Patents Assigned to Lauren AgriSystems, Ltd.
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Patent number: 9526225Abstract: A milking liner includes an integrated short air tube and short milk tube. In one configuration, the pulsation air is delivered through the bead of the milking liner directly inside the shell through a plurality of outlets. The disclosure also provides alignment features that assist the person assembling a milking liner and shell. The features limit rotation between the liner and the shell. The liner includes a short air tube that extends beyond a short milk tube with each having a sealing bead. The sealing beads are offset from each other.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2015Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: Lauren AgriSystems, Ltd.Inventors: Aaron Kyle Kochman, Christopher B. Pfeiffer, Benjamin D. Nibali, Kristopher C. Hall, Gary L. Mitchell, II
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Patent number: 9439391Abstract: A milking liner includes an integrated short air tube and short milk tube. In one configuration, the pulsation air is delivered through the bead of the milking liner directly inside the shell when the liner is connected to the shell. In another configuration, the integrated short air tube has an outlet outside the shell. The disclosure also provides aligned nipple pairs on the claw top. One configuration is provided wherein the pulsation nipples and air fork are integrated with the claw that has the liner nipples. Another configuration is provided wherein the air fork is separate from the claw. A method of readily supplying pulsation air to a shell includes the step of integrated the step of connecting the short air tube and the shell with the step of connecting the shell to the milking liner.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2013Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: Lauren AgriSystems, Ltd.Inventor: Aaron Kyle Kochman
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Publication number: 20160081294Abstract: A milking liner includes an integrated short air tube and short milk tube. In one configuration, the pulsation air is delivered through the bead of the milking liner directly inside the shell through a plurality of outlets. The disclosure also provides alignment features that assist the person assembling a milking liner and shell. The features limit rotation between the liner and the shell. The liner includes a short air tube that extends beyond a short milk tube with each having a sealing bead. The sealing beads are offset from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2015Publication date: March 24, 2016Applicant: Lauren AgriSystems, Ltd.Inventors: Aaron Kyle Kochman, Christopher B. Pfeiffer, Benjamin D. Nibali, Kristopher C. Hall, Gary L. Mitchell, II
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Patent number: 9247708Abstract: A milking liner includes an integrated short air tube and short milk tube. In one configuration, the pulsation air is delivered through the bead of the milking liner directly inside the shell through a plurality of outlets. The disclosure also provides alignment features that assist the person assembling a milking liner and shell. The features limit rotation between the liner and the shell. The liner includes a short air tube that extends beyond a short milk tube with each having a sealing bead. The sealing beads are offset from each other.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2013Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: Lauren AgriSystems, Ltd.Inventors: Aaron Kyle Kochman, Christopher B. Pfeiffer, Benjamin D. Nibali, Kristopher C. Hall, Gary L. Mitchell, II
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Patent number: 8302561Abstract: A teat cup shell for holding a milking liner includes a body being made from a first material. The body has an upper end, a lower end; and a middle portion with the upper end adapted to receive the teat of the animal being milked. One configuration of the body may have enlarged upper and lower ends to define a dog-bone shape. The middle portion of the body may define gripping features at its middle portion. The body of the shell has a first weight. An insert is carried by the body with the insert being heavier than the remaining portion of the body. The insert is disposed closer to the lower end of the body than the upper end of the body such that the center of mass of the shell is disposed in the lower two-thirds of the shell.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2009Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: Lauren Agrisystems, Ltd.Inventors: Charles Jeffrey Laney, Frank Saho, III, Daniel E. Kandray, Sr.
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Patent number: 8176873Abstract: A milking liner for an automated milking machine includes a barrel that moves between an uncollapsed position and a collapsed condition when it is subjected to a vacuum milking condition. The barrel defines at least three parallel channels open to the inner surface of the barrel. The configuration of the sidewall of the barrel and the channels cause the barrel to uniformly collapse when the barrel is subjected to a vacuum milking condition. In one configuration, ribs protrude from the barrel sidewall and define channels with the same wall thickness as the sidewall segments disposed between the ribs.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2009Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: Lauren AgriSystems, Ltd.Inventor: Jin-Woong Shin
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Patent number: 8056505Abstract: A vent plug for a milking liner has an outlet that discharges the vent air in the downstream direction. The vent plug has an outlet disposed in the downstream portion of the inner flange of the vent plug so that vent air is directed toward the outlet of the short milk tube. The vent plug outlet also may be disposed in the upstream portion of the inner flange while being configured to direct the vent air in a downstream direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2009Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: Lauren AgriSystems, Ltd.Inventors: Charles Jeffrey Laney, Frank Saho, III, Aaron Kyle Kochman
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Patent number: 7975647Abstract: A milking apparatus that is used to extract milk from dairy animals includes a vacuum source, a milking liner cooperating with a shell to define a pulsation chamber; and a pulsator in fluid communication with the pulsation chamber and the vacuum source. The pulsator is configured to produce at least a four-phase milking cycle in the milking liner with the cycle including at least an A phase and a C phase. The A phase is wherein the liner is changed from a closed configuration to an open configuration during which the pulsator provides fluid communication between the pulsation chamber and the vacuum source. The C phase is wherein the liner is changed from an open configuration to a closed configuration during which the pulsator allows atmospheric air to flow into the pulsation chamber. A restrictor is disposed in the path of the fluid communication between the pulsator and the pulsation chamber with the restrictor slowing the C phase compared to the A phase.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2008Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Assignee: Lauren AgriSystems, Ltd.Inventors: Frank Saho, III, Daniel E. Kandray, Sr., Thomas A. Lance, Aaron Kyle Kochman, Richard J. Carpenter, Charles Jeffrey Laney
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Patent number: 7578260Abstract: A milking liner for an automated milking machine includes a barrel that moves between an uncollapsed position and a collapsed condition when it is subjected to a vacuum milking condition. The barrel defines at least three parallel channels open to the inner surface of the barrel. The configuration of the sidewall of the barrel and the channels cause the barrel to uniformly collapse when the barrel is subjected to a vacuum milking condition. In one configuration, ribs protrude from the barrel sidewall and define channels with the same wall thickness as the sidewall segments disposed between the ribs.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2005Date of Patent: August 25, 2009Assignee: Lauren AgriSystems, Ltd.Inventor: Jin-Woong Shin
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Patent number: 7452433Abstract: A flooring system includes a preformed cushion layer made up of a plurality of individual preformed cushioning body sections that are sandwiched between sealant layers to provide a liquid-impervious flooring material. Methods for manufacturing the body sections and installing the flooring system are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2004Date of Patent: November 18, 2008Assignee: Lauren Agrisystems, Ltd.Inventors: Jin-Woong Shin, Ron Felgenhauer
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Patent number: 7293527Abstract: A vent plug for a milking liner has an inlet that faces the outer surface of the liner. The position of the vent inlet reduces the likelihood that it will become clogged with debris from the floor of the milking parlor. In one embodiment, the vent plug has a plurality of redundant inlets that allow the vent plug to function if one of the inlets becomes clogged. In another embodiment, the inlet is angled at a nonparallel angle with respect to the vent passage.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2004Date of Patent: November 13, 2007Assignee: Lauren Agrisystems, Ltd.Inventor: Jin-Woong Shin
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Patent number: 7290498Abstract: A vent plug for a milking liner has a shielded inlet that reduces the likelihood that it will become clogged with debris from the floor of the milking parlor. In one embodiment, the vent plug has a plurality of redundant inlets that allow the vent plug to function if one of the inlets becomes clogged. In another embodiment, the inner flange of the body of the vent plug is at least twice the thickness of the body tube to help secure the vent plug in the milking liner.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2005Date of Patent: November 6, 2007Assignee: Lauren AgriSystems, Ltd.Inventor: Jin-Woong Shin
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Patent number: D568006Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2007Date of Patent: April 29, 2008Assignee: Lauren Agrisystem, Ltd.Inventor: Jin-Woong Shin