Milking box expulsion system
AssigneeMaasland N.V.
InventorKarel Van Den Berg
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Abstract
A method of milking an animal involves admitting the animal into a milking box and expelling the animal from the milking box, the milking box comprising a connecting device, such as a robot arm, for automatically connecting a teat cup to a teat of the animal. The step of expelling the animal from the milking box is carried out using the robot arm. An installation for milking an animal is also described, the installation being provided with a milking box for the animal; a robot arm for automatically connecting a teat cup to a teat of the animal; and a device for expelling the animal from the milking box. The device for expelling the animal from the milking box comprises part of the robot arm.
Claims18
A method of milking an animal, the method comprising:
- admitting the animal into a milking box, the milking box comprising a connecting device, for automatically connecting a teat cup to a teat of the animal;
- and
- subsequently expelling the animal from the milking box, wherein the expelling of the animal is carried out automatically by the connecting device.
An installation for milking an animal, the installation comprising:
- a milking box for the animal;
- a connecting device for automatically connecting a teat cup to a teat of the animal;
- and
- a device for expelling the animal from the milking box, wherein the device for expelling the animal from the milking box comprises at least a portion of the connecting device and is arranged for moving the portion of the connected device into contact with the animal so as to urge the animal out of the milking box.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.