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US 8,117,989 B2Granted
Milk tube dome with flow controller
AssigneeGEA Farm Technologies GmbH
InventorsKevin L. Torgerson, Duane F. Sellner
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Abstract
A milker unit liner dome having an inner surface and flow diverters joined to the inner surface to redirect teat dip from an inlet to provide more uniform coverage of dip on a teat. The liner dome can also include more than one flow diverter for redirecting teat dip flow.
Claims22
A milker unit liner dome comprising:
- a barrel;
- and
- a dome joined to the barrel, and the dome comprises;
- an upper inner surface defining a teat opening;
- a flow diverter joined to the upper inner surface of the dome and the flow diverter includes a ridge extending away from the upper inner surface to at least partially define an open flow path along the upper inner surface and at least partially around the teat opening;
- an inlet to the dome disposed to direct fluid flow into contact with the flow diverter;
- and the flow diverter ridge is a flow bifurcating ridge disposed adjacent to the inlet.
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A milker unit liner comprising:
- a barrel;
- and
- a dome joined to the barrel, and the dome comprising;
- an upper inner surface defining a teat opening;
- a plurality of flow diverters joined to the upper inner surface of the dome and at least one of the flow diverters includes a ridge extending away from the upper inner surface to at least partially define an open flow path along the upper inner surface and at least partially around the teat opening;
- and
- an inlet to the dome disposed to direct fluid into contact with at least two flow diverters wherein at least one of the flow diverters comprises a flow bifurcator disposed adjacent to the inlet.
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A milker unit liner comprising:
- a barrel;
- a dome joined to the barrel, the dome defining a teat dip inlet and having an upper inner surface defining a teat opening, and the inlet is disposed to direct fluid into contact with the upper inner surface of the dome;
- and
- a flow diverter joined to the upper inner surface of the dome, and the flow diverter comprises a bifurcating ridge disposed adjacent to the inlet and extending away from the upper inner surface to at least partially define a fluid flow path from the inlet and at least partially around the teat opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.