Abstract: A mechanism for the control of cows within a milking shed that includes a plurality of dividers mounted so as to be movable from a first or raised position, whereupon cows can move beneath the dividers, to a second or lower position where the dividers are capable of preventing movement by the cows. The dividers are spaced apart so as to provide a plurality of milking stalls. Each of the dividers has an outer end, an inner end, an upper rail, a lower rail, and a plurality of vertical rails connecting the upper rail to the lower rail. Each outer end has pivotally mounted thereto an end gate pivotable between a transverse position and a position approximately co-planar with the dividers by movement of a cow into the stall immediately past the divider. Each divider is pivotally mounted to a milking shed wall and the lower rail is inclined upwardly at the inner end of each divider and joins the upper rail at the wall pivotal mounting.

Abstract: A gate assembly for a milking parlor including a pivotal barrier mounted on a horizontal axis allowing the barrier to swing between opened and closed positions. An additional barrier is coupled to the barrier to move in synchronism therewith in an opposite direction.

Abstract: A gate assembly for a milking parlor including a pivotal barrier mounted on a horizontal axis and operating levers to move gate between opened and closed positions, the levers include a bell crank providing an over center locking action.