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A cat litter box with a mechanism for screening and draining reuseable, liquid-impervious granular material contained in the box, the box having a housing with a container, the container having an inner compartment with holes for holding the granular material and draining liquids, and an outer compa

A cat litter box with a mechanism for screening and draining reuseable, liquid-impervious granular material contained in the box, the box having a housing with a container, the container having an inner compartment with holes for holding the granular material and draining liquids, and an outer compartment for receiving drained liquids, the inner compartment having a screen, wherein the mechanism both raises the screen through the granular material to separate solid wastes, and tips the container to drain the liquid wastes and separated solids into a collection box for removal, and lowers the container, returning the screen to the inner compartment and redistributing the granular material over the screen before the container seats in the housing for reuse.

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A litter box for cats and other household pets comprising: (a) a container having walls and a bottom with holes for draining liquids; (b) a substantially impervious granular material contained in the container covering the bottom of the container and sized larger than the container bottom holes; (c)

A litter box for cats and other household pets comprising: (a) a container having walls and a bottom with holes for draining liquids; (b) a substantially impervious granular material contained in the container covering the bottom of the container and sized larger than the container bottom holes; (c) a screen member with screening elements spaced to pass the granular material and collect solid waste material typically discharged from a household pet using the litter box, the screen member being positioned over the container bottom under the granular material; (d) liquid receiving means for receiving liquids discharged into the container and passing through the holes in the container bottom; (e) waste collection means for receiving solids from the container and liquids from the liquid collection means; (f) actuation and deposit means for actuating the screening of solids from the container and the draining of liquids from the liquid collection means, and depositing screened solids and drained liquids into the waste collection means.