Milking sampling for diagnostic purposes
US5388549A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 10, 1993 |
| Grant date | Feb 14, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 10, 2013 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N33/04
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Methods and apparatus enabling a diagnostic test to be carried out on milk flowing in a milk line from an animal being milked, without interrupting the milking process, in which a portion of the milk is diverted through a by-pass in which an extracting means (14) in the form of a vacuum-operable pump and timer acts to separate from the milk flowing in the by-pass a milk sample and to deliver said sample through an associated sampling valve (16) to a testing device (18).
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