Refrigerated receiver

The receiver unit of claim 14 wherein said sensing means includes at least one probe extending into said receiver.

A refrigerated receiver for cooling milk and separating it from vacuum in an automatic milking line, said receiver being substantially cylindrically shaped with a heat exchanger disposed therein, said heat exchanger comprising a coiled plate having multiple turns, at least one bracket secured to the upper edge of said turns of the plate to maintain them in a spaced apart relationship, said bracket mounting the heat exchanger to a side wall of the receiver, a warm milk inlet at the top of the receiver and positioned to direct the flow of the milk directly onto the coiled plate, a vacuum outlet, a cool milk outlet at the bottom of the receiver, liquid level probes extending into the interior of the receiver with means to control the withdrawal of milk from said milk outlet, means to operate the heat exchanger in a heating mode during a cleaning cycle to heat a cleaning fluid as it is circulated through the receiver, and means to intermittently vent the receiver as it is being cleaned.

A refrigerated receiver for cooling milk and separating it from vacuum in an automatic milking line, said receiver being substantially cylindrically shaped with a heat exchanger disposed therein, said heat exchanger comprising a coiled plate having multiple turns, said heat exchanger including a superheating section substantially separated from the rest of the heat exchanger by baffle means, a warm milk inlet at the top of the receiver and positioned to direct the flow of the milk directly onto the coiled plate, a vacuum outlet, a cool milk outlet at the bottom of the receiver, and means to operate the heat exchanger in a heating mode during a cleaning cycle to heat a cleaning fluid as it is circulated through the receiver.