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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7827933 | Combination of a teat cup and a flexible milk tube, a coupling piece, and a method of monitoring the integrity of the flexible milk tube A combination of a teat cup and a flexible milk tube is shown. The flexible milk tube has a main duct and a plurality of secondary ducts for discharging milk from the teat cup and for applying vacuum in the teat cup. The main duct is confined by a duct wall extendin... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7637228 | Milk hose with impact-absorbing area A milk hose for connecting a milk collecting piece to a teat cup in an automatic milking plant comprises a first end area which is adapted to be fixed to the connection element of the teat cup and a second end area which is adapted to be fixed to the connection elem... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7121590 | Hose device A hose device includes a hose portion (3), at least a first end portion (2) and a channel (5) which extends along the hose device (1) through the first end portion and the hose portion. The hose device has flexible and elastic properties.... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7036981 | Device for monitoring a milk tank and an assembly of such a device with a milking robot and an automatic starting-up unit A device for monitoring a milk tank. The device is provided with a monitoring unit comprising a computer and a memory for at least temporarily storing data, a thermometer for measuring the temperature of a fluid present in the milk tank, and for supplying to the mon... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6895891 | Tube sleeve for a milking tube An automatic milking plant includes a teat cup connected via a flexible connection hose to a collecting piece for collecting extracted milk and for transmitting a vacuum required for milking. The collecting piece is provided with a connecting piece for the flexible ... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6752101 | Device for supporting a milking member The invention refers to a device for supporting a milking member in a milking stall (1) and to a milking stall arrangement. The milking member includes a claw (8), a number of teacups (9) connected to the claw, and a long conduit member (11, ... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6401654 | Teat cup holder rack The present invention relates to a device and a method for cleaning teat cups (21) in a milking machine. It comprises a teat cup holding rack (1) having a teat cup (21) connected to a milk line (11), teat cup cleaning device (25) with cleaning fluid suppl... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6397893 | Easily bendable tubing for two separate fluids An easily bendable tubing for conducting two separate fluids, which tubing (18) comprises two laterally spaced flexible tubes (50, 52) which are spaced apart and kept together alongside each other by a connection (54) between them. On opposite sides of th... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6142098 | Teat cup and a milking robot comprising same At least part of the length of a teat cup for milking the teat of an animal is flexible or deformable or both. The teat cup is mounted on a robot arm in a fully automated milking system so as to be releasably retained on the robot arm in a fixed, predeter... | 11/07/2000 |
| 5586518 | Milking cluster air fork A milking cluster air fork (120) has outlets (122, 124, 126, 128) directing air tubes (80, 82, 84, 86) laterally inwardly of respective milk tubes (58, 60, 62, 64), rather than outwardly, to provide a narrower profile, such that if the dairy animal (22) l... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5572947 | Milking inflation The milking tube section of a milking inflation has an elongated stem portion including a pair of circumferentially extending, axially spaced grooves in the outer surface near the lower end of the teat cup shell. A first groove is located adjacent a thick... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5493995 | Collapsing teat cup liner with tapering barrel wall An elongated, flexible teat cup liner (10) of an improved design which can accommodate teats of varying lengths without fear of teat damage or inefficient machine milking. The liners (10) of the invention include an apertured mouthpiece (16) adjacent one ... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5386799 | Teat cup having cleaning fluid line branching therefrom adjacent connection with milk line A device for pneumatic milking of cows comprises a system of teat cups which are connected to a milk line, each cup being provided with a connection to a source of alternating vacuum. The milk line (7) from each teat cup (2) at a point near the liner (5) ... | 02/07/1995 |
| 4869205 | Milking machine inflation The claw end portion of the milking machine inflation adapted to be slipped onto a nipple of milking machine claw includes an enlarged reinforcement section in the region near the outer end of the claw nipple. The reinforcement section has a thickened low... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4756275 | Milking inflation The milking tube section of a milking inflation includes an elongated stem portion having a claw end portion which has an upper end located above the outer end of a milker claw nipple when installed thereon. The stem portion has a circumferentially extend... | 07/12/1988 |
| 4745881 | Milking inflation The milking tube section for a milking inflation is provided with a plurality of axially spaced, circumferentially extending grooves which define segments having opposed edges and which are dimensioned to permit relative movement of the sides of adjacent ... | 05/24/1988 |
| 4324201 | Milking inflation The end of the milking inflation adapted to be slipped onto a nipple on the milker claw includes a thickened wall section in the region near the outer end of the claw nipple. The thickened wall section includes a plurality of axially-spaced, circumferenti... | 04/13/1982 |
| 4273070 | Milking hose An elongated milking hose for a quarter milking machine. The milking hose has four elongated, flexible conduits, of which two conduits are connected to one another along a first common connecting segment, extending parallel with respect to the longitudina... | 06/16/1981 |
| 4200058 | Method and apparatus for machine milking Milking is carried out using milking cups each having a teat rubber liner in which the teat is received. Pressure is periodically applied to the outside of the liner to massage the teat and suction is applied to the milk discharge duct so that the milk is... | 04/29/1980 |
| 4196696 | Shock absorber for teat cup liner A teat cup liner is formed at the tube end with a series of external elongated projections of elastic material extending lengthwise of the liner and distributed evenly around the circumference of the tube end to provide it with a shock absorber.... | 04/08/1980 |
