Abstract:
A safety valve for use in a dairy backflushing and dipping system. The safety valve is situated on or near a milker unit to seal and protect downstream dairy milk lines from teat dip and cleaning fluids that are fed through the safety valve to upstream milker unit components. All of the fluids, including dip, cleansers, water, and air pass through and are controlled by the safety valve.
Abstract:
The present invention is directed to a system and method for pasteurizing milk and colostrum for feeding to calves. The system includes a vat for storing milk or colostrum, a circulation pump and piping system, a heat exchanger for adjusting and/or maintaining milk temperature, and an ultraviolet light pasteurizing unit ("UV reactor") that treats the milk without damaging important immunoglobulins.
Abstract:
A teat dip fluid manifold (50) and methods for distributing teat dip fluids, and including redundant valve sets (100, 102) and pressure monitoring (114) between valve pairs to determine valve condition.
Abstract:
A short milk tube (41) for extending between a milker teat cup and liner assembly (16) and a milker unit and the short milk tube includes a vent seat (70) having an outwardly extending protective vent plug lip (78), and a stiffener (81) at least partially surrounding the vent seat to control bending of the short milk tube.
Abstract:
A system for cleaning a dairy animal milker unit (40) and applying dip to a dairy animal, the system includes a main control (26), an air supply (25), a water supply (29), a backflush fluid supply (28), a dip supply (30), a stall control (36) for receiving the air, water, backflush fluid and dip supplies, and a safety valve (60) that is adjacent to a downstream portion of the milker unit (40) to control backflush and dip fluids being fed to the milker unit.
Abstract:
A system for mixing dairy animal teat dip from water and additives. The system includes a mixing manifold into which the water and additives are fed and mixed in a controlled manner. Mixed teat dip is automatically quality tested and monitored to provide data for controlling quantities of water and additives being fed to the manifold.
Abstract:
An operating device for operating a milking machine, with a holding device (1) for the milking machine, on which a pivotable service arm (2) is arranged, the end of which toward the holding device (1) is connected to the holding device (1) through a pivot (3), which has a rotary axis (R) that is directed at a solid angle to the vertical (Z) and on which a hauler (7) is guided moveably on which the milking machine is hung, characterized by the fact that the hauler is guided outside on the service arm through an eye (6) and that the service arm (2) is formed and arranged on the pivot (3) in such a way that its outer service arm end (21) away from the pivot describes a path of movement (C) upon pivoting that preferably has at least one upper dead point (T).
Abstract:
A milker unit liner dome (22, 300) having an inner surface (302) and flow diverters (314, 320) joined to the inner surface (302) to redirect teat dip from an inlet (366) to provide more uniform coverage of dip on a teat. The liner dome (22, 300) can also include more than one flow diverter (314, 320) for redirecting teat dip flow.
Abstract:
Systems and methods for milking diary animals involve manually attaching a milking cluster to the dairy animals teats. While the dairy animal's teats are in the liners of the teat cups, pre-dip, milking, and post-dip processes are performed. The milking cluster then detaches from the dairy animal's teats. The system can be implemented in a parallel line, rotary, or herringbone parlor configuration.
Abstract:
A safety valve arrangement and method, having an upstream block valve, a downstream block valve, and a pressure monitored galley between the upstream valve and the downstream valve.