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Milking station arrangement for and method of obtaining a representative milking sample

US8327799B2 · kind B2 · utility

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5References

20Claims

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Assignee

DeLaval Holding AB · SE

Inventors

Mats Gudmundsson · Malung, SE
Juoko Raninen · Märsta, SE
Nils Erik Holmertz · Huddinge, SE
Carina Fjallmyr · Vimmerby, SE
Staffan Persson · Kenmore, US
Epke Bosma · Tumba, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 27, 2009
Grant date	Dec 11, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 4, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB01F25/50
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An arrangement for and method of providing a representative sample of milk from one animal, after stirring the milk, includes a receiver, milk extracting parts, a pump transferring milk from the receiver to a sample unit, a circulation line extending from the receiver via the pump and back to the receiver, for stirring the milk in the receiver. The arrangement stirs the extracted milk without injecting air into the milk, before a sample part of the milk is transferred from the receiver to the milk-sampling unit, thereby ensuring that the sampled part is representative of the milk from one animal.

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