Patents Assigned to GEA WestfaliaSurge GmbH
  • Method for operating a milking facility, in addition to corresponding milking facility
    Patent number: 7640888
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a carousel milking facility (1) comprising a plurality of milking stations (3), which are arranged on a platform (2). According to said method, a positional modification of the platform (2) is determined in relation to a reference point and the position of at least one milking station (3) can be calculated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: GEA WestfaliaSurge GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Hölscher, Karsten Schönrock, Peter Kaever
  • Process and rotary milking parlor for the identification of a milking stall and an animal, in particular a cow, in a rotary milking parlor
    Patent number: 7584715
    Abstract: For the determination of the occupancy of a milking stall by an animal, in particular a cow, in a rotary milking parlor with a plurality of milking stalls which are disposed on a rotatable milking platform, a process is proposed in which the identification of the animal only takes place after it has entered the milking stall in which it is supposed to be milked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: GEA WestfaliaSurge GmbH
    Inventors: Rolf Teckentrup, Manfred Pohlkamp
  • Milking claw for goats and sheep
    Patent number: D582616
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: GEA WestfaliaSurge GmbH
    Inventors: Thorsten Helm, Alexander Boehm