Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Milking box with robotic attacher
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Application No.: US13454876Application Date: 2012-04-24
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Publication No.: US09282718B2Publication Date: 2016-03-15
- Inventor: Henk Hofman , Peter Willem van der Sluis , Ype Groensma
- Applicant: Henk Hofman , Peter Willem van der Sluis , Ype Groensma
- 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: A01J5/003
- IPC: A01J5/003 ; A01J5/007 ; A01J5/017 ; A01K1/12 ; A01J5/00 ; A01J7/04 ; A01J7/00 ; B25J13/08 ; B25J19/02 ; A01J9/00

Abstract:
In certain embodiments, a system includes a front wall, a rear wall positioned substantially parallel to the front wall, and first and second side walls each extending between the front wall and the rear wall. The first side wall includes a gate, and the second side wall is spaced apart from the first side wall such that the front wall, the rear wall, the first side wall, and the second side wall define a milking box stall of a size sufficient to accommodate a dairy livestock. The system includes an equipment portion located adjacent to the rear wall. The equipment portion houses a robotic attacher configured to extend between the rear legs of a dairy livestock located within the milking box stall in order to attach milking equipment to the dairy livestock.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120272910A1 Milking Box With Robotic Attacher Public/Granted day:2012-11-01
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