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US 2003/0226507 A1Published application
A method of and a device for milking animals
AssigneeLely Enterprises AG
InventorAntoon Peter Andre THEELEN
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Abstract
A method of and a device for automatically milking one animal selected from a group of animals, a milking criterion being established for a milking-related action, and a desired cumulative amount of milk to be produced by the group of animals being established. The milking criterion is adapted with the aid of the cumulative amount produced and the cumulative amount desired.
Claims22
A method of automatically milking an animal selected from a group of animals, the method comprising:
- establishing a milking criterion defining the conditions for performing a milking-related action;
- establishing a desired cumulative amount of milk or milk component to be produced by the group of animals from a predetermined first quota-related point of time to a predetermined future second quota-related point of time, determining the cumulative amount of milk or milk component produced by the group of animals from an initial point of time;
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- adapting the milking criterion with the aid of the cumulative amount of milk or milk component produced and with the aid of the desired cumulative amount of milk or milk component.
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A device for milking an animal selected from a group of animals, the device comprising:
- at least one teat cup to be attached to a teat of an animal to be milked;
- an actuation device for performing at least one milking-related action on the animal;
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- a controller for controlling the actuation device to perform quota dependent milking, the controller being provided with a milking criterion defining the conditions for performing the milking-related action, the controller being capable of:
- establishing a desired cumulative amount of milk or milk component to be produced by the group of animals from a predetermined first quota-related point of time to a predetermined future second quota-related point of time, determining the cumulative amount of milk or milk component produced by the group of animals from an initial point of time;
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- adapting the milking criterion with the aid of the cumulative amount of milk or milk component produced and with the aid of the desired cumulative amount of milk or milk component.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.