| 摘要 |
The present invention refers to a method for forced drying of a teat (7, 38) of a dairy animal in a teat cleaning apparatus (1, 30) and to the appartus itself. The teat cleaning apparatus copmrises a teat receiving means (2, 32) having a teat receiving opening (3, 34), a teat receiving opening sealing means (9, 40), a cleaning means (11, 42, 44, 46) and a vacuum-supplying means (17, 52) wherein, during washing, the teat is received by the teat receiving means through said opening and exposed to the cleaning and vacuum-supplying means, said sealing means being in a substantially airtight sealing contact with the udder of the dairy animal. The invention features the step of supplying vacuum to the teat receiving means while removing (75, 85) it from the teat subsequent to washing, thus causing remaining liquid to be sucked away from, or wiped off, the teat. |
