Method for machine milking an animal

US7258074B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• WestfaliaSurge, Inc. · DE

Inventors

• Michael Ebeling · Lemgo, DE
• Bernhard Schulze-Wartenhorst · Warendorf, DE
• Olaf Suhr · Oelde, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 7, 2001
• Grant date: Aug 21, 2007
• Expiry date: Sep 7, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A01J5/0075
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for machine milking an animal, particularly a cow, according to which a stimulation phase precedes a main milking phase, whereby during the entire stimulation phase, essentially no milk is withdrawn, and the duration of the stimulation phase is determined according to the amount of expected cisteral milk and/or alveolar milk.