Quick-coupling device

US10966404B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GEA Farm Technologies GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Reinhard Balkenhol · Paderborn, DE
• Magnus Wiethoff · Oelde, DE
• Niek Noeverman · Vroomshoop, NL
• Harald Grundner · Hockenheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 2, 2016
• Grant date: Apr 6, 2021
• Expiry date: Apr 2, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16K1/38
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A quick-coupling device for a milking module of a milking system for milking dairy animals that forms a releasable and re-establishable connection between the milking module and a milk pipe and includes a valve mechanism for opening and closing a feeding port and a discharge port using a number of articulated clamps.