Assembly for and a method of feeding and milking animals, and a feed platform suitable for use in such an assembly
AssigneeKarel Van Den Berg
InventorsKarel Van Den Berg, Greorgius Rudolphius Bos
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Abstract
An assembly for feeding and milking animals. The assembly is provided with a feeding system comprising a movable feed platform and a drive unit for driving the feed platform, a number of feeding places being provided on the feed platform. The assembly is further provided with a milking system for, in particular automatically, milking animals on the feed platform, which milking system comprises a number of sets of teat cups. The feed platform is at least for the greater part free from separating elements between the feeding places, i.e. the feed platform is at least for the greater part free from separating elements for confining animals.
Claims33
An assembly for feeding and milking animals, the assembly comprising:
- an area where the animals are allowed to move freely;
- a feeding system comprising a movable feed platform;
- a drive unit for driving the feed platform, a number of feeding places being provided adjacent to one another on the feed platform wherein the feed platform is substantially free from separating elements between adjacent feeding places;
- an entrance from the area to the feed platform, the entrance having a width that is sufficiently large to enable simultaneous access of several animals to the feed platform and being free from a closing device such that the feed platform and the area are openly connected for free movement of animals between the area and the feed platform;
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- a milking system for milking animals on the feed platform, the milking system comprising a number of sets of teat cups.
A device for feeding and milking animals, the device comprising:
- a feed platform on which the animals to be milked may stand;
- a drive unit for driving the feed platform;
- an animal-recognition device disposed on the feed platform;
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- a number of feeding places located adjacent to one another on the feed platform, wherein the feed platform is substantially free from separating elements between adjacent feeding places such that animals may freely move along the feed platform from one feeding place to an adjacent feeding place.
The device as claimed in 17, wherein the feed platform is provided with position marks.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.