Animal milking claws and methods of use
AssigneeMadero Dairy Systems, Inc.
InventorPEDRO G. MADERO
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Abstract
Animal milking claws, assemblies, and methods of making and using same. Upper and lower claw portions, the upper claw portion having front and rear milk inlets, and the lower claw portion including a milk outlet. Milk inlets positioned generally tangentially to the upper claw portion force milk to flow on geodesic curves on the internal surface of the upper milk claw. Milk is forced to impact upon the vertical partition in the lower claw portion. The milk outlet has a reinforced portion extending at least a portion of a length of the milk outlet, with one or more reinforcing chamfers where the reinforced portion connects with the lower claw portion. Coolant for heat transfer may be provided to the milk outlet or the lower claw portion, or both.
Claims21
An animal milking claw comprising:
- a) an upper claw portion having an internal surface, and a lower claw portion, the upper claw portion having a first rear milk inlet, a second rear milk inlet, a first front milk inlet, a second front milk inlet, and the lower claw portion having a milk outlet and a vertical partition positioned along a longitudinal axis of the lower claw portion;
- b) the milk inlets positioned generally tangentially to the upper claw portion and configured so that milk flows on geodesic curves on the internal surface of the upper milk claw, and the milk is forced to impact upon the vertical partition in the lower claw portion;
- c) the milk outlet having a reinforced portion adjacent a location where the milk outlet connects to the lower claw portion and extending at least a portion of a length of the milk outlet, with one or more reinforcing chamfers positioned on each location where the reinforced portion of milk outlet connects with the lower claw portion.
An animal milking claw comprising:
- a) an upper claw portion having an internal surface, and a lower claw portion, the upper claw portion having a first rear milk inlet, a second rear milk inlet, a first front milk inlet, a second front milk inlet, and the lower claw portion having a milk outlet and a vertical partition positioned along a longitudinal axis of the lower claw portion;
- b) the milk inlets positioned generally tangentially to the upper claw portion and configured so that milk flows on geodesic curves on the internal surface of the upper milk claw, and the milk is forced to impact upon the vertical partition in the lower claw portion;
- c) the first rear milk inlet having a reinforced portion adjacent a location where the first rear milk inlet connects to the upper claw portion and extending at least a portion of a length of the first rear milk inlet;
- d) the second rear milk inlet having a reinforced portion adjacent a location where the second rear milk inlet connects to the upper claw portion and extending at least a portion of a length of the second rear milk inlet;
- e) the first front milk inlet having a reinforced portion adjacent a location where the first front milk inlet connects to the upper claw portion and extending at least a portion of a length of the first front milk inlet;
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- f) the second front milk inlet having a reinforced portion adjacent a location where the second front milk inlet connects to the upper claw portion and extending at least a portion of a length of the second front milk inlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.