Animal husbandry – Milkers – Teat compressor or cup
Reexamination Certificate
2007-06-26
2010-11-09
Smith, Kimberly S (Department: 3643)
Animal husbandry
Milkers
Teat compressor or cup
C119S014540
Reexamination Certificate
active
07827933
ABSTRACT:
A combination of a teat cup and a flexible milk tube is shown. The flexible milk tube has a main duct and a plurality of secondary ducts for discharging milk from the teat cup and for applying vacuum in the teat cup. The main duct is confined by a duct wall extending around the main duct. The secondary ducts are included in the duct wall of the main duct. By including the plurality of secondary ducts in the duct wall of the main duct the flexible milk tube as a whole has a smaller cross-section than that of the known milk tube. The plurality of secondary ducts no longer need separate duct walls forming separate tubes either connected or not with the flexible milk tube comprising the main duct. This results in space saving.
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Foreign Patent GB 2151894 is attached.
Conlon Marisa
Haitjema Coraline J.
Howrey LLP
Maasland N.V.
Owen David P.
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