Milk sampling device
AssigneeDeLaval Holding AB
InventorsChristoffer Hagglund, Gunvor Nilsson, Torbjorn Petterson
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Abstract
A milk sampling device includes a housing forming an inner space, an inlet opening to the inner space, a deflector member with an upper surface mounted in the inner space of the housing in a position vertically below the inlet opening, a flow passage formed between a periphery edge portion of the deflector member and an inner surface of the housing, and a milk sampling passage provided with an opening which constitutes a part of the flow passage. The upper surface of the deflector member comprises a plurality of a upwardly extending members arranged at a distance from each other in the vicinity of the periphery edge portion of the deflector member such that flow channels are formed between adjacent upwardly extending members.
Claims21
A milk sampling device comprising;
- a housing (3) forming an inner space, the housing having an inner surface (11a, 12a) and an inlet opening (4a) to the inner space;
- a deflector member (13) provided with an upper surface (13a) with a periphery edge portion (13b), where a flow passage (18) is formed between the periphery edge portion (13b) of the deflector member (13) and the inner surface (11a, 12a) of the housing (3), the deflector member (13) being mounted in the inner space of the housing (3) in a position below the inlet opening (4a), the deflector member (13) being configured to receive and temporarily accumulate milk entering the housing (3) through the inlet opening (4a);
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- a milk sampling passage (5) with at least one opening (5a) which constitutes a part of the flow passage (18),
- wherein a plurality of upwardly extending members (13c) are arranged on the upper surface (13a) of the deflector member (13) at a distance from each other in a vicinity of the periphery edge portion (13b) of the deflector member (13) such that flow channels (13d) are formed between adjacent ones of the upwardly extending members (13c) along the periphery edge portion (13b) of the deflector member (13), and
- wherein the deflector member (13) is configured to temporarily accumulate milk entering the housing through the inlet opening (4a) and distribute the milk through the flow channels into the flow passage (18), and from the flow passage (18) into the at least one opening (5a) of the milk sampling passage (5).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.