Automatic dairy animal milker unit backflusher and teat dip applicator system and method
AssigneeGEA Farm Technologies GmbH
InventorsKevin L. Torgerson, Nathan Hedlund, Matthew J. Stuessel
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Abstract
A system for cleaning a dairy animal milker unit and applying dip to a dairy animal, the system includes a main control, an air supply, a water supply, a backflush fluid supply, a dip supply, a stall control for receiving the air, water, backflush fluid and dip supplies, and a safety valve that is adjacent to a downstream portion of the milker unit to control backflush and dip fluids being fed to the milker unit.
Claims18
A milker unit backflush system for cleaning a dairy animal milker unit, the backflush system comprising:
- a main control;
- a first air supply in fluid communication with the main control;
- a water supply in fluid communication with the main control;
- a backflush fluid supply in fluid communication with the main control;
- a stall control in fluid communication with the first air supply, a second air supply, the water supply, and the backflush fluid supply;
- a safety valve in fluid communication with the stall control, and the safety valve is in fluid communication with and adjacent to a downstream portion of the milker unit, and the safety valve comprises a backflush piston for movement between a milking position and a backflush position;
- a dip supply;
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- a dip applicator;
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- the safety valve further comprises a dip valve piston in communication with the dip supply and a dip applicator.
A system for cleaning a dairy animal milker unit, and for applying dip to a dairy animal, the system comprising:
- a main control;
- a first air supply in fluid communication with the main control;
- a water supply in fluid communication with the main control;
- a backflush fluid supply in fluid communication with the main control;
- a dip supply in fluid communication with the main control;
- a stall control in fluid communication with the first air supply, a second air supply, the water supply, the backflush fluid supply, and the dip supply;
- a dip applicator in fluid communication with the dip supply;
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- a safety valve in fluid communication with the stall control, and the safety valve is in fluid communication with and adjacent to a downstream portion of the milker unit, and the safety valve comprises:
- a backflush piston for movement between a milking position and a backflush position;
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- a dip valve piston for movement between a milking position and a dipping position, and in communication with the dip supply and the dip applicator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.