Invention Application
- Patent Title: Device for and a method of cleaning teats
- Patent Title (中): 清洁乳头的装置和方法
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Application No.: US09973898Application Date: 2001-10-11
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Publication No.: US20020040687A1Publication Date: 2002-04-11
- Inventor: Alexander van der Lely , Renatus Ignatius Josephus Fransen
- Applicant: Lely Enterprises A.G., a Swiss Limited Liability Company
- Applicant Address: null
- Assignee: Lely Enterprises A.G., a Swiss Limited Liability Company
- Current Assignee: Lely Enterprises A.G., a Swiss Limited Liability Company
- Current Assignee Address: null
- Priority: NL1016375 20001010
- Main IPC: A01K029/00
- IPC: A01K029/00
Abstract:
A device for cleaning the teats of the udder of a dairy animal. The device is provided with a cleaning member that is drivable by a drive member. The cleaning member is provided with at least two cleaning elements that are rotatable about an axis. The drive member is constituted by a pneumatic drive member. The device comprises a torque measuring system for measuring the torque of the drive member during the drive of the cleaning member. A method of cleaning the teats of the udder of a dairy animal. The cleaning is carried out by a cleaning member driven by a drive member. The cleaning member is provided with at least two cleaning elements that are rotatable about an axis. The drive member is constituted by a pneumatic or hydraulic drive member, and the method comprises the step a) of measuring the torque of the drive member.
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