Short milk tube of a milking machine

摘要

The inclusion of one or more spiral lands on the interior bore of a short milk tube helps to prevent infection in any quarter from impaction of the end of the teat with milk that is caused to rush back up the tube by a combination of factors inherent in the machine milking process. The spiral lands cause the milk droplets to take on a spiral motion and be thrown out radially, thereby preventing impaction on the teat end.