Milking devices

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2003-12-19

2011-10-04

Nguyen, T. (Department: 3644)

Animal husbandry

Milkers

Teat compressor or cup

Reexamination Certificate

active

08028656

ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to devices and components for milking apparatus, in particular to milk extracting devices. Especially it relates to components of such devices such as liners (20). The novel devices include a material, selected from the group consisting of thermo-plastic elastomers, as defined in ISO 18064, plasticized PVC, Vinyl TPE, the material exhibiting the following properties: a hardness between 25 shore A and 50 shore D; a Young's modulus between 0.1 MPa and 50 MPa; a tensile strength above 0.5 MPa; and a minimum elongation of 50% without breakage.

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