Animal husbandry – Material for absorbing moisture from waste product – Having clay component
Patent
1992-05-05
1993-12-07
Weiss, John G.
Animal husbandry
Material for absorbing moisture from waste product
Having clay component
119171, 422 56, 436163, A01K 1015
Patent
active
052675327
ABSTRACT:
A pH-indicating material capable of undergoing a clearly visually detectable color transition at a desired pH, e.g., at a pH at or below about 5.6 and/or at a pH at or above about 7.6. When the pH-indicating material is wetted on its surface with liquid animal dross, particularly animal urine, such as cat urine, the pH-indicating material will undergo a clearly visible color transition at a urine-problematic pH, e.g., acidic or alkaline. The pH-indicating material is maintained on an inert carrier, separate from the cat litter material itself, so that the cat litter material does not chemically interfere with the urine pH-induced color transition provided by the dye(s) in the coating material, and so that the color transition is an exclusive result of the pH of the contacting animal urine, without pH interference from the litter material. In a preferred embodiment, the pH-indicating material is admixed with any cat litter material and has dual indicators that provide one color transition at a low pH and a different color transition at a high pH so that acidic or alkaline animal urine problems can be visibly detected upon contact between the animal urine and the pH-indicating material.
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Franklin Lanny U.
Sachs Mary E.
American Colloid Company
Anitox Corporation
Weiss John G.
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