PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF DOG BEDDING

• US 3,839,522 A
• Filed: 02/16/1972
• Issued: 10/01/1974
• Est. Priority Date: 08/02/1971
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Batley W
• Original Assignee: Batley W
• Inventors: BATLEY W
• Application Number:
  US05/226,955
• Time in Patent Office: 958 Days
• US Class Current: 264/115
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 1/0155 comprising organic material
• CPC Class Codes: A23J 1/007 from leafy vegetables, e.g. alfalfa, clover, grass
• CPC Class Codes: A23K 10/30 from material of plant origin, e.g. roots, seeds or hay; from material of fungal origin, e.g. mushrooms obtained by microbiological or biochemical processes, e.g. using yeasts or enzymes, A23K10/10
• CPC Class Codes: A23K 40/00 Shaping or working-up of animal feeding-stuffs

Abstract

1. A PROCESS FOR PREPARING A DOG BEDDING COMPRISING: 8A) MIXING FRESH ALFALFA HAVING A FIBROUS FRACTION AND A NON-FIBROUS FRACTION WITH A LIQUID CAPABLE OR DISSOLVING AT LEAST A PORTION OF SAID NON-FIBROUS FRACTION TO PRODUCE A FRESH ALFALFA SLURRY; (B) SUBJECTING SAID SLURRY TO PRESSING MEANS TO REMOVE A PORTION OF SAID LIQUID AND A PORTION OF SAID NONFIBROUS FRACTION CONTAINED IN SAID FRESH ALFALFA AND TO YIELD A PRESSED CAKE CONTAINING THE FIBROUS FRACTION OF SAID FRESH ALFALFA; (C) SUBJECTING SAID PRESSED CAKE TO A DRYING STEP TO YIELD A DRIED FIBER FRACTION; (D) PASSING SAID DRIED FIBER FRACTION TO FRAGMENTING MEANS TO PRODUCE A FRAGMENTED, PARTICULATE ALFALFA FIBROUS FRACTION; (E) PASSING SAID FRAGMENTED, PARTICULATE ALFALFA RIBROUS FRACTION TO COMPACTING MEANS TO PRODUCE A COMPACTED, PARTICULATE ALFALFA FIBROUS FRACTION; AND (F) ADDING TO SAID COMPACTED, PARTICULATE ALFALFA FIBROUS FRACTION ABOUT 1/2% TO ABOUT 10% BY WEIGHT OF A WAXY SUBSTANCE TO PRODUCE SAID DOG BEDDING.

Claims

1. A PROCESS FOR PREPARING A DOG BEDDING COMPRISING:

8A) MIXING FRESH ALFALFA HAVING A FIBROUS FRACTION AND A NON-FIBROUS FRACTION WITH A LIQUID CAPABLE OR DISSOLVING AT LEAST A PORTION OF SAID NON-FIBROUS FRACTION TO PRODUCE A FRESH ALFALFA SLURRY;

(B) SUBJECTING SAID SLURRY TO PRESSING MEANS TO REMOVE A PORTION OF SAID LIQUID AND A PORTION OF SAID NONFIBROUS FRACTION CONTAINED IN SAID FRESH ALFALFA AND TO YIELD A PRESSED CAKE CONTAINING THE FIBROUS FRACTION OF SAID FRESH ALFALFA;

(C) SUBJECTING SAID PRESSED CAKE TO A DRYING STEP TO YIELD A DRIED FIBER FRACTION;

(D) PASSING SAID DRIED FIBER FRACTION TO FRAGMENTING MEANS TO PRODUCE A FRAGMENTED, PARTICULATE ALFALFA FIBROUS FRACTION;

(E) PASSING SAID FRAGMENTED, PARTICULATE ALFALFA RIBROUS FRACTION TO COMPACTING MEANS TO PRODUCE A COMPACTED, PARTICULATE ALFALFA FIBROUS FRACTION;

AND (F) ADDING TO SAID COMPACTED, PARTICULATE ALFALFA FIBROUS FRACTION ABOUT 1/2% TO ABOUT 10% BY WEIGHT OF A WAXY SUBSTANCE TO PRODUCE SAID DOG BEDDING.