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Apparatus for milking animals
OwnerCornelis van der Lelyinventor
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An apparatus for milking animals, such as cows, comprising a movable floor which carries four milking compartments. Each milking compartment has a computer controlled milking robot. The movable floor may be a rotating circular platform on which the four milking compartments are located adjacent its periphery. The platform's rotary motion is governed by an automatically operative adjusting mechanism on the basis of the estimated milking time of the animals being milked in milking compartments on the platform or on their estimated residence time thereon. Each animal as it enters into a milking compartment on the platform is identified by an identification system. Also provided are guide members that extend around the periphery of the platform. Mounted on the guide members are a foremilking device, an udder massage device, an udder cleaning device, and a robot for replacing teat cups which may have fallen from the teats of animals being milked.
An Apparatus for milking animals, such as cows, comprising a movable floor including a milking compartment, a milking robot associated with said milking compartment that fully automatically milks animals received in said milking compartment including connecting teat cups to the teats of said animals in said milking compartment, an automatically operative adjusting mechanism for adjusting the motion of the movable floor selectively on the basis of the estimated milking time of the animal being milked on the movable floor or the estimated residence time of the animal being milked on the movable floor.
An apparatus for milking animals, comprising a carousel including a plurality of milking robots and a plurality of milking compartments, each said milking compartment being associated with a said milking robot that fully automatically milks an animal in the associated milking compartment, an adjusting mechanism for adjusting the speed of rotation of the carousel selectively on the basis of the estimated milking time or the estimated residence time in the carousel of the animal being milked.
An apparatus for fully automatically milking animals, comprising a carousel, including a movable floor which supports the animals as they are being automatically milked, a milking robot that fully automatically milks animals while they are being supported on said movable floor, a plurality of milking compartments on said movable floor, the apparatus further consisting of one or more of the following components:
An apparatus for milking animals, comprising a carousel which includes a plurality of milking compartments and a plurality of milking robots, an automatically operative adjusting mechanism for adjusting the rotational motion of said carousel selectively on the basis of the average milking time of the animals present on said carousel or on the basis of the average residence time of the animals on said carousel.
An apparatus for milking animals, comprising a carousel which includes a plurality of milking compartments and a plurality of milking robots, an automatically operative adjusting mechanism adjusting the motion of said carousel selectively on the basis of the longest estimated milking time of an animal on said carousel or on the basis of the longest estimated residence time of an animal on said carousel.
An Apparatus for milking animals, comprising a carousel, a plurality of milking compartments on said carousel, a plurality of milking robots on said carousel, said milking robots automatically connecting and disconnecting teat cups to and from said animals while they are being supported on said carousel, said carousel comprising a platform which supports said animals while being milked and a central shaft, said platform being rotatable about said central shaft.
An apparatus for milking animals, comprising a movable floor, including a milking compartment, a milking robot, and an automatically operative adjusting mechanism for adjusting the motion of the movable floor selectively on the basis of the estimated milking time of the animal being milked on the movable floor or the estimated residence time of the animal being milked on the movable floor, the apparatus further comprising a foremilking device, an udder massage device, and a concentrate rationing device.
An apparatus comprising a movable floor, including a milking compartment, a milking robot, and an automatically operative adjusting mechanism for adjusting the motion of the movable floor selectively on the basis of the estimated milking time of the animal being milked on the movable floor or the estimated residence time of the animal being milked on the movable floor, the apparatus further comprising an entrance door for animals to move onto said movable floor and an exit door for animals to move from said movable floor, a computer, said computer controlling said entrance and said exit doors, an animal identification system which is disposed adjacent said entrance door a guide means, said guide means disposed adjacent said floor and extending along said movable floor, said guide means having mounted thereon at least one of the following devices:
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