Method of milking an animal

US5054425A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Alfa Laval Agriculture International AB · SE

Inventors

• Hartmut Grimm · Stuttgart, DE
• Karl Rabold · Schwäbisch Hall, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 31, 1990
• Grant date: Oct 8, 1991
• Expiry date: Aug 31, 2010

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A01J5/007
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In a method of milking an animal, the conditions of the milking operation are substantially stable during a main milking phase and are unintentionally changed during a terminating milking phase. According to the invention, at least one unintentional change in the milking operation conditions during at least one initial milking operation is sensed, at least one milking parameter is registered in response to said sensed unintentional change, and each said registered parameter is utilized to change the milking conditions of one or more following milking operations for the same animal before each said sensed unintentional change is expected to occur.