Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Milking box with robotic attacher
- Patent Title (中): 带机器人的挤奶箱
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Application No.: US14982044Application Date: 2015-12-29
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Publication No.: US09474246B2Publication Date: 2016-10-25
- 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: A01K1/12
- IPC: A01K1/12 ; A01J5/003 ; A01K1/00 ; A01J5/017 ; A01J5/00 ; A01J7/04 ; A01J5/007 ; A01J7/00 ; B25J13/08 ; B25J19/02 ; A01J9/00

Abstract:
A system comprises a milking box, a robotic attacher, a sensor, and a controller. The milking box has a stall to accommodate a dairy livestock. The stall comprises a first exit gate on a first side of the stall leading to a first sorting region and a second exit gate on a second side of the stall leading to a second sorting region. The robotic attacher extends from the rear between the hind legs of the dairy livestock, move in at least one direction along the x-axis, y-axis, and z-axis, and attach milking equipment to the dairy livestock. The sensor identifies the dairy livestock within the milking box stall. The controller selects and opens the first exit gate or the second exit gate based at least in part upon the identity of the dairy livestock in order to direct the first dairy livestock into either the first sorting region or the second sorting region.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160113227A1 MILKING BOX WITH ROBOTIC ATTACHER Public/Granted day:2016-04-28
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