Animal litter, process for preparing animal litter and method of removal of animal waste
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1. An animal litter comprising:
- a sorbent comprising at least about 10 weight % finely ground pine wood powder, said wood powder functioning as a sorbent in said litter;
a lubricant; and
a cohesiveness agent,the animal litter being in the form of discrete plural particles which tend to agglomerate when wetted, the cohesiveness agent being present in an amount effective to enhance the intraparticle cohesion of the particles, wherein no more than about 0.5% of the pine wood powder particles are larger than U.S. standard #10 mesh screen size, no more than 30% of the pine wood powder particles are larger than U.S. standard #20 mesh screen size, and at least 20% of the pine wood powder particles are smaller than U.S. standard #20 mesh screen size.
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Abstract
An animal litter, process for preparing the animal litter and a method for removal of animal waste using the animal litter are provided. The animal litter generally includes at least about 10 weight % finely ground pine wood powder. Further the animal litter includes a lubricant and a cohesiveness agent. The animal litter is in the form of discrete plural particles which tend to agglomerate when wetted.
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1. An animal litter comprising:
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a sorbent comprising at least about 10 weight % finely ground pine wood powder, said wood powder functioning as a sorbent in said litter; a lubricant; and a cohesiveness agent, the animal litter being in the form of discrete plural particles which tend to agglomerate when wetted, the cohesiveness agent being present in an amount effective to enhance the intraparticle cohesion of the particles, wherein no more than about 0.5% of the pine wood powder particles are larger than U.S. standard #10 mesh screen size, no more than 30% of the pine wood powder particles are larger than U.S. standard #20 mesh screen size, and at least 20% of the pine wood powder particles are smaller than U.S. standard #20 mesh screen size. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 11, 12, 13)
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6. A process for preparing an animal litter, the method comprising:
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providing a mixture of a sorbent comprising at least about 10 weight % finely ground pine wood powder a lubricant and a cohesiveness agent; and compacting the mixture of into discrete plural compacted particles which tend to agglomerate when wetted, said wood powder functioning as a sorbent in said litter, wherein no more than about 0.5% of the pine wood powder particles are larger than U.S. standard #10 mesh screen size, no more than 30% of the pine wood powder particles are larger than U.S. standard #20 mesh screen size, and at least 20% of the pine wood powder particles are smaller than U.S. standard #20 mesh screen size. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16)
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