摘要 |
A claw for a milking machine has an axially tubular passage (151) through the bowl (30), lid (20) and pulsation manifold (15) of the claw, through which passage (151) extends a clamp (10) with two stopping surfaces (12, 14) which sandwich the bowl, lid, manifold and a compressible biasing element (40) and which clamp compresses the compressible biasing element (40) between the bowl and lid. A mating element (14) on the clamp (105) engages a mating element (316) on the bowl (30) to hold the claw together when the clamp (10) is in a clamping position. The clamp (10) is moveable from that clamping position to an open position to release the clamping effect. When the claw is in the clamping position, the biasing element (40) is compressed and the clamp (10) is under tension. |