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US 2022/0110291 A1Published application
Safety valve for an automated milker unit backflushing and teat dip applicator system
AssigneeGEA Farm Technologies GmbH
InventorsKevin L. Torgerson, Nathan Hedlund, Matthew J. Stuessel
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Abstract
A system for cleaning a dairy animal milker unit and applying dip to a dairy animal, the system includes a main control, an air supply, a water supply, a backflush fluid supply, a dip supply, a stall control for receiving the air, water, backflush fluid and dip supplies, and a safety valve that is adjacent to a downstream portion of the milker unit to control backflush and dip fluids being fed to the milker unit.
Claims11
An automated teat dip application system comprising:
- a main control;
- a water supply in communication with the main control;
- a dip supply in communication with the main control;
- a mixer in communication with the dip supply and the water supply;
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- a safety valve in fluid communication with the mixer and a downstream portion of a milker unit, and a dip valve piston for movement between a milking position and a backflush position.
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