摘要 |
<p>There is provided a clawbowl (3) for a milking cluster. The clawbowl comprises a plurality of milk inlets (11) for receiving milk (MLK1) from a plurality of teat cups of the milking cluster, and a milk outlet (4) for outletting the received milk (MLK2) for onward delivery. The clawbowl comprises a valve body (30) that is movable between a closed position where the valve body blocks the milk outlet, and an open position where the valve body unblocks the milk outlet, and further comprises a drain passageway (27) leading from an inside of the clawbowl to an outside of the clawbowl, wherein the valve body (30) blocks the drain passageway when the valve body is in the open position, and unblocks the drain passageway when the valve body is in the closed position to allow fluid to drain from the inside to the outside of the clawbowl.</p> |