Patents Assigned to GEA Farm Technologies, Inc.
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Patent number: 8528500Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2011Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: GEA Farm Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kevin L. Torgerson, Nathan Hedlund, Matthew J. Stuessel
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Patent number: 8448569Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system for treating milk and colostrum. The system includes a circulation pump and piping system, a heat exchanger for adjusting and/or maintaining milk temperature, and an ultraviolet light treatment device that treats the milk.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2012Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: GEA Farm Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kevin M. Kastenschmidt, Matthew J. Stuessel, David A. Becker, Robert L. Buck, Ralph A. Rottier
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Publication number: 20130118611Abstract: A safety valve for use in a dairy backflushing and dipping system. The safety valve is situated on or near a milker unit to seal and protect downstream dairy milk lines from teat dip and cleaning fluids that are fed through the safety valve to upstream milker unit components. All of the fluids, including dip, cleansers, water, and air pass through and are controlled by the safety valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2012Publication date: May 16, 2013Applicant: GEA FARM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Kevin L. Torgerson, Nathan Hedlund, Matthew J. Stuessel
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Publication number: 20130112144Abstract: A dairy parlor light unit for mounting on or in a milking stall curb to illuminate an underside of an animal in the milking stall.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2011Publication date: May 9, 2013Applicant: GEA FARM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventor: Ivanovich Wasuck
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Patent number: 8342125Abstract: A safety valve for use in a dairy backflushing and dipping system. The safety valve is situated on or near a milker unit to seal and protect downstream dairy milk lines from teat dip and cleaning fluids that are fed through the safety valve to upstream milker unit components. All of the fluids, including dip, cleansers, water, and air pass through and are controlled by the safety valve.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2009Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: GEA Farm Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kevin L. Torgerson, Nathan Hedlund, Matthew J. Stuessel
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Publication number: 20120210883Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system for treating milk and colostrum. The system includes a circulation pump and piping system, a heat exchanger for adjusting and/or maintaining milk temperature, and an ultraviolet light treatment device that treats the milk.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2012Publication date: August 23, 2012Applicant: GEA FARM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Kevin M. Kastenschmidt, Matthew J. Stuessel, David A. Becker, Robert L. Buck, Ralph A. Rottier
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Publication number: 20120192805Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods for applying bovine foot and hoof treatment compositions having two or more specific and complimentary antimicrobial components in a hoof bath just prior to use to work more effectively. These antimicrobial components may include antimicrobial inorganic salts of certain heavy metals, cationic agents, peroxides, aldehydes, fatty acids, iodines or other suitable compounds effective in the killing of microorganisms. The invention also relates to a foot bath system for delivery, retention, and drainage of foot bath chemicals and waste material.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2012Publication date: August 2, 2012Applicant: GEA FARM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Kevin L. Torgerson, Robert L. Buck, Nathan Hedlund, Sue Mendell, Randal D. Stevenson, Charles D. Gradle, Alejandro O. Dee, Jeffrey S. Hanson, Glenn Gingrich
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Publication number: 20120174872Abstract: A sprayer device and method to treat animal hooves by spraying concentrated foot treatment fluid directly onto the hooves. Substantially all overspray of the hoof treatment fluid is collected and recycled thereby minimizing loss of fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2012Publication date: July 12, 2012Applicant: GEA FARM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventor: Randall Richards
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Publication number: 20120118238Abstract: 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.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2011Publication date: May 17, 2012Applicant: GEA FARM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Kevin L. Torgerson, Nathan Hedlund, Matthew J. Stuessel
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Publication number: 20120118237Abstract: 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.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2011Publication date: May 17, 2012Applicant: GEA FARM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Kevin L. Torgerson, Nathan Hedlund, Matthew J. Stuessel
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Publication number: 20120111275Abstract: A milker unit liner dome having an inner surface and flow diverters joined to the inner surface to redirect teat dip from an inlet to provide more uniform coverage of dip on a teat. The liner dome can also include more than one flow diverter for redirecting teat dip flow.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2012Publication date: May 10, 2012Applicant: GEA FARM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Kevin L. Torgerson, Duane F. Sellner
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Publication number: 20120097107Abstract: The present invention relates to preparing dairy animal teats for being milked, and more particularly to teat preparation, rinsing, and milking that all take place in a milking machine teat cup liner. Such a method includes: applying a teat sanitizer to the teat; injecting air into the liner to force the teat sanitizer toward a waste milk line connected to the liner; pulsating the liner at a first pulsation rate; drawing a rinsing milk from the teat; directing the teat sanitizer, the air, and the rinsing fluid to the waste milk line; pulsating the liner at a second pulsation rate to draw additional milk from the teat; and directing the additional milk to a good milk line.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2011Publication date: April 26, 2012Applicant: GEA FARM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Kevin L. Torgerson, Duane F. Sellner
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Patent number: 8127667Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system and method for pasteurizing milk and colostrum for feeding to calves. The system includes a vat for storing milk or colostrum, a circulation pump and piping system, a heat exchanger for adjusting and/or maintaining milk temperature, and an ultraviolet light pasteurizing unit (“UV reactor”) that treats the milk without damaging important immunoglobulins.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2009Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: GEA Farm Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kevin M. Kastenschmidt, Matthew J. Stuessel, David A. Becker, Robert L. Buck, Ralph A. Rottier
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Patent number: 8117989Abstract: A milker unit liner dome having an inner surface and flow diverters joined to the inner surface to redirect teat dip from an inlet to provide more uniform coverage of dip on a teat. The liner dome can also include more than one flow diverter for redirecting teat dip flow.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2008Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignee: GEA Farm Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kevin L. Torgerson, Duane F. Sellner
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Patent number: 8113145Abstract: A milking machine teat cup liner having a dome and a barrel, and the barrel has an upper transition portion and a lower square portion. The transition section mates with the round cross-section of the dome and the square cross-section of the lower square portion to provide superior vacuum seal with less irritation and damage to teat tissue.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2007Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: GEA Farm Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Duane F. Sellner
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Patent number: 8043626Abstract: The novel antimicrobial composition is disclosed including from about 60 to 95% of a lipophilic polar solvent such as propylene glycol, ethylene glycol, or isopropanol and from about 0.5 to 5% of a mixture of C8 to C14 fatty acids. Other constituents of the present invention may include water, an alcohol (such as ethanol or propanol) or a mixture thereof. Also disclosed is a novel method of killing harmful microbes on the udder of a milk-producing animal using the above-mentioned composition.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2009Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: GEA Farm Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Alejandro O. Dee, Charles D. Gradle
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Patent number: 8033247Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2009Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignee: GEA Farm Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kevin L. Torgerson, Nathan Hedlund, Matthew J. Stuessel
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Patent number: 8025029Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2009Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Assignee: GEA Farm Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kevin L. Torgerson, Nathan Hedlund, Matthew J. Stuessel
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Publication number: 20100154900Abstract: A safety valve for use in a dairy backflushing and dipping system. The safety valve is situated on or near a milker unit to seal and protect downstream dairy milk lines from teat dip and cleaning fluids that are fed through the safety valve to upstream milker unit components. All of the fluids, including dip, cleansers, water, and air pass through and are controlled by the safety valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2009Publication date: June 24, 2010Applicant: GEA Farm Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kevin L. Torgerson, Nathan Hedlund, Matthew J. Stuessel
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Publication number: 20100139723Abstract: 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.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2009Publication date: June 10, 2010Applicant: GEA Farm Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kevin L. Torgerson, Nathan Hedlund, Matthew J. Stuessel