A01K 1/126
Carousels
Official title: {Carousels}
A01K1/126 (Carousels) appears on 166 US grants and 190 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A01K- Granted patents
- 166
- Published applications
- 190
- Assignees
- 44
- Inventors
- 212
- Latest grant
- 26 May 2026
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| 2020 | 11 | 4 |
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| 2023 | 6 | 4 |
| 2024 | 3 | 4 |
| 2025 | 4 | 3 |
| 2026 | 4 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Magnetic levitation rotary milking parlours and methods26 May 2026US 12,635,661 B1Madero Equipos De Ordeno, S. A. De C.V.
- Milking system and methods with pre- and post-dip in the teat liner5 May 2026US 12,616,157 B2GEA Farm Technologies GmbH
- Method and apparatus for operating a rotary milking platform to maximise the number of animals milked per unit time and a rotary milking platform31 Mar 2026US 12,588,654 B2Dairymaster
- Method and apparatus for determining the identity of an animal of a herd of animals20 Jan 2026US 12,527,299 B2Dairymaster
- Milking system30 Dec 2025US 12,507,666 B2DeLaval Holding AB
- Milking Apparatus25 Jun 2026US 2026/0174055 A1Waikato Milking Systems LP
- Method for a directed animal traffic, and milking installation18 Jun 2026US 2026/0165292 A1GEA Farm Technologies GmbH
- Safety arrangement for a rotary milking parlour and a rotary milking parlour comprising such a safety arrangement28 May 2026US 2026/0144228 A1DeLaval Holding AB
- Mobile milking robot with minimal footprint6 Nov 2025US 2025/0338818 A1Afimilk Agricultural Cooperative Ltd.
- Automated mobility scoring of farm animals23 Oct 2025US 2025/0324948 A1Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Milking method and an apparatus therefor169US 4,508,058 AAlfa-Laval AB · 1985
- Apparatus for milking animals154US 6,050,219 A2000
- Wash system, apparatus and method for a rotary milking apparatus136US 6,105,536 A2000
- Herringbone-type rotary milking parlour128US 5,718,185 AAlfa Laval Agri AB · 1998
- Rotary parlour for automatic milking of animals122US 8,074,600 B2DeLaval Holding AB · 2011