Abstract: A toilet for animal, including: an upper container having a plurality of holes formed on a bottom portion, the plurality of holes penetrating in an up-down direction; a lower container that includes a receiving section receiving excrement that has passed through the plurality of holes, gravity of the upper container not acting on the lower container; and an output unit that outputs a signal changing according to an amount of the excrement received by the receiving section.

Abstract: An excrement collection device includes a casing having a bottom wall, two opposing first outer sidewalls, and a second outer sidewall connecting the first outer sidewalls; a receiving space defined by the bottom wall, the first outer sidewalls, and the second outer sidewall and divided into a temporary storage region and a collection region, with the temporary storage region disposed between the second outer sidewall and the collection region; a cleansing component disposed in the temporary storage region; and a support component disposed at the top of the temporary storage region and having rotatable support boards. Excrement left behind at home by pets because of defecation and urination is gathered in the collection region to thereby spare pet keepers the hassles of frequent cleansing, prevent exposure of the excrement to air for a long period of time, and preclude a foul-smelling odor otherwise lingering at home.

Abstract: Animal keeping installation comprising a floor (11) provided with a mat (12) on which the animal treads when setting foot on the floor (11) and which mat (12) is arranged to be intermittently propelled by a drive roll (13) placed internally in relation to the mat (12), wherein the drive roll (13) is connected to and mounted in bearing journals (15) for rotation about its center axis in a pendulum (14) which allows the drive roll (13), on the one hand, to bear against the inner side of the mat (12) and, on the other hand, to be released from the said bearing contact in dependence on the position of the pendulum (14), and wherein the drive roll (13) is connected to a drive member (18, 19, 51, 62) for driving the roll (13) at least into a position where the drive roll (13) bears against the mat (12).

Abstract: An apparatus that maintains housebreaking pads for a pet owner, automatically removing and sealing soiled pads and waste and replacing the soiled pad with a clean pad. The apparatus senses when a pet is using a housebreaking pad, and when the pet is finished, removes and seals the pad and the waste automatically, moving the pad into a repository for later disposal and replacing the soiled pad with a clean pad. The apparatus seals the waste and pad with plastic film having low vapor permeability for disposal on a once-daily or less frequent basis. The apparatus minimizes or eliminates odors associated with canine elimination by removing the pads immediately after elimination is completed, and sealing the waste. A control unit, triggered by a sensor, has a single cycle or a multiple cycle operation, operating a motor that rolls the soiled composite pad onto an arbor in the repository.

Abstract: A device provides positive reinforcement and treats for a domesticated animal urinating in a predetermined location. The positive reinforcement includes a message from the owner. A treat is exposed after the owner's message is played to further reward the animal. Absorbent paper is used at the predetermined location for collecting the urine and activating the voice and treat bowl. After a preset time, the used absorbent paper is removed and new absorbent paper is provided automatically. Another version includes a device that uses a single sheet of absorbent paper.

Abstract: A device provides positive reinforcement and treats for a domesticated animal urinating in a predetermined location. The positive reinforcement includes a message from the owner. A treat is exposed after the owner's message is played to further reward the animal. Absorbent paper is used at the predetermined location for collecting the urine and activating the voice and treat bowl. After a preset time, the used absorbent paper is removed and new absorbent paper is provided automatically. Another version includes a device that uses a single sheet of absorbent paper.

Abstract: A system and method for operating a manure conveyor device. The method includes driving a first return roller about which a manure conveyor belt circulates at a first rotational speed, and driving a second return roller about which the manure conveyor belt circulates at a second rotational speed. During a first interval the first rotational speed exceeds the second rotational speed, and during a second interval the second rotational speed exceeds the first rotational speed.

Abstract: A pet waste collection system comprising a frame, a mounting bracket, a spool, and a sensor. The frame defines a floor with a first end and a second end. The floor may be configured to receive waste from a pet. The mounting bracket may be located on the first end of the floor and configured to receive a wrapper cartridge. The spool may be located on the second end of the floor and configured to allow a film to be drawn from the wrapper cartridge across the floor and to roll the film around the spool. The sensor is configured to detect the presence of pet waste at the film proximate the floor.

Abstract: This invention relates to a livestock dung-collector which has a pair of rotary shafts respectively mounted at the lower front and back comers of a split-rail pen, the front rotary shaft can be driven by a driving device; a piece of net cloth is disposed between the front and the back rotary shaft, and both sides of the cloth are connected by chains; a plurality of horizontal support rods and vertical support bodies are used to support the cloth so as to provide a dung-collector for livestock industry.

Abstract: A device for disposing excrement, comprising a diaper cup (1) having a main body (101) for encompassing a human body's hip and buttocks, a washing water sending hose (105) connected to the main body (101) for passing washing water to an interior of the diaper cup (1), and a human waste sucking hose (104) connected to the main body (101) for sucking washing water and waste from the interior of the diaper cup (1). A front cover (103) is mounted to the main body (101) of the diaper cup (1) through bellows joints (102) so that the front cover (103) can be freely bent. A sensor coupler (107) is electrically connected to a bowel movement perceiving sensor (109) mounted to the main body (101) of the diaper cup (1). The washing water sending hose (105), human waste sucking hose (104), and sensor coupler (107) are bundled together into a single hose unit (123) to facilitate attachment and removal of the hoses and sensor coupler from the main body (101) of the diaper cup (1).

Abstract: A portable electromechanical apparatus for easily and hygienically managing and disposing of pet wastes. The apparatus contains separate solid and liquid waste collectors and containers, located beneath a platform. A waste receiving member is provided upon the platform upon which a pet's solid waste is deposited. Electronic circuitry detects the presence of a pet and judges whether excretion has taken place, whereupon the waste receiving member, bearing the excrement, is moved off the platform and into a solid waste receptacle. A mechanism for automatically opening the solid waste receptacle is provided.

Abstract: A sanitary device for cats includes a rectangular, tub-like lower part that has opposite sides and is open at the top and has an opening across an entire right width on a right, narrow side thereof. The device further includes a second rectangular part that is placed on top of the lower part and is open to the top and bottom side. A drawer that is suitable for holding an exchangeable, disposable cassette is located in the lower part. An exchangeable, flexible floor has a lower side and permeating fingers on the lower side for distributing used kitty litter into the disposable cassette. The floor also has cogged wheels on the lower side. A separate supply tower, designed to hold fresh kitty litter, is secured to a side of the lower part and has a dosaging device in a lower part of a side facing the lower part. Furthermore, a groove is situated along an entire length of the lower part on each of the opposite sides for receiving and guiding the flexible floor.

Abstract: Disclosed is an automatic pet relief station (10) consisting of a housing (12) with an opening (14) to permit entry and exit of pets, an endless belt (16) positioned within the housing (12) to support a pet, a dispenser (18) positioned within the housing (12) for distributing litter on the endless belt (16), and a recycler (20) to cleanse soiled litter, dry the cleansed litter, and deposit the cleansed litter in the dispenser (18) for reuse.After a pet uses the relief station (10), the endless belt begins to travel, with soiled litter being received by the recycler (20) from one end of the endless belt (16), while clean litter is evenly distributed upon the opposite end of the endless belt (16) by the dispenser (18) as the endless belt (16) moves beneath the dispenser (18), thereby replacing the soiled litter. The recycler (20) cleanses the soiled litter, dries the cleansed litter, and deposits the dry cleansed litter into the dispenser (18) for reuse.

Abstract: A portable electromechanical apparatus for easily and hygienically managing and disposing of pet wastes. The apparatus contains separate solid and liquid waste collectors and containers, located beneath a platform. A waste receiving member is provided upon the platform upon which a pet's solid waste is deposited. Electronic circuitry detects the presence of a pet and judges whether excretion has taken place, whereupon the waste receiving member, bearing the excrement, is moved off the platform and into a solid waste receptacle. A mechanism for automatically opening the solid waste receptacle is provided.

Abstract: An automatic litter box for small animals, consisting of a litter package 37, a disposable litter container 23 for soiled litter, and an automatic litter box 1. The litter package 37 consists of alternating layers of litter 43 and clean paper layers 44 which is attached to the motorized rotational device 28 of the disposable litter container 23. When the litter is soiled by the small animal an electrical sensing device 12 starts the time delay sequence and after the animal leaves the automatic litter box 1 the soiled litter is moved by a motorized rotational device 28 into the disposable litter container 23. When the reflective material 41 is placed in a predetermined location on the clean paper layer 44 of the litter package 37 is reached an electrical sensing device 14 stops the motorized rotational device 28 and the cycle is ready to be repeated.The automatic litter box 1 is of sufficient size to furnish clean litter and to store soiled litter for a period of five to seven days.

Abstract: A self-cleaning bird cage includes a chamber formed of a plurality of transparent vertical walls and a top enclosing a perch, with a perforated floor for permitting waste from birds to drop through. A cabinet supporting the chamber includes a platform under the floor with rollers at each end and including a roll of thin plastic material which tends to adhere to itself and to other materials which is fed as a web over the rollers to a take-up roll. Waste and debris falling through the perforated floor land on the web. The take-up roll is preferably driven by an electric motor which is operated for a period sufficient to transfer the soiled plastic material onto the take-up roll. A box positioned below the take-up roll collects solid debris such as seed husks which do not adhere to the plastic material. A second, simplified embodiment incorporates a knob to permit an operator to manually wind the plastic material on said take-up roll.