Implement for automatically milking animals

Details Implement for automatically milking animals Implement for automatically milking animals

1999-02-19

2000-06-27

Poon, Peter M.

Animal husbandry

Milkers

119 1418, A01J 704

Patent

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060793597

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for automatically milking animals, such as cows, which comprises a rinsing circuit for cleaning milk and cleaning lines in the apparatus. The rinsing circuit includes a rinsing fluid tank, a cleaning member for cleaning the teats and udders of animals milked by the apparatus, and a cleaning device for cleaning the cleaning member. The cleaning device is connected to the rinsing tank via a line which includes a buffer vessel having a volume of approximately 3,000 cc and a measuring vessel having a volume of approximately 300 cc. Such line also contains valves plus a bleed/compressed air connection for delivering predetermined amounts of cleaning fluid to the cleaning device.

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