Procedure and means in collecting comestible liquids.

摘要

The invention concerns a procedure in collection of comestible liquids and particularly in milk collection with the aid of tank lorries from milk producers. The comestible liquid is conducted through a suction tube or equivalent to an air separator, where the air in the comestible liquid is separated, and from the air separator (9) the comestible liquid is conducted to a metering device (18), which meters the quantity of comestible liquid that has been caused to flow. The comestible liquid is then conducted along a passage (16) to a tank (1). In the procedure of the invention the comestible liquid is caused to flow from the air separator (9) to the volumetric metering device (18) along the flow line (16) without any pump means inserted in said flow line (16). The flow of comestible liquid in said flow line (16) is controlled with the aid of a valve means (14) inserted in said flow line (16) in a manner known in itself in the art, the liquid level height of the comestible liquid in the air separation tank (9) having been arranged to control said valve means. The invention also concerns apparatus applying the procedure.