Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Milking arrangement and a method of milking animals therein
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Application No.: US16638256Application Date: 2018-10-01
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Publication No.: US11304402B2Publication Date: 2022-04-19
- Inventor: Tony Cowling , Doug Eubank , Jeffery Gallagher , Bengt-Göran Mårtensson , Scott Pawlowicz , Patrick Wiltzius , Stuart Wipperfurth
- Applicant: DELAVAL HOLDING AB
- Applicant Address: SE Tumba
- Assignee: DELAVAL HOLDING AB
- Current Assignee: DELAVAL HOLDING AB
- Current Assignee Address: SE Tumba
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye
- Priority: SE1751218-7 20171003
- International Application: PCT/SE2018/051006 WO 20181001
- International Announcement: WO2019/070185 WO 20190411
- Main IPC: A01K1/12
- IPC: A01K1/12 ; E05F15/70 ; A01J5/007 ; E05F17/00 ; A01K1/00

Abstract:
A milking arrangement includes a milking module having at least two milking places, a front gate assembly, a sequence gate assembly, an entrance gate, an independent first drive device for moving the front gate assembly between lower and upper positions, and a second drive device for moving the entrance gate between open and closed positions. An independent third drive device moves the sequence gate assembly from a first position to a second elevated position in which the sequence gates are located at a level above and behind animals standing in respective milking places. The sequence gate assembly being configured to move from the second position to the first position such that the sequence gates urge animals standing in their respective milking places to leave the milking places. A control arrangement controls opening of the entrance gate on basis of the position of the sequence gate assembly.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200163307A1 A MILKING ARRANGEMENT AND A METHOD OF MILKING ANIMALS THEREIN Public/Granted day:2020-05-28
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