Automatic milking

Details Automatic milking Automatic milking

1995-12-01

1998-01-13

Swiatek, Robert P.

Animal husbandry

Milkers

With automatic control

119 141, A01J 5017

Patent

active

057067589

ABSTRACT:
An arrangement for the automatic application of milking apparatus to a milk animal including a milking apparatus store, a milking apparatus handling device including a milking apparatus carrier movable on the device and a teat sensor on the handling device together with at least one animal position sensor and a control unit responsive to the animal and teat sensors to operate the handling device, the arrangement being such that when an animal is sensed to be in milking position the control unit operates the handling device to take milking apparatus for a teat of the animal from the store in the carrier to a specific teat with the carrier moved to a sideways offset at a selected angle to the device and the teat sensor in range of the teat.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4867103 (1989-09-01), Montalescot et al.
patent: 4941433 (1990-07-01), Hanauer
patent: 5069160 (1991-12-01), Street et al.
patent: 5279253 (1994-01-01), Lubberink
PCT/GB91/01831 -- WO 92/06588 -- Apr. 30, 1992.

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