Sanitizing apparatus for pet litter box
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1. A sanitizing unit for use with a pet litter box having a bottom and sides extending upwardly therefrom for containing particulate litter material, said sanitizing unit comprisingan elongated panel receivable within said litter box;
- means for supporting said panel generally parallel to said box bottom such that the upward facing surface of said panel will support particulate litter material placed thereupon;
means for applying heat to said panel, whereby liquid and solid waste material deposited by an animal upon the particulate litter material supported by the panel may be heated and dried; and
means for both selectively controlling said application of heat to said panel such that the temperatures of said panel and/of the litter material supported thereupon are raised to predetermined levels and maintained at those levels for a time sufficient to destroy bacteria residing upon said panel and upon the particulate litter material and carried by the liquid and solid waste deposited thereupon and also for thereafter discontinuing said application of heat.
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A sanitizing unit for use with a pet litter box includes a panel receivable within the litter box to support the particulate litter material and includes structure for applying heat to the panel and controlling the temperature and time of the heating to destroy bacteria carried by the waste deposited upon the litter material.
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1. A sanitizing unit for use with a pet litter box having a bottom and sides extending upwardly therefrom for containing particulate litter material, said sanitizing unit comprising
an elongated panel receivable within said litter box; -
means for supporting said panel generally parallel to said box bottom such that the upward facing surface of said panel will support particulate litter material placed thereupon; means for applying heat to said panel, whereby liquid and solid waste material deposited by an animal upon the particulate litter material supported by the panel may be heated and dried; and means for both selectively controlling said application of heat to said panel such that the temperatures of said panel and/of the litter material supported thereupon are raised to predetermined levels and maintained at those levels for a time sufficient to destroy bacteria residing upon said panel and upon the particulate litter material and carried by the liquid and solid waste deposited thereupon and also for thereafter discontinuing said application of heat. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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