Invention Application
- Patent Title: METHOD FOR APPLYING TEAT DIP TO A DAIRY ANIMAL AND BACKFLUSHING A MIKLER UNIT
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Application No.: PCT/US2010/002435Application Date: 2010-09-03
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Publication No.: WO2011028292A3Publication Date: 2011-03-10
- Inventor: TORGERSON, Kevin, L. , HEDLUND, Nathan , STUESSEL, Matthew, J.
- Applicant: GEA FARM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. , TORGERSON, Kevin, L. , HEDLUND, Nathan , STUESSEL, Matthew, J.
- Applicant Address: 1880 Country Farm Drive Naperville, IL 60563 US
- Assignee: GEA FARM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,TORGERSON, Kevin, L.,HEDLUND, Nathan,STUESSEL, Matthew, J.
- Current Assignee: GEA FARM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,TORGERSON, Kevin, L.,HEDLUND, Nathan,STUESSEL, Matthew, J.
- Current Assignee Address: 1880 Country Farm Drive Naperville, IL 60563 US
- Agency: SMITH, Jeffry, W.
- Priority: US12/584,475 20090904; US12/584,479 20090904; US12/584,480 20090904
- Main IPC: A01J7/02
- IPC: A01J7/02
Abstract:
A method for applying teat dip to a dairy animal and backflushing a milker unit using a safety valve (60). The method includes the steps of: closing the safety valve (60) to seal off the milker unit (40) from a dairy pipeline system (41), forcing teat dip through the safety valve and a dip channel to a teat dip applicator (708) on a milker unit teat cup (700), forcing backflush fluid through the safety valve and the milker unit, forcing water through the safety valve and milker unit, forcing air through the safety valve and the milker unit, and opening the safety valve so that the milker unit is in fluid communication with the dairy pipeline system.
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