Automatic milk sorting device

A automatic milk sorting device for use in a milking machine, comprising:

• a directional valve for selectively directing a milk stream into one of a plurality of channels, said directional valve including a housing provided with a milk inlet, a plurality of milk outlets, and a closure means for selectively shutting off said milk outlets, said housing including therein a measurement chamber which is in fluid communication with the interior of the housing via at least one opening, the measurement chamber being adapted to be rotated together with the closure means about a shaft for selectively shutting off the milk outlets, said measurement chamber including a sensor for detecting parameter values of the milk, and
• control means acting on said directional valve so as to sort out milk based on the determined parameter values.

An automatic milk sorting device for use in a milking machine, comprising:

• a directional valve for selectively directing a milk stream into one of a plurality of channels, said directional valve including a housing provided with a milk inlet, a plurality of milk outlets, and closure means for selectively shutting off said milk outlets, said closure means including a shut-off slide member covering said milk outlets, a shut-off surface of the shut-off slide member facing the milk outlets having the same radius of curvature as a wall portion including said milk outlets of said housing so that said milk outlets can selectively be shut off by rotating the shut-off slide member about an axis of rotation extending through the axis of said curvature, said measurement chamber including a sensor for detecting parameter values of the milk, and
• control means acting on said directional valve so as to sort out milk based on the determined parameter values.

An automatic milk sorting device for use in a milking machine, comprising:

• a directional valve for selectively directing a milk stream into one of a plurality of channels, said directional valve including a housing provided with a milk inlet, a plurality of milk outlets, and a closure means for selectively shutting off said milk outlets, said housing including therein a measurement chamber, which is in fluid communication with the interior of the housing via at least one opening, said measurement chamber including a sensor for detecting parameter values of the milk,
• a baffle plate including passages therethrough arranged above the opening of the vessel so as to control the milk stream which flows from the milk inlet directly into the measurement chamber,
• control means acting on said directional valve so as to sort out milk based on the determined parameter values.

A directional valve, comprising:

• a housing provided with a milk inlet, a plurality of milk outlets, and a closure means for selectively shutting off the milk outlets, said closure means being shiftable between a first position shutting off a first of said milk outlets connected to a useable milk said channel and a second position shutting off a second of said milk outlets connected to an unsatisfactory milk said channel,
• the housing including therein a measurement chamber in fluid communication with the interior of the housing via at least one opening, the measurement chamber including sensor means for detecting milk parameter values.