one or more animal litter particles that have been produced by fragmenting extruded animal litter particles that have a film on the surface of the particle that adversely affects the absorption rate. The fragmenting exposes the interior of the extruded animal litter particles, which does not have this film, to the external environment and increases the absorption rate. | 04-02-2015 |
20150289473 | AMMONIA REDUCING AGENT FOR ANIMAL BEDDINGS AND LITTERS - The present invention provides a composition for reducing ammonia levels in animal bedding or litter, comprising 0.015-40% citric acid and one or more of a clay-based particulate, diatomaceous earth or an organic material. The composition can also comprise an anti-microbial agent. A method of treating animal bedding or litter to reduce ammonia is also provided. | 10-15-2015 |
20150296740 | CEMENTITIOUS CLUMPING MATERIAL - A cementitious clumping material is provided and in particular to an animal litter formed therefrom. The cementitious clumping material comprises of a mixture of particulate, cement, and a cellulosic material. The cementitious clumping material in some embodiments contains a dust control agent, a polyol, or combinations thereof. The cementitious clumping material is pourable into a litter box and agglomerates into a clump upon contact with urine or other liquid forming a clump having a percentage of maximal strength greater than 95% upon clump formation, and having a clump strength of greater than greater than 250 kg/cm2. The clump is further capable of removal with a perforated scoop after as little as one minute of formation. | 10-22-2015 |
20160113231 | COMPOSITE ABSORBENT PARTICLES - Composite particles and methods for making the same. An absorbent material is formed into a particle. An optional performance-enhancing active is coupled to the absorbent material before, during, or after the particle-forming process, homogeneously and/or in layers. Additionally, the composite absorbent particle may include a core material. Preferred methods for creating the absorbent particles include a pan agglomeration process, a high shear agglomeration process, a low shear agglomeration process, a high pressure agglomeration process, a low pressure agglomeration process, a rotary drum agglomeration process, a mix muller process, a roll press compaction process, a pin mixer process, a batch tumble blending mixer process, an extrusion process, and a fluid bed process. | 04-28-2016 |
20160150757 | COMPOSITE ABSORBENT PARTICLES | 06-02-2016 |
20160165833 | CAT LITTER PRODUCT | 06-16-2016 |
20160374308 | CAT LITTER PRODUCT - Litter compositions are provided comprising sodium bentonite and various fillers. These litter compositions have substantially the same clumpability properties as a composition consisting of only the sodium bentonite. | 12-29-2016 |