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Milking system

US11825807B2 · kind B2 · utility

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8Claims

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Assignee

DeLaval Holding AB · SE

Inventors

Epke Bosma · Tumba, SE
Andrés LUNDH · Tumba, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 3, 2020
Grant date	Nov 28, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 3, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA01J5/007
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A milking system configured to milk animals includes at least one milking station, a milk tank, a transport conduit, a valve arrangement, and a cleaning arrangement that includes a delivery arrangement configured to deliver a first liquid into the milk transport conduit and to deliver a second liquid into the milk transport conduit, a pump, a controller configured to control the delivery arrangement, and a detector configured to detect that a delivery of the first liquid into milk transport conduit has ended. The detector is connected to the controller, which is configured, as a response to a signal from the detector that the delivery of the first liquid has ended, to activate the delivery arrangement to deliver the second liquid into the milk transport conduit subsequently to the ending of the delivery of the first liquid while there is a column of first liquid in the milk transport conduit.

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