Device and method for milking animals, and a contamination meter
AssigneeProlion B.V.
InventorsPieter Adriaan Oosterling, Jacobus Petrus Maria Dessing
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Abstract
The invention relates to a device and method for milking animals, in which the milk which is removed is conveyed through a filter element. Any material which is deposited on the filter element is detected and, if appropriate, identified. After detection is complete, the direction of flow through the filter element is reversed, so that the filter material is rinsed clean. The invention also comprises a contamination meter for user in the device and method mentioned above.
Claims13
Device for milking animals, comprising a milk line which runs from a milking cup to a storage tank, means for conveying liquid, through the milk line in a direction of flow, a filter element (7), which is positioned in the milk line, for filtering a flow of liquid (F1 F2) which is flowing from the milking cup to the storage tank, and means (5, 6) for detecting material which has been deposited on the filter element, characterized in that there are means (10, 12) for reversing the direction of flow of the liquid through the filter element (7) while the direction of the fluid flow through the device remains in the same direction.
A method for milking animals with an apparatus having a milk line which runs from a milking cup to a storage tank and uses means for conveying liquid such as milk through the milk line with a direction of flow and in which a filter element is positioned in the milk line to filter the flow of liquid as it flows from the milking cup to the storage tank, a device to detect material which has been deposition the filter element characterized in that the direction of flow through the filter element (9) is reversed after each milking operation while the direction of the fluid flow through the device remains in the same direction.
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