Method of milking

US5443035A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Alfa Laval Agri International AB · SE

Inventors

• Ole Lind · Tumba, SE
• Benny rnerfors · Lycksele, SE
• Hartmut Grimm · Stuttgart, DE
• Karl Rabold · Schwäbisch Hall, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 22, 1993
• Grant date: Aug 22, 1995
• Expiry date: Jul 22, 2013

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 by using a milking machine having at least one teat cup (4) with a liner (5) and a pulsation chamber (6), the milking machine is operated to pressurize the pulsation chamber, such that during each pulsation the liner opens and/or closes at a slower rate during the beginning and/or ending periods (I, III, IV) of the milking operation than during the main milk extracting period (II) of the milking operation.