Waste removal system for floor of milking parlor, uses two scraper blades moved by tensioned cable

摘要

The milking parlor (1) is a building (2) with two parallel rows of stalls for the cattle in the middle. Set into the floor (3) are two waste channels (4). Scraper bodies (5) with flexible blades are attached to a tensioned cable (7). The cable runs around horizontal pulleys (8) at each end of the waste channels. The cable is moved by a winch driven by an electric motor (6).