Patent · US Expired

Method for automatic milking

US5524572A · kind A · utility

14Cited by
3References
5Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 10, 1995
Grant dateJun 11, 1996
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Expiry dateJan 10, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10K11/28
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Milking cups are attached to the teats of the female animal by positioning the milking cups relative to at least one teat by means of a control system responsive to a first sensor. The relative position of the teats in a substantially horizontal plane is determined by a second sensor and the milking cups are attached one after another while the at least one teat is continually sensed by the first sensor.

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