Rotary parlour for milking of animals
AssigneeDeLaval Holding AB
InventorMattias Eriksson
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Abstract
The invention relates to a rotary parlour for milking of animals. The parlour comprises a rotary platform (3) arranged to constitute a support surface for the animals, stalling means arranged to divide the platform (3) into stalls for receiving individual animals (1), driving means arranged to rotate the platform (3) and milking means (11) arranged to be attached to the animals (1). The platform (3) comprises a number of platform modules (8) each having a front edge (9) connected to a rear edge (10) of another platform module (8) at a determined angle of at least two possible angles in relation to each other in such a manner that the platform (3) obtains an annular extension having a size related to said determined angle.
Claims20
A rotary parlour for milking of cows, wherein the parlour comprises:
- a rotary platform arranged to constitute a support surface for the cows, wherein the platform further comprises a plurality of platform modules each having a front edge and a rear edge:
- stalling means arranged to divide the platform into stalls for receiving individual cows during milking;
- driving means arranged to rotate the platform;
- milking means arranged to be attached to the cows;
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- a plurality of coupling members which rigidly connect the front edge of each platform module to a rear edge of another adjacent platform module at a determined angle of at least two possible angles in relation to each other in such a manner that the platform obtains an annular extension having a size related to said determined angle.
A rotary parlour for milking of cows, wherein the parlour comprises:
- a rotary platform arranged to constitute a support surface for the cows;
- stalling means arranged to divide the platform into stalls for receiving individual cows during milking;
- driving means arranged to rotate the platform;
- milking means arranged to be attached to the cows;
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- wherein the platform further comprises a plurality of platform modules, each of said platform modules having an underlying framework unit, and further including a plurality of coupling devices, one of said coupling devices extending between framework units of adjacent modules for connecting a front edge of one module to a rear edge of another adjacent platform module at a determined angle of at least two possible connection angles in relation to each other whereby the coupling device establishes the determined angle and the platform comprised of said platform modules has an annular extension having a size related to said determined angle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.