公开(公告)号：US20020162509A1

公开(公告)日：2002-11-07

申请号：US09899609

申请日：2001-07-03

Inventor： Reggie Hakes

IPC: A01J003/00 ,  A01J005/00 ,  G01N001/00

CPC classification number: G01N1/2035 ,  A01J5/045

Abstract: An inline sampling device adapted to remove a representative sample drop-wise from a fluid flowing through a fluid line through a sampling probe disposed in the fluid line wherein the sampling probe has at least one fluid receiving, volume relief port adapted for receiving a multiplicity of drop-wise samples of fluid flowing through the fluid line and for discharging a portion of the volume of a sampling container. The device is particularly suitable for testing for mastitis in milking animals.

Abstract translation: 一种在线取样装置，其适于从流过流体管线的流体中逐滴移除代表性样品，该流体管线设置在流体管线中，其中采样探针具有至少一个流体接收容积减小端口，适于接收多个 流过流体管线的流体的逐滴样品，以及用于排出取样容器体积的一部分。 该装置特别适用于挤奶动物的乳腺炎检测。

公开(公告)号：US20020035966A1

公开(公告)日：2002-03-28

申请号：US09226008

申请日：1999-01-06

Inventor： CORNELIS VAN DER LELY ,  OLAF VAN DER LELY

IPC: A01J003/00 ,  A01J005/00

CPC classification number: A01K14/00 ,  A01J7/04

Abstract: An apparatus for automatically shaving animals' udder and part of their legs while they are in a milking compartment for automatically milking animals. A shaving device is movably connected to one side of the milking compartment and is movable both transversely and longitudinally as well as vertically relative to the milking compartment for automatically shaving animals in a period of about 30 seconds in preselected areas in the vicinity of their udders and hind legs. The shaving machine has a robot arm with a shaver provided on its end. The shaving machine is preferably hingeably connected to the side of the milking compartment and its operations are controlled by a computer so that animals identified by an identification system are shaved, say, every tenth time that they enter the milking compartment to be milked therein, or are shaved therein after a selected duration of time after being previously shaved in the milking compartment. The same detector used for locating the animal' teats for the automatic milking operation is used for detecting the locations of the areas of the animal to be shaved.

Abstract translation: 一种用于在动物乳房和一部分​​腿部处于自动挤奶动物的挤奶隔间内自动剃刮的装置。 剃须装置可移动地连接到挤奶室的一侧，并且可相对于挤奶室横向和纵向以及垂直方向移动，用于在其乳房附近的预选区域中大约30秒的时间内自动剃刮动物， 后肢。 剃须机具有机器人手臂，其末端设有剃须刀。 剃须机优选地可铰接地连接到挤奶室的侧面，并且其操作由计算机控制，使得由识别系统识别的动物被剃刮，例如，它们进入挤奶室中被挤奶的每十分之一，或 在预先在挤奶室中剃毛之后经过选定的持续时间后被剃光。 用于定位用于自动挤奶操作的动物奶头的相同检测器用于检测要剃刮的动物的区域的位置。

公开(公告)号：US20020033137A1

公开(公告)日：2002-03-21

申请号：US09953181

申请日：2001-09-17

Applicant: Lely Enterprises A.G., a Swiss Limited Liability Company

Inventor： Alexander van der Lely ,  Karel van den Berg ,  Renatus Ignatius Josephus Fransen

IPC: A01J003/00 ,  A01J005/00

CPC classification number: A01J5/003 ,  A01J5/0175

Abstract: A construction for automatically milking animals is provided with a milking robot having at least one teat cup (2) and means (3 to 8) for connecting the teat cup(s) (2) to the teats of an animal to be milked. The construction comprises at least one milk collecting unit and at least one milking unit (1) which is movable relative to the milk collecting unit, said milking unit (1) being provided with own propulsion means (10, 11, 14, 15). The mobile milking units (1) may be disigned as light and compact ones. The own propulsion means of the milking units (1) result in a multifunctional construction.

Abstract translation: 具有自动挤奶动物的结构设置有挤奶机器人，其具有至少一个奶杯（2）和用于将奶杯（2）连接到要挤奶的动物的乳头的装置（3至8）。 该结构包括至少一个牛奶收集单元和至少一个相对于牛奶收集单元可移动的挤奶单元（1），所述挤奶单元（1）设置有自己的推进装置（10,11,14,15）。 移动挤奶单元（1）可以被排列成轻巧紧凑的单元。 挤奶单元（1）的自身推进装置导致多功能结构。

公开(公告)号：US20020005172A1

公开(公告)日：2002-01-17

申请号：US09270460

申请日：1999-03-15

Inventor： CORNELIS VAN DER LELY

IPC: A01J003/00 ,  A01J005/00

CPC classification number: A01J5/0175 ,  A01J5/007

Abstract: An adjusting member which comprises a computer which is included in an apparatus for automatically milking animals and which adjusts the period the time that the animal is milked during a milking run to obtain optimal milk production from the animal over an extended period of time. A time duration plot of the milking run is initially determined based on milk quantity produced by the animal per unit time whereby an optimal duration of milking time during a milking run is calculated by the computer in consideration of the total milk produced by the animal over an extended period of time and the period of time according to the time duration plot that the milk flow rate is optimal. By limiting the duration of a milking run to approximately three minutes it has been determined that the total amount of milk produced by the animal over an extended period such as twenty-four hours is increased. The adjusting member also controls the rate that milk is removed from the teat cups connected to the teats of the animal during milking runs by controlling the milk pump or vacuum (or both) that governs the rate the milk is removed.

Abstract translation: 一种调节构件，包括计算机，其包括在用于自动挤奶动物的装置中，并且调整在挤奶运行期间动物被挤奶的时间的时间段，以在长时间内从动物获得最佳的牛奶产生。 挤奶运行的持续时间图最初基于每单位时间由动物产生的奶量来确定，由此计算机计算挤奶运行期间的挤奶时间的最佳持续时间，考虑到动物在一 延长的时间段和根据时间段的时间段，牛奶流速是最佳的。 通过将挤奶运行的持续时间限制在约3分钟，已经确定动物在延长的时间段（例如二十四小时）中产生的乳的总量增加。 调节构件还通过控制牛奶泵或真空（或两者）控制牛奶被移除的速率来控制在挤奶运行期间从连接到动物的奶头的奶杯中去除牛奶的速率。

公开(公告)号：US20020000204A1

公开(公告)日：2002-01-03

申请号：US09935546

申请日：2001-08-24

Applicant: Lely Enterprises, AG, a Swiss Limited Liability Co

Inventor： Alexander van der Lely ,  Maurice Jean Francois Marie Corten

IPC: A01J003/00 ,  A01J005/00

CPC classification number: A01J5/0175

Abstract: In a method of automatically milking animals that are allowed to move about freely in an area intended therefor and to visit individually a milking parlour provided with a milking robot and an animal identification system, an animal is recognized at a visit in the milking parlour and milked when since its previous milking at least a predetermined time has elapsed. The animals are classified in groups, an individual predetermined time being allotted to each group. The classification of the animals in groups is altered in the course of time on the basis of the current physical condition and/or the currently expected milk yield of the animals.

Abstract translation: 在自动挤奶被允许在其所在区域内自由移动的动物的方法中，并且单独访问设置有挤奶机器人和动物识别系统的挤奶室，在挤奶室和挤奶室的访问中识别出动物 当自其以前的挤奶至少经过预定时间时。 动物被分组，每个组分配一个预定的时间。 根据目前的身体状况和/或目前预计的动物产奶量，在时间上改变动物的分类。

公开(公告)号：US20040200422A1

公开(公告)日：2004-10-14

申请号：US10412496

申请日：2003-04-11

Inventor： Carl T. Muirbrook

IPC: A01J003/00 ,  A01J005/00

CPC classification number: A01J7/04

Abstract: A method for milking animals, particularly domesticated dairy animals, and most particularly dairy cattle, that improves milk/food sanitation, labor and cost efficiency, environmental friendliness, and throughput, that uses a wet prep and minimizes both interactions with the animal being milked and delays between steps during which recontamination of teats can happen. The best method comprises the steps of preparing the milker's hands, priming the animal's teats, attaching a feeder tube to a milking machine to each teat, and completing the milking. (Therefore through the method we sanitize the milker's hands, cows teats and feeder tube all in one step.) By preparing the milker rather than the udder and teats, the method eliminates steps and delays, and reduces chances for infection, material usages, and complexity, that were extant in the prior art.

Abstract translation: 一种用于挤压动物，特别是驯养的乳制动物，特别是奶牛的方法，其改善了牛奶/食品卫生，劳动力和成本效率，环境友好性和通过量，其使用湿制剂并且最小化与挤奶的动物的相互作用， 可能会发生乳头再分类的步骤之间的延迟。 最好的方法包括以下步骤：准备挤奶机的手，起动动物的乳头，将喂奶管连接到每个奶头的挤奶机上，并完成挤奶。 （因此，通过这种方法，我们可以一步一步地清洁奶牛的手，奶牛奶嘴和饲养管。）通过准备奶嘴而不是乳头和乳头，该方法消除了步骤和延迟，并减少了感染，物质使用和 复杂性在现有技术中是现存的。

公开(公告)号：US20040200421A1

公开(公告)日：2004-10-14

申请号：US10477559

申请日：2004-01-06

Inventor： Kennet Andersson ,  Viktor Lindroth

IPC: A01J005/00

CPC classification number: A01J5/0175 ,  A01J7/00

Abstract: The invention refers to a device and a method for carrying a milking member (1), which includes at least one teacup (3) and which is connected to a milking machine (5) via a flexible conduit member (6). A support element (10) is fixedly mounted in or at a milking box (13) arranged to receive an animal to be milked. An arm arrangement (9) is pivotably connected to the support element and arranged to support the milking member at least in connection with the application of the teacup to a teat of the animal. The arm arrangement is movable from a first position, in which the milking member is located beside the animal, to a second position, in which the milking member is located below the animal. The device includes a first part arranged to lock the milking member in relation to the arm arrangement in order to facilitate the application of the teacup to the teat.

Abstract translation: 本发明涉及一种用于运送挤奶构件（1）的装置和方法，该挤奶构件包括至少一个茶杯（3），并且经由柔性导管构件（6）连接到挤奶机（5）。 支撑元件（10）固定地安装在挤奶箱（13）中或布置成接收待挤奶的动物的挤奶箱（13）中。 臂布置（9）可枢转地连接到支撑元件并且布置成至少与将茶杯应用于动物的乳头相关联地支撑挤奶构件。 臂装置可以从挤压部件位于动物旁边的第一位置移动到挤奶部件位于动物下方的第二位置。 该装置包括布置成相对于臂装置锁定挤奶构件的第一部件，以便于将茶杯应用于奶头。

公开(公告)号：US20040134432A1

公开(公告)日：2004-07-15

申请号：US10340908

申请日：2003-01-10

Inventor： Rolf Teckentrup ,  Manfred Pohlkamp

IPC: A01J003/00 ,  A01J005/00

CPC classification number: A01K11/006 ,  A01K1/126

Abstract: For the determination of the occupancy of a milking stall by an animal, in particular a cow, in a rotary milking parlor with a plurality of milking stalls which are disposed on a rotatable milking platform, a process is proposed in which the identification of the animal only takes place after it has entered the milking stall in which it is supposed to be milked.

Abstract translation: 为了确定在具有设置在可旋转的挤奶平台上的多个挤奶摊位的旋转挤奶厅中动物，特别是牛的挤奶摊位的占有率，提出了一种方法，其中识别动物 只有在进入挤奶的挤奶摊位之后才会发生。

公开(公告)号：US20040050330A1

公开(公告)日：2004-03-18

申请号：US10380736

申请日：2003-07-22

Inventor： Michael Ebeling ,  Bernhard Schulze-Wartenhorst ,  Olaf Suhr

IPC: A01J003/00 ,  A01J005/00

CPC classification number: A01J5/0075

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for machine milking an animal, particularly a cow, according to which a stir phase precedes a main milking phase, whereby during the entire stimulation phase, essentially no milk is withdrawn, and the of the stimulation phase is determined according to the amount of expected cisternal milk and/or alveolar milk.

Abstract translation: 本发明涉及一种用于机器挤奶动物，特别是牛的方法，根据该方法，在主挤奶阶段之前进行搅拌阶段，由此在整个刺激阶段，基本上不抽出牛奶，并且刺激阶段根据 到预期的顺式乳和/或肺泡乳的量。

公开(公告)号：US20040020441A1

公开(公告)日：2004-02-05

申请号：US10209648

申请日：2002-07-31

Inventor： Rolf W. Reisgies

IPC: A01J003/00 ,  A01J005/00

CPC classification number: A01K1/123

Abstract: A modular milking parlor has a rigid frame on which the components of the milking parlor such as milking stations and cow control systems are mounted. The milking parlor frame includes a rectangular frame base and upright members extending upwardly from the frame base. The modular parlor can be conveniently shipped as a unit by attaching wheeled carriages to the frame of the modular parlor and elevating the milking parlor by operating jacks on the carriages attached to the wheels. The modular milking parlor as supported by the wheels may be rolled to a truck which transports the modular parlor to the installation site, and can be rolled on the wheels from the truck to the position at which the modular parlor is to be installed, at which point the carriage jacks are operated to drop the modular parlor on the ground, and the carriages are removed. A layer of concrete may be deposited over the frame base to install the modular parlor firmly in place and to provide a smooth and sanitary platform for cows entering the milking parlor.

Abstract translation: 模块化挤奶厅具有刚性框架，挤奶室的部件如挤奶站和母牛控制系统安装在该框架上。 挤奶厅框架包括矩形框架底座和从框架基座向上延伸的直立构件。 模块化客厅可以通过将轮式滑架连接到模块化客厅的框架上，并通过操作连接到车轮的滑架上的千斤顶来提升挤奶厅，从而可以方便地出货。 由车轮支撑的模块化挤奶厅可以滚动到将模块化客厅运输到安装地点的卡车上，并且可以在车轮上从车辆滚动到要安装模块化客厅的位置，在该位置处 指示滑架千斤顶被操作以将模块化的客厅放在地面上，并且拆卸托架。 一层混凝土可以沉积在框架基座上，以将模块化的客厅安装到位，并为进入挤奶厅的母牛提供一个平稳而卫生的平台。