| 发明名称 | Milking box with backplane and robotic attacher | ||
| 摘要 | A milking box comprises a stall portion and a backplane positioned in the stall portion. The backplane moves toward the rear of the stall portion in response to pressure applied to a contact surface of the backplane. The backplane moves toward the front of stall portion in response to pressure removed from the contact surface. A robotic attacher extends from the rear of the stall portion and between the hind legs of a dairy livestock located in the stall portion. A controller determines the position of the backplane relative to the rear of the stall portion. The controller determines an x-offset based at least in part upon the position of the backplane relative to the rear of the stall portion, wherein the x-offset increases as the dairy livestock moves toward the front of the stall and the x-offset decreases as the dairy livestock moves toward the rear of the stall. The controller further communicates a signal to move the robotic attacher in an x-direction, the amount of movement determined at least in part according to the x-offset. | ||
| 申请公布号 | US9374979(B2) | 申请公布日期 | 2016.06.28 |
| 申请号 | US201514921066 | 申请日期 | 2015.10.23 |
| 申请人 | Technologies Holdings Corp. | 发明人 | Hofman Henk;de Ruijter Cor;Koekoek Menno;van der Sluis Peter Willem |
| 分类号 | A01J5/007;A01K1/12;A01J5/017;A01K1/01;A01K5/02;A01K11/00 | 主分类号 | A01J5/007 |
| 代理机构 | Baker Botts L.L.P. | 代理人 | Baker Botts L.L.P. |
| 主权项 | 1. A milking box, comprising: a stall portion; a backplane positioned in the stall portion of the milking box, and configured to: move toward the rear of the stall portion in response to pressure applied to a contact surface of the backplane; andmove toward the front of the stall portion in response to pressure removed from the contact surface; a robotic attacher configured to extend from the rear of the stall portion and between the hind legs of a dairy livestock located in the stall portion; a controller that is programmed to: determine the position of the backplane relative to the rear of the stall portion;determine an x-offset based at least in part upon the position of the backplane relative to the rear of the stall portion, wherein the x-offset increases as the dairy livestock moves toward the front of the stall and the x-offset decreases as the dairy livestock moves toward the rear of the stall; andcommunicate a signal to move the robotic attacher in an x-direction, the amount of movement determined at least in part according to the x-offset. | ||
| 地址 | Houston TX US | ||