An expelling device and a milking arrangement provided with such a device
AssigneeDeLaval Holding AB
InventorLance HAMERTON
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Abstract
An expelling device is provided that is configured to incite an animal to exit from of a milking stable in which the animal is standing during a milking session. The milking stable has a front wall element and lateral wall elements and is configured to house an animal that is being milked in the milking stable with the head directed to and close to the front wall element. The expelling device includes a sheet configured to move vertically from an elevated position to a position adjacent to a front end of the milking stable and adjacent to a lateral wall element of the milking stable.
Claims17
An expelling device configured to by connected to a milking stable and to incite an animal to exit from the milking stable in which the animal is standing during a milking session the milking stable having a front wall element and lateral wall elements and being configured to house the animal that is being milked in said milking stable with the head of the animal directed to and close to said front wall element, said expelling device comprising:
- a sheet configured to move vertically from an elevated position to a position adjacent to a front end of the milking stable, adjacent to a lateral wall element of the milking stable, at least a portion of the sheet being disposed within the milking stable in an area delimited by the front wall element and the lateral wall elements at the position adjacent to the front end of the milking stable.
A milking arrangement, comprising:
- a first milking stable having a front wall element and lateral wall elements, the milking stable being and is configured to house an animal that is being milked in said milking stable with the head of the animal directed to and close to said front wall element;
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- an expelling device comprising a sheet configured to move vertically from an elevated position to a position adjacent to a front end of the milking stable, adjacent to a lateral wall element of the milking stable, at least a portion of the sheet being disposed within the milking stable in an area delimited by the front wall element and the lateral wall elements at the position adjacent to the front end of the milking stable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.