Automatic milking apparatus.

摘要

An automatic milking apparatus and method in which milk from the teats is drawn past one or more non-return valves without the introduction of air into the milk flow upstream of the valve or valves. In one embodiment, a number of clawpieces 14 are included in a milking installation to allow milk flow in one direction only, there being no air-bleed during milking to the milk-carrying core regions of the teat liners upstream of the clawpieces.