Arrangement of milking box stalls
AssigneeTechnologies Holdings Corp.
InventorsHenk Hofman, Cor de Ruijter, Menno Koekoek, Michael A. Mills, Peter Willem van der Sluis
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A system includes a first milking box stall cluster comprising a first plurality of milking box stalls and a first robotic attacher associated with the first milking box stall cluster. The first robotic attacher is positioned to service each of the first plurality of milking box stalls. The system further includes a second milking box cluster comprising a second plurality of milking box stalls. It is positioned adjacent to the first milking box stall cluster. A second robotic attacher is associated with the second milking box stall cluster and is positioned to service each of the second plurality of milking box stalls.
Claims13
A system, comprising:
- a first milking box stall of a size sufficient to accommodate a dairy livestock;
- a second milking box stall of a size sufficient to accommodate a dairy livestock, wherein the first and second milking box stalls face perpendicular directions;
- an equipment portion located between the first milking box stall and the second milking box stall;
- and
- a robotic attacher housed in the equipment portion and configured to service both stalls.
A system, comprising:
- a first milking box stall cluster comprising a first plurality of milking box stalls;
- a first robotic attacher associated with the first milking box stall cluster and positioned to service each of the first plurality of milking box stalls;
- a second milking box cluster comprising a second plurality of milking box stalls and positioned adjacent to the first milking box stall cluster;
- and
- a second robotic attacher associated with the second milking box stall cluster and positioned to service each of the second plurality of milking box stalls;
- wherein the first plurality of milking box stalls comprises:
- a first milking box stall of a size sufficient to accommodate a dairy livestock;
- an equipment portion located adjacent to the first milking box stall, the equipment portion housing the first robotic attacher;
- and
- a second milking box stall of a size sufficient to accommodate a dairy livestock, the second milking box stall located adjacent to the equipment portion;
- wherein the first robotic attacher is configured to service the first milking box stall by extending between the rear legs of a dairy livestock to attach milking equipment to the dairy livestock;
- wherein the second plurality of milking box stalls comprises:
- a third milking box stall of a size sufficient to accommodate a dairy livestock;
- a second equipment portion located adjacent to the third milking box stall, the second equipment portion housing the second robotic attacher;
- and
- a fourth milking box stall of a size sufficient to accommodate a dairy livestock, the fourth milking box stall located adjacent to the second equipment portion;
- wherein the second robotic attacher is configured to service the third milking box stall by extending between the rear legs of a dairy livestock in order to attach milking equipment to the dairy livestock.
A system, comprising:
- a first pair of milking box stalls positioned side-by-side to each other;
- a second pair of milking box stalls positioned side-by-side to each other and facing an opposite direction than the first pair of milking box stalls;
- an equipment portion located between the first pair of milking box stalls and the second pair of milking box stalls;
- and
- a robotic attacher housed in the equipment portion and operable to service the first pair of milking box stalls and the second pair of milking box stalls at different times.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.