摘要 |
<p>A claw for use in a milking system, said claw comprising: a claw bowl member defining a sump having a claw milk line outlet; and a claw body member engageable with or engaged with said claw bowl member to define together with said sump a chamber, said claw body member having four claw milk nipples to allow in use a stream of milk ingress from each respective inlet inwardly into said chamber. The claw is characterised by the claw body member having surface defining means (whether in the form of webs, vanes or otherwise and whether interrelated or otherwise) that in use provide for each stream an (at least partly) inwardly extending surface which in use provides (at least in part) for a locus (e.g. by curving) of substantially non-turbulent milk flow down into the bowl, and/or is characterised by one or both of said claw bowl member and said claw body member including at least one removable weight housed therein but not in communication with said chamber(s).</p> |