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Automatic Litter Box

 burns waste, filters the air, and reformulates litter
 
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There are number of aotomatic litter boxes on the market. I've got a littermaid, but the little plastic trays are a hassle to clean out, or horrors replace as they want you too. Another version which flushes the waste requires a plumber to install and expensive chemicals for treatment of the litter granules.

I propose a automatic litter box which periodically removes the dirty tray of litter, places a new tray inplace and then burns the dirty litter and crushes and filters the remaining litter such that a new tray of cleaned litter is available for the next cycle. This way the residual waste product would not smell, and as it would be ash, it would be very small in volume thus emptying could be done monthly. An air filter and an external vent would be used to keep odors to a minimum.

—amuron, Feb 08 2003

An automatic cat. http://www.shvaika....t2/toilet2engl.html
I don't know what a WC pan is, but if you have one, and a cat, this may work. [Amos Kito, Oct 04 2004]


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       Good idea. However, you mention that the flushing ones require a plumber to install. With the waste burning mechanism, you would have to have a contractor install a vent to the outside, and another guy the gas hook ups for buring the litter. What with feces being %60 water, and the litter being made of rocks, you would have to get to some pretty high temperatures for a long time. Sounds like it would be cheaper in the long run to hire someone to clean the litterbox for you.
—fogfreak, Feb 08 2003
   

       Incinerate the cat ?   

       <Insert-8th-of-7's standard-anti-cat-rant here>
—8th of 7, Feb 08 2003
   

       there is nothing more perfect in nature / physics than the cat or the clock or another c which for this moment alludes me.
—po, Feb 08 2003
   

       chicken?
—thumbwax, Feb 08 2003
   

       velocity of light.
—neelandan, Feb 08 2003
   

       cuppa?
—egbert, Feb 09 2003
   

       can I cook salmon in it? do I need a cedar plank? cheesypoof, elkin, nc
—cheesypoof, Aug 08 2004
   


 

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