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US 8,997,778 B2Granted
Conduit and a method of cleaning a conduit
AssigneeLely Patent N.V.
InventorGerard Mostert
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Abstract
The invention relates to a conduit for transferring milk. The conduit is provided with at least one flexible wall, which divides the conduit into at least one milk duct and at least one secondary duct. The milk duct and the at least one secondary duct extend along a longitudinal axis of the conduit, it being possible for the at least one milk duct to be substantially emptied by pressing through filling the at least one secondary duct.
Claims24
A milking device, comprising:
- a conduit that transfers milk, wherein the conduit is provided with at least one flexible wall, which divides the conduit into at least one milk duct and at least one secondary duct, wherein the at least one milk duct and the at least one secondary duct extend along a longitudinal axis of the conduit, wherein the at least one milk duct is arranged to be substantially emptiable by pressing through filling the at least one secondary duct;
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- a distribution valve, wherein an inlet side of the at least one milk duct of the conduit is in communication with a milk supply and a cleaning liquid supply via the distribution valve.
A milking device, comprising:
- a conduit that transfers milk, wherein the conduit is provided with at least one flexible wall, which divides the conduit into at least one milk duct and at least one secondary duct, wherein the at least one milk duct and the at least one secondary duct extend along a longitudinal axis of the conduit, wherein the at least one milk duct is arranged to be substantially emptiable by pressing through filling the at least one secondary duct;
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- a second distribution valve, wherein an outlet side of the at least one milk duct is in communication with a milk container and an outlet via the second distribution valve.
A milking device, comprising:
- a conduit that transfers milk, wherein the conduit is provided with at least one flexible wall, which divides the conduit into at least one milk duct and at least one secondary duct, wherein the at least one milk duct and the at least one secondary duct extend along a longitudinal axis of the conduit, wherein the at least one milk duct is arranged to be substantially emptiable by pressing through filling the at least one secondary duct;
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- a coupling piece that couples the conduit to a component of the milking device, wherein the coupling piece is provided with a coupling face having at least one milk opening and at least one secondary opening which, when the coupling piece couples the conduit to the component of the milking device, is brought into open communication with the at least one milk duct and the at least one secondary duct, respectively.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.