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  • Method of milking an animal and device for this purpose
    Patent number: 7334537
    Abstract: A milking device and method for removing a teat cup from a teat of an animal are disclosed. The teat cup has a teat space for containing a teat and is connected via a milk tube to a vacuum source for generating a milking vacuum. A drawing-away device is provided for drawing the teat cup away from the animal only after a vacuum-lowering device has lowered the milking vacuum in the teat space below a threshold value. The level of vacuum may be measured by means of a vacuum sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Lely Enterprises AG
    Inventors: Karel Van Den Berg, Eduard Lodewijk Meijer, Martinus Petrus Kortekaas
  • Milking installation
    Patent number: 7231887
    Abstract: A milking installation comprises a compressed air system with a compressed air line, a pneumatically controllable cylinder and a compressed air pump for supplying compressed air for the cylinder. The compressed air system comprises a dew point sensor for measuring the dew point of the compressed air and for emitting a dew point signal that is representative of the dew point. The milking installation may comprise or form part of a milking robot for automatically connecting teat cups to the teats of a dairy animal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Assignee: Lely Enterprises AG
    Inventors: Cornelis Christianus Franciscus Havermans, Renatus Ignatius Joséphus Fransen