Unusable milk collection bucket with overflow prevention means
OwnerMike Martinmaasinventor
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Abstract
A strip bucket utilizable in a cow milking operation is provided with a lid having a ball check valve to prevent bad milk from entering a bulk storage container. Additionally, the ball check valve may be provided with integrally attached milk collection tubes which extend orthogonally outwardly therefrom. Additionally, the ball check valve may be provided with an outwardly extending paddle member which operates to raise a signal flag once a strip bucket has been filled with milk.
Claims4
A new and improved strip bucket assembly for collecting bad milk from a cow and preventing an overflow of such bad milk from said strip bucket assembly, said assembly comprising:
- a strip bucket;
- closure means attachable to a top portion of said strip bucket;
- inflow means consisting of a supply line for delivering bad milk from a cow, said inflow means being directed through said closure means;
- outflow means consisting of a delivery line for facilitating an outward flow of trapped air from said strip bucket, said delivery line being directed through said closure means and being connected to a bulk tank storage means;
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- check valve means attached to said outflow means for preventing an overflow of said bad milk from said strip bucket to said delivery line, said check valve means comprising a ball check valve assembly which includes a floating ball captured within a ball cage, said floating ball floating on said bad milk and effecting a closure of said outflow means when said bad milk rises to a near top portion of said strip bucket, said floating ball further including at least one outwardly extending member positioned through a longitudinal slot formed in said ball cage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.