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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2016
Applicant:
Nestec SA, Vevey, CH;
Inventors:
Nathan Foster Huck, Jackson, MO (US);
Colin Muscroft, Glen Carbon, IL (US);
David Odell Leinart, Ballwin, MO (US);
Assignee:
SOCIÉTÉ DES PRODUITS NESTLÉ S.A., Vevey, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 1/015 (2006.01); B01J 20/10 (2006.01); B01J 20/12 (2006.01); B01J 20/20 (2006.01); B01J 20/24 (2006.01); B01J 20/28 (2006.01); B01J 20/30 (2006.01); A01K 1/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 1/0154 (2013.01); A01K 1/0107 (2013.01); A01K 1/0152 (2013.01); A01K 1/0155 (2013.01); B01J 20/106 (2013.01); B01J 20/12 (2013.01); B01J 20/20 (2013.01); B01J 20/24 (2013.01); B01J 20/28011 (2013.01); B01J 20/28016 (2013.01); B01J 20/3021 (2013.01); B01J 20/3035 (2013.01); B01J 20/3042 (2013.01);
Abstract
Compacting expanded perlite fines in the presence of a clay and water, followed by drying, produces particles with low density, good integrity, and surprisingly higher absorption by volume than non-compacted expanded perlite or non-swelling clay. Furthermore, addition of a clumping agent to the compacted granules results in a clumping litter with low density, good integrity and comparable clumping ability to traditional clay clumping litter.