Animal husbandry – Milkers – Methods of milking
Patent
1996-06-20
2000-12-05
Colilla, Daniel J.
Animal husbandry
Milkers
Methods of milking
119 1408, 119 1425, 119670, 119 1414, 119 1415, A01J 500, A01J 5007, A01J 704
Patent
active
061552046
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for milking animals comprising a milking compartment including a milking robot for automatically connecting and disconnecting teat cups from the animal's teats and for automatically milking the animal. Embodiments of cleaning members for automatically cleaning the teats of the animal before the teat cups are connected thereto are disclosed. The cleaning members include mechanisms applied to the teats of the animal for removing the foremilk therefrom before the milking operation, as such, commences. In lieu of the cleaning members which not only automatically clean the teats of the animal but also remove the foremilk, another group of teat cups are optimally provided for this purpose. The cleaning members comprise two-rotating elements of various cross-sections. Their phases of the rotation or the distance between their axes of rotation or the shape of the elements or a combination thereof can be selectively modified to remove foremilk or to clean the teats.
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van den Berg Karel
van der Lely Ary
Albright Penrose Lucas
Colilla Daniel J.
Maasland N.V.
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