Teat cup cleaning device and method related thereto
AssigneeMaasland N.V.
InventorsKarel VAN DEN BERG, Gerard MOSTERT
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Abstract
A teat cup cleaning device having a heating chamber, provided with a discharge which is closable by a valve, and arranged for connection to a teat cup. A filling device is provided for filling the heating chamber with an amount of cleaning liquid, and a heating arrangement is arranged to heat the contents of the heating chamber to a temperature T higher than the boiling point Tk of the cleaning liquid at ambient pressure. The valve opens in this situation to deliver the heated cleaning liquid to the teat cup. The teat cup cleaning device also comprising a connecting line between a liquid supply and the discharge.
Claims27
A teat cup cleaning device comprising:
- a heating chamber, provided with a discharge which is closable by means of a valve, and arranged for connection to at least one teat cup;
- a filling device for filling the heating chamber with an amount of cleaning liquid to be heated;
- a heating arrangement, arranged to heat the contents of the heating chamber to a temperature T higher than the boiling point Tk of the cleaning liquid at ambient pressure;
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- a connecting line between a liquid supply and the discharge.
A method of cleaning a teat cup by means of a teat cup cleaning device, comprising:
- supplying an amount of cleaning liquid to a heating chamber comprising a discharge which is closable by means of a valve, and which is arranged for connection to a teat cup;
- closing the heating chamber by means of the valve;
- heating the cleaning liquid in the heating chamber to a condition with a temperature T which is higher than a boiling point Tk of the cleaning liquid at ambient pressure,
- opening the valve at the temperature T;
- leading the heated contents of the heating chamber via the discharge, into the teat cup;
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- rinsing the teat cup via the discharge, with a supply of liquid arranged to bypass the heating chamber.
A teat cup cleaning device comprising:
- a pressure retaining heating chamber for receiving a quantity of cleaning liquid;
- a supply line for supplying cleaning liquid to the heating chamber;
- a discharge outlet for delivering cleaning liquid from the heating chamber to at least one teat cup;
- a heating arrangement, arranged to heat the contents of the heating chamber to a temperature T higher than the boiling point Tk of the cleaning liquid at ambient pressure;
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- a connecting line between the supply line and the discharge outlet, the connecting line bypassing the heating chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.