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US 11,399,501 B2Granted
Milk separation device
AssigneeGEA Farm Technologies GmbH
InventorsOtto Krone, Gertjan Varvick
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Abstract
The invention relates to a milk separation device of a milking system for milking, in particular automated milking, of milk-producing animals. The milk separation device comprises a body, which has an inlet connection and an outlet connection, and a cover, which has a connection to a vacuum line. The body has an inwardly protruding balcony segment on an inner periphery, wherein the balcony segment forms a ramp helically in the peripheral direction so as to rise at a pitch angle with respect to the gravitational force of the earth.
Claims20
A milk separation device comprising:
- a body with a milk inlet and a milk outlet;
- and
- an inner wall portion of the body forms an inwardly protruding balcony portion, wherein the inwardly protruding balcony portion is aligned with the milk inlet to define a helical milk flow path ascending in a circumferential direction at a pitch angle, wherein one lateral side of the balcony portion directly adjoins the inner wall portion of the body and an opposite lateral side of the balcony portion faces an open interior of the body, and wherein the balcony portion is inclined downward from the one lateral side to the opposite lateral side into the open interior of the body;
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- a lid releasably joined to the body and the lid includes a vacuum line connection in fluid communication with a vacuum source and the milk inlet.
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A milk separation device comprising:
- a lid;
- and
- a body to which the lid is releasably joined, wherein the body comprises
- an inner wall;
- a milk inlet;
- a milk outlet;
- a balcony having top side and one lateral side directly adjoining the inner wall and an opposite lateral side inwardly intruding into an interior of the body from the inner wall,
- wherein the balcony is inclined downward from the one lateral side to the opposite lateral side into the open interior of the body,
- wherein a lower edge of the milk inlet is aligned with the top side of the balcony or lies above the top side of the balcony,
- wherein the balcony forms a helical milk flow path ascending in a circumferential direction from a position aligned with the top side of the balcony or a position lying below the lower edge of the milk inlet;
- and
- wherein the milk outlet is below the milk inlet and the balcony.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.