Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Automated system for applying disinfectant to the teats of dairy livestock
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Application No.: US15841467Application Date: 2017-12-14
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Publication No.: US10595501B2Publication Date: 2020-03-24
- Inventor: Henk Hofman , Peter Willem van der Sluis , Ype Groensma
- Applicant: Technologies Holdings Corp.
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Technologies Holdings Corp.
- Current Assignee: Technologies Holdings Corp.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Baker Botts L.L.P.
- Main IPC: A01J7/04
- IPC: A01J7/04 ; A01K13/00 ; G06T7/73 ; G06T7/13 ; B25J9/16 ; A01K29/00 ; A01J5/003 ; A01J5/007 ; A01J5/017 ; A01K1/12 ; G06T1/00 ; A01J7/00 ; B25J11/00 ; G06T7/00 ; B25J9/00 ; H04N7/18 ; G05B19/042

Abstract:
A method for applying disinfectant to the teats of a dairy livestock includes determining that a stall of a rotary milking platform housing a dairy livestock is located adjacent to a track that has a carriage carrying a robotic arm. The method continues by communicating a first signal that causes operation of a first actuator such that the carriage moves along the track in relation to the rotary milking platform and independent of any physical coupling between the carriage and the rotary milking platform and in a direction corresponding to a direction of rotation of the rotary milking platform. The method concludes by communicating one or more additional signals that causes operation of one or more actuators of the robotic arm such that at least a portion of the robotic arm extends between the hind legs of a dairy livestock.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180103605A1 AUTOMATED SYSTEM FOR APPLYING DISINFECTANT TO THE TEATS OF DAIRY LIVESTOCK Public/Granted day:2018-04-19
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