| 发明名称 |
METHOD OF MECHANICALLY MILKING AN ANIMAL AND TEAT CUP LINER |
| 摘要 |
Method of mechanically milking a lactating animal, such as a cow, a goat and a sheep, comprising: providing an animal having at least one teat (110), said teat comprising an elongate shaft (112) and a teat end (114) at an end of said shaft, said teat end comprising a teat canal (116) having an external orifice (118); milking the teat (110) by repeatedly alternatingly increasing and decreasing a diameter (D) of at least a longitudinal portion of its shaft (112), while maintaining a substantially axi-symmetric shape of said portion of the shaft, and while continuously applying a milking vacuum to the teat end (114) so as to extract milk from the external orifice (118) of the teat canal (116). Also disclosed is a teat cup liner for practicing the disclosed method. |
| 申请公布号 |
US2015040830(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2015.02.12 |
| 申请号 |
US201314385477 |
申请日期 |
2013.03.15 |
| 申请人 |
GEA Farm Technologies GmbH |
发明人 |
van Leeuwen Johannes Leendert;Hogewerf Pieter Hendrik;Ipema Albertus Hendrik;de Koning Cornelis Johannes Aloysius Marie;van den Boogaart Josephus Gerardus Maria;van Turnhout Marinus Cornelis |
| 分类号 |
A01J5/16;A01J5/04;A01J5/02 |
主分类号 |
A01J5/16 |
| 代理机构 |
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代理人 |
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| 主权项 |
1. Method of mechanically milking a lactating animal, such as a cow, a goat and a sheep, comprising:
providing an animal having at least one teat, said teat comprising an elongate shaft and a teat end at an end of said shaft, said teat end comprising a teat canal having an external orifice; milking the teat by repeatedly alternatingly increasing and decreasing a diameter (D) of at least a longitudinal portion of its shaft, while maintaining a substantially axi-symmetric shape of said portion of the shaft, and while continuously applying a milking vacuum to the teat end so as to extract milk from the external orifice of the teat canal. |
| 地址 |
Bonen DE |
