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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 1995
Filed:
Oct. 18, 1989
John Hughes, Arlington Hgts., IL (US);
American Colloid Company, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Abstract
A composition and method of absorbing animal dross. Discrete particles of a composition comprising a combination of bentonite clays, particularly about 1% to about 50% by weight sodium bentonite, and about 50% to abut 99% by weight Fuller's Earth, or calcium bentonite, absorbs animal dross and related liquids, and simultaneously agglomerate into a sufficiently large and stable mass when contacted with the animal dross, and, unexpectedly, the agglomerates readily disperse in water so that the agglomerates can be disposed of in water, such as by being flushed down a toilet, or disposed of through other household plumbing lines without clogging the plumbing lines. The agglomerates can be physically separated and removed from unwetted particles of the composition. Removing the wetted and agglomerated composition particles from the remaining unwetted composition reduces or eliminates offensive odors produced by dross-soaked particles.