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Milking arrangement and a method of milking animals therein

US11304402B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17Claims

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Assignee

DeLaval Holding AB · SE

Inventors

Tony Cowling · Tumba, SE
Doug Eubank · Tumba, SE
Jeffery M. Gallagher · Princeton, US
Bengt-Göran Mårtensson · Tumba, SE
Scott Pawlowicz · Tumba, SE
Patrick Wiltzius · Tumba, SE
Stuart Wipperfurth · Cambridge, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 1, 2018
Grant date	Apr 19, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 18, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
CPC primaryE05F17/00
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A milking arrangement includes a milking module having at least two milking places, a front gate assembly, a sequence gate assembly, an entrance gate, an independent first drive device for moving the front gate assembly between lower and upper positions, and a second drive device for moving the entrance gate between open and closed positions. An independent third drive device moves the sequence gate assembly from a first position to a second elevated position in which the sequence gates are located at a level above and behind animals standing in respective milking places. The sequence gate assembly being configured to move from the second position to the first position such that the sequence gates urge animals standing in their respective milking places to leave the milking places. A control arrangement controls opening of the entrance gate on basis of the position of the sequence gate assembly.

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