公开(公告)号：US11464198B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-11

申请号：US16630570

申请日：2018-07-10

Applicant: AN UDDER IP COMPANY LTD

Inventor： Thomas Christopher John Duke ,  James Richard John Duke ,  Richard Angus Fownes Buchanan ,  George Edward James Duke

IPC: A01J5/04 ,  A01J5/06 ,  A01J5/01 ,  A01J5/16 ,  A01J7/04 ,  A01J5/08

Abstract: There is provided a milking cluster (102) for milking an animal, the milking cluster comprising a plurality of teat cups (1) connected to a clawpiece (106). The clawpiece comprises a plurality of milk inlets that are connected to the plurality of teat cups via respective short milk tubes (11). A milk flow passageway begins at the barrel of the teat cup and ends at the clawbowl of the clawpiece, and a valve system is present within each milk flow passageway. The valve system comprises a first pressure-actuated valve through which milk flowing along the milk flow passageway must pass.