MILKING APPARATUS
    2.
    发明公开
    MILKING APPARATUS 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:EP4070650A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-12

    申请号:EP22171763.0

    申请日:2020-02-11

    IPC分类号: A01J5/08 A01J5/01 A01J5/16

    摘要: A milking apparatus (200) comprising:
    a liner (102) made from a resiliently deformable material, the liner extending along a longitudinal direction; and
    a rigid support shell (104), wherein the liner is mounted on the rigid support shell,
    wherein the liner comprises:
    an outer hood (103) configured to lie over an outer surface of the rigid support shell;
    an inner barrel (116) configured to be disposed within the rigid support shell and to define an internal volume of the liner, the inner barrel extending in the longitudinal direction away from an opening (106) at a first end of the liner, through which opening an animal teat is insertable into the internal volume,
    wherein the outer hood has a longitudinal length commensurate with a longitudinal length of the inner barrel,
    wherein an inner surface of the outer hood is exposed within the internal volume, and
    wherein the liner further comprises an auxiliary module (132) mounted on the outer hood, wherein the auxiliary module is configured to access the internal volume through the outer hood.

    A METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE MASS FLOW RATE AND THE PRESENCE OF MILK FLOWING IN A PIPE

    公开(公告)号:EP3800449A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-07

    申请号:EP20210323.0

    申请日:2014-09-19

    申请人: Dairymaster

    摘要: A device (1) for determining the mass flow rate of milk turbulently flowing with air in a pipe (2) in pulsed milk slugs comprises sampling a signal from a microphone (8) of the device (1) indicative of sonic signals produced by the milk flow. The sampled signals are read by a microprocessor (15) which applies a Fast Fourier Transform to the sampled signal to produce the frequency domain of the sampled signal. The microprocessor (15) is configured to compute the average energy value of the sampled signal in the frequency bandwidth of 6 kHz to 15 kHz during consecutive monitoring periods. The average energy values are inserted into a calibration equation, which may be a power law equation, a polynomial equation, a logarithmic equation or any other such suitable equation in order to convert the average energy value to a mass flow rate of the milk flowing through the pipe 2 during that predefined monitoring period. The total mass flow of milk flowing through the pipeline (2) during a period from T 1 to T 2 is determined by integrating the determined mass flow rate of the milk from the time T 1 to the time T 2 . Disengagement of a milking cluster from the teats of an animal as a result of kick-off during milking is also determined when the monitored signal from the microphone (8) transitions from the signal indicative of milk flowing in pulsed slugs to a continuous relatively high energy noise signal indicative of air being continuously drawn through the pipeline.

    METHOD OF DETECTING A FLOW, DETECTION DEVICE, AUTOMATIC MILKING DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM
    10.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:EP2552192A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-02-06

    申请号:EP11708584.5

    申请日:2011-03-03

    申请人: Lely Patent N.V.

    IPC分类号: A01J5/01

    CPC分类号: A01J5/01 A01J5/007 A01J5/16

    摘要: The present invention provides a method and a device (1) for monitoring a flow of milk (8) in a milk line (2) which is connected to a teat cup (3) and which has an aeration opening (5), like in a milking device. For this purpose, the milk filling level is monitored in a measuring section (7) of the line. If the variation therein is too little, the absence of a flow, or at least an inadequate flow, is established. If, additionally, a (sufficient) filling level is detected, it can be concluded that there is an obstructed aeration opening (5).