Animal husbandry – Milkers – Milking station arrangements; e.g. – parlors
Patent
1991-10-15
1993-03-23
Weiss, John G.
Animal husbandry
Milkers
Milking station arrangements; e.g., parlors
119 5102, 119163, A01K 101, A01K 112
Patent
active
051954559
ABSTRACT:
A device for maintaining dairy animals and surface areas where they may be confined in a clean condition, and providing a station for feeding, milking and elimination of wastes which is movable as a unit. The station has a waste disposal at the rear and a feeder forward. An electronic system causes an animal to enter the station prior to waste elimination. A sensor determines the presence of animal waste. An electronic system that remotely guides the animal, comprises a radio transmitter at the station, a radio receiver mounted on the animal to guide the animal by shock or sounds to the station and/or sounds produced at the station attract the animal. A sensor on the animal's tail that signals the onset of elimination or presence of waste, may be coupled to the station's electronic system, or to a speaker near the animal's ear for producing unpleasant sounds to discourage elimination outside the station. Electronic systems are used to reward the animal after its elimination in the station. The station comprises devices to clean the animal's udders and substantially simultaneously to flush the animal's droppings from a grating into a waste disposal area, and to milk the animals subsequent to cleaning. After the animal's elimination and other processes are complete, the station is opened at its forward end and the animal is induced to leave.
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Bom Cornelis J. G.
van den Berg Karel
van der Lely Ary
van der Lely Cornelis
Albright Penrose Lucas
C. van der Lely N.V.
Weiss John G.
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