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US 5,080,040 AGranted
Milking plant
AssigneeC. van der Lely N.V.
InventorsEdwin van der Lely, Karel van den Berg, Rene Fransen
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AssigneeC. van der Lely N.V.
InventorsEdwin van der Lely, Karel van den Berg, Rene Fransen
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A milking system for dairy animals comprising individual teat cups attachable to the respective teats of the animal's udder, a measuring device to determine the volume of milk discharged from individual teats, a central vacuum system to aid the discharge of the milk from the teats as well as to propel both the milk and the cleaning fluid through the system's fluid lines, a cooling tank, and an array of sensors to determine various parameters of the milk and milking system, including temperature sensors, milk conductivity sensors, air-to-milk ratio sensors, pressure sensors and fluid level sensors. The sensors are arranged at various points in the milking system, including in the individual teat cups, the milk measuring device and the discharge lines, and are optionally coupled to a central computer which controls both the individual components of the milking system and working parameters of the system as a whole, including an automatic cleaning system for cleaning the teat cups, fluid lines and cooling tank. The system diverts milk from the milk otherwise collected that has too high of a temperature or more than a predetermined conductivity indicating it may not have been produced in a healthy teat or udder.
A milking plant for milking cows which comprises a set of four separate teat cups that are each connectable to the respective teats of a cow's udder, a separate milk discharge line leading from each separate teat cup, a separate milk measuring device receiving each said milk discharge line, a further separate discharge line leading from each said milk measuring device, a common discharge line receiving each of the further separate discharge lines, and a milk cooling tank receiving said common discharge line, wherein the milk obtained from each udder quarter with the aid of said teat cups is conveyed through said separate milk discharge line to said milk measuring device, and wherein said milk measuring devices and said further separate discharge lines are coupled to said common discharge line which terminates in said milk cooling tank.
A milking plant for milking cows, wherein said plant includes teat cups readily connectable to corresponding teats of a cow's udder, fluid lines from said teat cups conveying milk to milk measuring means, said milk measuring means comprising a plurality of milk meters, each of said milk meters comprising a milk receptacle, a measuring chamber and a discharge line therefrom, each of said discharge lines from said plurality of milk meters connected to a common discharge line, and a milk cooling tank coupled with said common discharge line.
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