Mechanized milking machine including a device for injection of a product for rinsing the pipe for routing of the milk to the milk tank
AssigneeBoumatic LLC
InventorAlain Cabon
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Abstract
The invention relates to a mechanized milking machine that includes a device for injection under pressure of at least one product for rinsing the pipe for routing of the milked milk from a claw to a milk storage container. It is also for rinsing the claw and the liners which are connected to it.
Claims10
A mechanized milking machine, comprising:
- a plurality of milking liners connected to a milk claw;
- a pipe connected to a vacuum source, wherein the pipe routes the milked milk from the claw to a milk storage container, said pipe including means for cutting off the vacuum in the portion of said pipe between said claw and said vacuum source;
- a device for injection under pressure of at least one product for rinsing said pipe, said claw and said liners, which is mounted on a section of said routing pipe between said vacuum cutoff means and said claw, said injection device including an enclosure connected to a source of said rinsing product, an opening for communication with said pipe, a flap valve that is mobile between two positions:
- a rest position, in which said flap valve is withdrawn from said opening for communication with said pipe, and said opening for communication with said pipe is freed;
- a closing position, in which said flap valve is held against a seat formed on the internal wall of the enclosure and closes the opening for communication with the pipe, and means for actuation of said flap valve.
A device for injection under pressure of at least one rinsing product into a pipe for routing milked milk of a mechanized milking machine, which is mounted on a section of said routing pipe between means for cutting off the vacuum in said pipe and a milk claw connected to said pipe, the device comprising:
- an enclosure connected to a source of said rinsing product;
- an opening for communication with said pipe;
- a flap valve that is mobile between two positions:
- a rest position, in which said flap valve is withdrawn from said opening for communication with said pipe, and said opening for communication with said pipe is freed;
- a closing position, in which said flap valve is held against a seat formed on the internal wall of the enclosure and closes the opening for communication with the pipe;
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- means for actuating said flap valve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.