A01J 7/027
Vessel cleaning
Official title: {Vessel cleaning, e.g. cleansing of milk tanks, milk vessels or milk separators}
A01J7/027 (Vessel cleaning) appears on 14 US grants and 13 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A01J- Granted patents
- 14
- Published applications
- 13
- Assignees
- 8
- Inventors
- 17
- Latest grant
- 9 Jun 2026
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| 2023 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Milking device, milk filter and filter cartridge9 Jun 2026US 12,648,542 B2Lely Patent N. V.
- Automatic washing system for bucket milking machine30 May 2023US 11,659,810 B2
- Milk cart with a cleaning function28 Mar 2023US 11,612,136 B2
- Milk separation device2 Aug 2022US 11,399,501 B2GEA Farm Technologies GmbH
- Milk tank system, intermediate milk storage vessel for this, milking system for this, and method for cleaning this15 Sep 2020US 10,772,283 B2Lely Patent N. V.
- Milking device, milk filter and filter cartridge30 Jan 2025US 2025/0031659 A1Lely Patent N. V.
- A system and a detergent container8 Feb 2024US 2024/0040989 A1DeLaval Holding AB
- A monitoring system20 Jul 2023US 2023/0225284 A1Deosan New Zealand Limited
- Automatic washing system for bucket milking machine3 Jun 2021US 2021/0161094 A1LaktoHayvancilik Teknolojileri Sanayive Ticaret Limited Sirketi
- Milk cart with a cleaning function14 May 2020US 2020/0146260 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Device for monitoring a milk tank and an assembly of such a device with a milking robot and an automatic starting-up unit35US 7,036,981 B2Lely Enterprises AG · 2006
- Vacuum transfer system and method for food grade product5US 5,839,484 A1998
- Vaccum transfer system and method for food grade product5US 6,866,050 B22005
- Milk storage tank cleaning4US 6,102,052 AAlfa Laval Agri AB · 2000
- Milk tank cleaning method and storage facility for carrying out that method2US 6,056,829 AAlfa Laval Agri AB · 2000