Milking system
AssigneeLely Patent N.V.
InventorsGerard Mostert, Rik Steenbergen, Frans Emo Diderik Van Halsema
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Abstract
A milking system for milking a dairy animal includes a milking cup having a first milk outflow opening, a measuring chamber having a milk inlet which is in flow communication with the first milk outflow opening, with a second milk outflow opening to a milk hose, and with a vacuum connection, and a level sensor for measuring a milk level in the measuring chamber. The milking system further includes a controllable valve having an adjustable passage opening, which is provided in or downstream of the second milk outflow opening, and a control unit which is operatively connected to the level sensor and the valve, and which control unit is configured to adjust the passage opening of the valve on the basis of the measured milk level.
Claims22
A milking system for milking a dairy animal, comprising:
- at least one milking cup having a first milk outflow opening,
- a measuring chamber having a milk inlet which is in flow communication with the first milk outflow opening, with a second milk outflow opening to a milk hose, and with a vacuum connection,
- a level sensor for measuring a milk level in the measuring chamber,
- a controllable valve having an adjustable passage opening, which is provided in or downstream of the second milk outflow opening, and
- a control unit which is operatively connected to the level sensor and the valve, and which is configured to adjust the passage opening of the valve on a basis of the measured milk level,
- wherein the control unit is configured to adjust the passage opening between a smallest open position and a largest open position during at least a part of a milking operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.