| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 119140180 | Combined | 18 |
| 20080245307 | Method and an arrangement at a dairy farm - The present invention refers to a cleaning method in a milking system ( | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080251024 | Assembly of Milking a Robot With a Milking Robot Feeding Place, Such as a Milking Robot Feed Trough, and a Device For Gripping and Displacing Material, Such as For Example Roughage and/or Concentrate For Animals - An assembly of a milking robot with a milking robot feeding place, such as a milking robot feed trough, and a device for gripping and displacing material, such as for example roughage and/or concentrate for animals. The device is provided with a gripper ( | 10-16-2008 |
| 20090078208 | Strip, dip and scrub - A mitt for scrubbing debris, applying germicidal dip and stripping milk from an animal's teat comprises an elongated bladder having an exfoliant material applied to one surface thereof, a liquid and air inlet port, a thumb strap, a hand strap and a pinch valve. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20100006034 | UNMANNED VEHICLE FOR SUPPLYING FEED TO AN ANIMAL - An unmanned vehicle for supplying feed to an animal, which is provided with a frame, with propulsion mechanism disposed thereon, feed supplier for supplying feed and navigator connected to the propulsion mechanism with a sensor for forming an image of an observation area, wherein the sensor comprises: a source of radiation for emitting modulated electromagnetic radiation, a receiver device for radiation reflected by an object, comprising a matrix with rows and columns of receivers, an optical device and sensor image processor configured to determine for the receivers a phase difference between the emitted electromagnetic radiation and the reflected electromagnetic radiation in order to calculate a distance from the receiver to the object. Through use of the unmanned vehicle device an excellent and reliable navigation is possible, so that, for example, milk can be conveyed efficiently from a milking implement to a calf. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100089325 | MILK TUBE FOR A MILKING UNIT - The invention relates to a milk tube for a milking unit, comprising two end regions lying opposite one another and an intermediate region, all regions being interconnected to form one piece. The intermediate region is composed of a soft material and at least one end region is composed of at least one hard material. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100175623 | CLOSING DEVICE FOR MILKING DEVICE - Closing device assembly for systems for milking animals, provided with at least one primary passage and at least two secondary passages, wherein the primary and secondary passages are provided with first and second connecting edges, respectively, with respective openings each having an axis, further provided with at least one closing device for at least one unused, non-selected secondary passage, which closing device is provided with a closing edge, wherein of each set of connecting edges and closing edges to be connected to each other in each case at least one is provided with a seal, wherein the closing device assembly further comprises a first drive unit for mutual displacement of the first connecting edge and the second connecting edge of a selected secondary passage from an uncoupled position in which the axes of their openings are not in line with each other to a position in which the axes of their openings are in line, a coupling line, with each other, and a second drive unit for bringing said connecting edges against each other. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20110120378 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY OBTAINING A MILK SAMPLE AND PERFORMING CLEANING | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110155068 | CLEANING SYSTEM FOR MILKING CUPS - The invention relates to a cleaning system for milking cups, said cleaning system comprising a dispensing device into which at least two different cleaning fluids can be introduced inside the milking cup, in such a way as to enable an efficient intermediate disinfection between individual milking processes. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20120012060 | ARRANGEMENT FOR AUTOMATICALLY CLEANING TEAT CUPS OF A ROTARY MILKING PLATFORM - An arrangement for automatically cleaning teat cups of a rotary milking platform includes i) a cleaning device at the side of the platform, the cleaning device having a movable part provided with an outlet opening through which a cleaning fluid is supplied to the teat cups; and ii) a positioning unit arranged to provide positioning of the cleaning device to a cleaning position in which the cleaning device is able to supply the cleaning medium from the outlet opening to the teat cups, the positioning unit adapted to provide a positioning of the movable part of the cleaning device in relation to the teat cups from an inactive position on the side of the platform to an active position in which the movable part extends in over the platform towards the teat cups to the cleaning position. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120067288 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLEANING TEATS OF A MILK-PRODUCING ANIMAL - An embodiment of the invention is directed to a system for cleaning teats of multiple milk-producing animals, wherein the animals are housed in a parlor area and the teats are cleaned or disinfected before a milking operation is started. The system comprises an aqueous chlorine dioxide disinfectant solution source provided at the parlor area; and, a hand-held applicator having a housing volume within which one or more scrubbing elements are positioned for engaging a teat of the milk-producing animal having been inserted in the volume for cleaning. The hand-held applicator is remotely operable relative to the disinfectant solution source. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120118237 | AUTOMATIC DAIRY ANIMAL MILKER UNIT BACKFLUSHER AND TEAT DIP APPLICATOR SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method for applying teat dip to a dairy animal and backflushing a milker unit using a safety valve. The method includes the steps of: closing the safety valve to seal off the milker unit from a dairy pipeline system, forcing teat dip through the safety valve and a dip channel to a teat dip applicator on a milker unit teat cup, forcing backflush fluid through the safety valve and the milker unit, forcing water through the safety valve and milker unit, forcing air through the safety valve and the milker unit, and opening the safety valve so that the milker unit is in fluid communication with the dairy pipeline system. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120118238 | AUTOMATIC DAIRY ANIMAL MILKER UNIT BACKFLUSHER AND TEAT DIP APPLICATOR SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system for cleaning a dairy animal milker unit and applying dip to a dairy animal, the system includes a main control, an air supply, a water supply, a backflush fluid supply, a dip supply, a stall control for receiving the air, water, backflush fluid and dip supplies, and a safety valve that is adjacent to a downstream portion of the milker unit to control backflush and dip fluids being fed to the milker unit. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120325154 | DIP CUP | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130087101 | Milking Apparatus and System - A device suitable for attachment to a milking platform at a “milking position” has a strippings viewing area and a light source, which is operable to illuminate in a suitable manner the strippings viewing area to enhance the visibility to an operator of any mastitis symptoms in use and/or to illuminate the udder to facilitate inspection or treatment. The light source may also be operable to give continuous or intermittent colour signals to the operator and the device might also include an alpha-numeric area. The device might form part of a leg separator and/or sprayer and/or milk hose support. A milking platform with such a device is also claimed. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130152861 | CABINET IN A MILKING PARLOUR - A teat cup magazine ( | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130263788 | Methods and Apparatus for Applying Teat Dip to a Dairy Animal - Methods and apparatus are used at the end of a dairy animal milking process to stop milking pulsation in an off position and then applying a teat dip into a milker unit teat cup liner to improve dip coverage on the teat. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20140076237 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLEANING TEATS OF A MILK-PRODUCING ANIMAL AND MONITORING TEAT CLEANING PROCEDURES - A system for monitoring a teat cleaning and disinfectant before a milking operation is started that comprises one or more controllers that are configured to monitor various operating parameters of the system. In an embodiment, the current supplied to a motor that drives scrubbing elements in an applicator in order to identify or determine when a teat of a cow is inserted and then removed from the applicator during a wash mode and dry mode. The controller is programmed to count each teat that is properly prepped for milking in order to determine the number of cows that have been properly prepped for milking. If certain thresholds, such as predetermined number of teats on a cow, have not been met a cow is not counted as having been properly prepped. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140283751 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR APPLYING TEAT DIP TO A DAIRY ANIMAL - Methods and apparatus are used at the end of a dairy animal milking process to stop milking pulsation in an off position and then applying a teat dip into a milker unit teat cup liner to improve dip coverage on the teat. | 09-25-2014 |
