摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To clean and sterilize the teats of diary animals effectively before milking them. <P>SOLUTION: The subject automatic milking machine 10 is characterized in that it is equipped with a milking unit 11 for automatically milking the diary animals, a hypochlorous acid water-producing means 40 for producing the hypochlorous acid water and a hypochlorous acid water-feeding means 45 for feeding the hypochlorous acid water to the milking unit 11. The milking unit 11 is equipped with a milking robot 13 for automatically attaching a teat cup 12 on the teat of the diary animal and milking, and a first controlling part 18 for controlling the milking robot 13. The milking robot 13 is equipped with a teat-cleaning means 14 for cleaning the teat T by using the hypochlorous acid water. The hypochlorous acid-producing means 40 is equipped with a production device 41 of the hypochlorous acid and a second controlling part 42 for controlling the production device 41. The second controlling part 42 transmits an NG (not good) signal to the first control part 18 when the production state of the hypochlorous acid water is defective, and stops the milking work of the milking unit 11. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI |