Litter-box and litter dispensing hopper

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1991-12-13

1993-01-26

Weiss, John G.

Animal husbandry

Waste toilet or related device

Walled receptacle; e.g., litter box, etc., containing...

119161, A01K 100, A01K 2900

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051814803

ABSTRACT:
An animal litter-box includes a bed adapted to receive and store litter and manually retractable floor sections above the bed. A litter refuse container with a refuse bag holder is located beneath the floor. As the floor sections are retracted manually to transfer litter from the floor to the bed, the floor sections are cleaned by the action of scrapers in the bed which remove soiled litter from the upper surface of the floor sections and direct the soiled litter into the refuse container below. A portable litter hopper is adapted for disposal adjacent the litter-box for metering clean litter into the bed. The hopper includes a lid and an interior having four separated compartments. The litter is dispensed through a removable gate having manually rotatable inner and outer disks which each have a dispensing aperture. A compartment is selected by aligning the aperture of the inner disk with the selected compartment, and the gate is opened, for dispensing litter by gravity from a selected compartment, by rotating the outer disk until its aperture aligns with the dispensing aperture on the inner compartment. The gate is closed by rotating the outer disk out of register with the inner disk. The hopper may be filled conveniently by setting the hopper on its back and filling the compartments through the gate after it is removed.

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