Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method of attaching cups to a dairy animal
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Application No.: US15218601Application Date: 2016-07-25
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Publication No.: US09737041B2Publication Date: 2017-08-22
- Inventor: Henk Hofman , Cor de Ruijter , Menno Koekoek , Peter Willem van der Sluis
- 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: A01J5/00
- IPC: A01J5/00 ; A01J5/017 ; A01K1/12 ; A01J5/007 ; A01J7/00 ; A01J7/02 ; A01K13/00 ; G05B15/02
Abstract:
A robotic attacher retrieves cups from the left side of an equipment area located behind a dairy livestock and attaches the cups to the teats of the dairy livestock in sequence. The sequence comprises attaching a first cup to the left front teat, a second cup to the right front teat, a third cup to the left rear teat, and a fourth cup to the right rear teat.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160330927A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ATTACHING CUPS TO A DAIRY ANIMAL Public/Granted day:2016-11-17
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