摘要:
A modular filter for a submersible pump that has a filter housing with an integrally formed pump coupling that telescopically receives pail of a housing of the pump and a filter chamber defined by a pair of spaced apart perforate sidewalls having filter media disposed therebetween. The perforate filter chamber defining sidewalls are opposed to one another with one of the perforate sidewalls defining a first intake grate inline with an intake of the pump and the other one of the perforate sidewalls defining at least one second intake grate that can function as a bypass should the filter media inline with the first intake grate become plugged. In a preferred embodiment, the other one of the perforate sidewalls includes a filtrate grate adjoining the at least one second intake grate. In a preferred embodiment, the other one of the sidewalls has a pair of spaced apart second intake grates outboard of the pump intake that are generally coplanar with the filtrate grate. A preferred pump coupling of the filter extends outwardly defining a pump-receiving socket that telescopically receives part of the pump housing enclosing the pump intake disposing the pump intake inline with the first intake grate. In a preferred embodiment, the pump coupling includes a locator arrangement such as a locator arrangement formed of a locator edge and locator notch or arcuate recess that respectively seat against outwardly extending features of the pump housing, such as one or more suction cups or cup mounts and/or the pump outlet or discharge tube. The pump coupling can also include a plurality of latches that releasably engage part of the pump housing to help keep the filter securely mounted to the pump.
摘要:
A pet feeding system that includes a dish configured to regulate intake of food by a pet, such as a cat. The dish has a housing in cooperation with a food-dispensing receptacle that dispense food into a food-receiving chamber within the housing permitting a pet to access food in the chamber through at least one food access port that only permits part of the pet to reach within the housing to get some food. The food-dispensing receptacle can be a bowl that can be integrally formed as part of the housing and can also be a food-holding container that seats in the bowl. A cap is provided that can cover food in the bowl or container preventing a pet from accessing the food.
摘要:
A multicomponent granular absorbent blend formed of at least a plurality of components with at least one of the components formed of smectite-containing, preferably bentonite-containing, absorbent granules, and at least one other of its components formed of absorbent granules comprised of an extrudate. Such an extruded-containing absorbent granule component can be a component formed of extruded pellets covered with an outer absorbent coating preferably composed of smectite, more preferably bentonite, and/or can be a component formed of extruded pellets used without any such smectite, preferably bentonite, outer coating producing uncoated absorbent granules which also are dust-adhering thereby reducing airborne dust in the multicomponent blend. Such a component composed of uncoated dust-adhering absorbent granules can be formed of extruded splayed pellets having at least one lobe and/or fibrillated tendrils enhancing both absorption and dust pickup in the multicomponent blend.
摘要:
A litter and litter making method producing animal litter from a carbohydrate starch-containing cereal grain admixture extruded from an extruder forming self- clumping pellets having a clumping agent formed during extrusion composed at least in part of carbohydrate polymer binder. Each self-clumping litter pellet is extruded under conditions that cause formation of carbohydrate polymer binder clumping agent at least some of which is water soluble. One method of extruding litter pellets causes starch dextrinization such that at least some of the clumping agent in each pellet is formed of dextrin. Each pellet can be coated such as with a smectite like bentonite. During use, clumping agent in a pellet wetted with urine dissolves and flows in between and along adjacent pellets causing them to self-clump.
摘要:
A pet bed having a cushion that includes multiple pillows that can be removed and washed is disclosed. The pet bed has a cover with multiple pockets, each of which holds one or more of the pillows while allowing the pillows to be removed from and replaced into the respective pocket which permits selective washing of individual segments of the cushion. The bed is formed of a cover having a plurality of pairs of radially and upwardly extending bolster cushion pillow receiving pockets that each receive a bolster cushion and a center cushion pocket locking the bolster cushion pillows in their respective pockets when a center cushion pillow is received in the center cushion pocket and a covering flap of the cover closed.
摘要:
A pet feeding system that includes a dish assembly 20 configured to regulate intake of food by a pet, such as a cat. The dish assembly 20 includes a housing 50 and a cooperating food-dispensing receptacle 70 that dispenses food into a food-receiving chamber 60 within the housing permitting a pet to access food in the chamber 60 through at least one feeder port 55 that only permits a paw of the pet to reach within the housing to get some food, while preventing direct access to the food by the head or muzzle of the pet. A lip 53 is provided adjacent the feeder port that provides an obstacle to free withdrawal of the food out of the feeder port.