Milk sampling apparatus and method
AssigneeDeLaval Holding AB
InventorsMats Gudmundsson, Sten Mellberg
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Abstract
The present invention refers to a milk sampling apparatus for use with an automated milking system, said apparatus comprising a cassette (7) wherein milk sample collecting elements (9) are placed, and at least one filling member (27) capable of being placed above a selected one of said milk sample collecting elements (9) by means of a positioning system, and capable of bringing a milk sample, representatively taken from milk yielded during the milking of an animal by means of said automated milking system, into said selected one of said milk sample collecting elements (9). According to the invention the milk sampling apparatus comprises agitating means, preferably a shaking table (5), capable of agitating said milk sample.
Claims32
A milk sampling apparatus for use with an automated milking system, said apparatus comprising a cassette (7) wherein milk sample collecting elements (9) are placed, and at least ore filling member (27) capable of being placed above a selected one of said milk sample collecting elements (9) by means of a positioning system, and capable of bringing a milk sample, representatively taken from milk yielded during the milking of an animal by means of said automated milking system, into said selected one of said milk sample collecting elements (9), characterized in that said milk sampling apparatus comprises agitating means (5) capable of agitating said milk sample.
A method for milk sampling in a milk sampling apparatus comprising a cassette (7) wherein milk sample collecting elements (9) are placed, and at least one filling member (27) movable above said milk sample collecting elements (9) by means of a positioning system, and capable of bringing a milk sample, representatively taken from milk yielded during a milking of an animal by means of an automated milking system, into anyone of said milk sample collecting elements (9), characterized by
- bringing said milk sample into a selected one of said milk sample collecting elements (9);
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- agitating said milk sample.
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