Patent · US Expired

Method of milking and a milking apparatus

US5931115A · kind A · utility

6Cited by

8References

22Claims

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Assignee

Alfa Laval Agri AB · SE

Inventors

Ole Lind · Tumba, SE
Kerstin Svennersten · Brunna, SE
Benny Ornerfors · Järfälla, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 1, 1998
Grant date	Aug 3, 1999
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 1, 2018

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA01J5/0175
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An animal may be milked by the use of at least one milking apparatus by the following steps: operating first milking apparatus of the milking apparatus a normal mode during a first milking procedure, automatically determining by determining device when the milking of an animal during the first milking procedure does not succeed, and automatically operating second milking apparatus of the milking apparatus in a special mode during a following second milking procedure of the animal for which the milking did not succeed in the first milking procedure.

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