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US 11,076,576 B2Granted
Clumping animal litter and method thereof
AssigneeThe Clorox Company
InventorsPerry Nga, David Lyons, Ahmed Drief, Kaitlin Lawler
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Abstract
A clumpable animal litter comprises composite particles of filler materials, such as limestone and sand, and sodium bentonite. The filler materials have a lower bulk density as compared to a granular mixture of the same percentage of filler and sodium bentonite clay and contain up to eighty-five percent less clay.
Claims16
An animal litter comprising:
- composite particles of a filler material and sodium bentonite, the filler material and sodium bentonite being agglomerated together into the composite particles, wherein the filler material is present in an amount from about 60% to about 80% by weight of the composite particles and the sodium bentonite is present in an amount from about 20% to about 40% by weight of the composite particles;
- wherein the animal litter has a clump strength of at least 90% as measured by the Clump Strength Test Method.
An animal litter comprising:
- composite particles of a filler material and sodium bentonite, the filler material and sodium bentonite being agglomerated together into the composite particles, wherein the filler material is present in an amount from about 50% to about 80% by weight of the composite particles and the sodium bentonite is present in an amount from about 20% to about 50% by weight of the composite particles;
- wherein the animal litter has a clump strength of at least 90% as measured by the Clump Strength Test Method.
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