Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods for preparing a dairy animal for milking
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Application No.: US15148363Application Date: 2016-05-06
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Publication No.: US09686958B2Publication Date: 2017-06-27
- Inventor: Duane F. Sellner , Kevin L. Torgerson
- Applicant: GEA Farm Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IL Naperville
- Assignee: GEA Farm Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: GEA Farm Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Naperville
- Agency: Smith Law Office
- Agent Jeffry W. Smith
- Main IPC: A01J7/04
- IPC: A01J7/04 ; A01J5/007 ; A01J7/02 ; A01J5/16 ; A01J11/00 ; A01J5/01 ; A01J5/06

Abstract:
The present invention relates to preparing dairy animal teats for being milked, and more particularly to teat preparation, rinsing, and milking that all take place in a milking machine teat cup liner. Such a method includes: applying a teat sanitizer to the teat; injecting air into the liner to force the teat sanitizer toward a waste milk line connected to the liner; pulsating the liner at a first pulsation rate; drawing a rinsing milk from the teat; directing the teat sanitizer, the air, and the rinsing fluid to the waste milk line; pulsating the liner at a second pulsation rate to draw additional milk from the teat; and directing the additional milk to a good milk line.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160249581A1 METHODS FOR PREPARING A DAIRY ANIMAL FOR MILKING Public/Granted day:2016-09-01
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