Excrement treatment material comprising a non-uniform coating and method for manufacturing the same
AssigneeDaiki Co., Ltd.
InventorJunji Yoshinaga
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Abstract
An excrement treatment material includes a plurality of granules that absorb excrement. Each granule includes a granular core portion, and a coating portion. The core portion has a circular cross-section, and has a function of absorbing and retaining the excrement. The coating portion coats the core portion. The coating portion has a function of causing the plurality of granules, which have absorbed the excrement, to adhere to each other. In a cross-section of each granule that is in the same plane as the cross-section of the core portion, a thickness of the coating portion on one side of the core portion is smaller than a thickness of the coating portion on another side of the core portion.
Claims18
An excrement treatment material comprising a plurality of granules that absorb excrement,
- wherein each of the granules includes:
- a granular core portion that has a circular cross-section and has a function of absorbing and retaining the excrement;
- and
- a coating portion that is provided so as to coat the core portion, and has a function of causing the plurality of granules, which have absorbed the excrement, to adhere to each other, and
- in a cross-section of each of the granules that is in the same plane as the cross-section of the core portion, a thickness of the coating portion on one side of the core portion is smaller than a thickness of the coating portion on another side of the core portion.
A method for manufacturing an excrement treatment material including a plurality of granules that absorb excrement, comprising a granule forming step of forming the plurality of granules,
- wherein the granule forming step includes:
- a core portion forming step of forming granular core portions each having a circular cross-section and having a function of absorbing and retaining the excrement;
- and
- a coating portion forming step of forming coating portions so as to coat the core portions, the coating portions having a function of causing the plurality of granules, which have absorbed the excrement, to adhere to each other, and
- in the coating portion forming step, the coating portions are formed such that, in a cross-section of each of the granules that is in a same plane as the cross-section of the core portion, a thickness of the coating portion on one side of the core portion is smaller than a thickness of the coating portion on another side of the core portion.
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