Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
119140470 | Teat compressor or cup | 49 |
20090084319 | Teat cup liner - 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. | 04-02-2009 |
20090320760 | Milk tube dome with flow controller - 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. | 12-31-2009 |
20100058990 | TEAT CUP HANDLING DEVICE AND A STORING DEVICE FOR TEAT CUPS - A teat cup handling device ( | 03-11-2010 |
20100083903 | Dip cup | 04-08-2010 |
20100126422 | MILKING OF ANIMALS WITH REDUCED TEAT STRESS - The invention relates to a milking unit comprising a milk collection part and at least two milk tubes that are connected to the milk collection part. At least one end of the milk tube has an essentially spherical clamping body, the central point of the clamping body being offset in relation to the longitudinal axis (S) of the milk tube and/or the clamping body having a channel with a mouth. The longitudinal axis (S) penetrates a plane, on which the cross-sectional surface of the mouth lies at an angle that is not equal to 90°. | 05-27-2010 |
20100275849 | Teat rubber and milking cup with a ventilation nozzle - To improve the transportation away of the milk within an arrangement comprising a teat rubber and a milk hose which has a curved section, wherein the arrangement has a flow path for conducting away milked milk, which flow path is connected to the surrounding atmosphere via a channel, it is proposed that the channel is designed in such a manner that the flow direction of the air flowing through the channel into the flow path of the milk corresponds essentially to the flow direction of the milk, and the channel is formed in one of the walls of the curved section. | 11-04-2010 |
20100288199 | Teat rubber with shock-absorbing properties - A teat cup liner for use in a milking cup is disclosed. The teat cup liner has a head with an insertion opening for an animal's teat. Joined to the head is a shaft and a holding rim. The holding rim at least partially surrounds and is spaced apart from the shaft. The teat cup liner holding rim has an inner surface that defines a number of recesses to enhance the durability of the liner. The recesses can be disposed circumferentially around the inner surface of the holding rim, and they can be disposed so that they are in contact with or near an end of the teat cup sleeve. | 11-18-2010 |
20100326361 | MILKING DEVICE - The present invention provides a milking device including a carrier with a holder for at least one milking cup, the milking cup being connected to a discharge line and provided with a cup axis, wherein the holder forms a seating for keeping the milking cup in a standby position in a removable manner, wherein the milking cup is attached to an elongate flexible hauling-in member for pulling the milking cup towards and onto the seating after a milking operation, wherein an upper section of the milking cup is provided with an opening for receiving a teat, wherein the milking cup, in a bottom section, engages with the hauling-in member at a first location, and wherein the bottom section is formed by an end body having a downwardly projecting contact part, a bottom end which extends next to and below the first location. | 12-30-2010 |
20110126768 | MOUTHPIECE-VENTED TEAT CUP INFLATION - A teat cup inflation comprises a mouthpiece having a vent for the limited admission of ambient air into the inflation barrel above the lower tip of the teat. One or more airflow passages are formed by the configuration of the barrel and extend along the length of the barrel to vent air from mouthpiece to the short milk tube. The one or more airflow passage can be formed between the sides of barrels that are multisided in cross-section. | 06-02-2011 |
20110132265 | VENT FOR MILKING LINER - 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. | 06-09-2011 |
20110185974 | Milk collecting pieces with closable chambers - The invention relates to a milk collecting piece comprising a housing upper part with at least two intake nozzles and a housing lower part with at least two chambers which are each flow-connected to an outtake nozzle via an outlet. | 08-04-2011 |
20120145084 | MILKING SYSTEM COMPONENTS AND METHODS OF FORMING AND MONITORING THE SAME - A milking inflation formed of a food grade approved thermoplastics material of a Shore A hardness of between about 60 to 90, the inflation ( | 06-14-2012 |
20130192525 | DAIRY INFLATION - A dairy inflation includes a barrel portion connected to a milk tube portion for extracting milk from a teat of an animal. The barrel portion includes an axial passage defined by a wall, the wall having an exterior surface defining an outer periphery having a substantially circular shape. The wall further includes an interior surface defining an inner periphery having a substantially elliptical shape. The elliptical inner periphery includes a major axis and a minor axis, and the disposition of the elliptical inner periphery within the circular outer periphery creates reduced-thickness regions on opposing sides of the wall along the major axis. The reduced-thickness regions allow a controlled collapse of the barrel portion during milking operations. | 08-01-2013 |
20140123903 | LOW-SLIP HIGH-CAPACITY TEAT CUP LINER - A milking teat cup liner including a rigid shell comprising a head portion having a skirt and a barrel housed within a shell. A shell liner with an oval tapered barrel and sidewalls having thinner longer axes and thicker shorter axes adapted to collapse inwardly along a minor axis from an open position while maintaining adjacent openings in the vacuum channel. The barrel has two locking wedges mounted to its outer surface to lock the liner in position. The liner has a short milk tube with a series of compression ribs running down its length, allowing it to compress without collapsing and to distort into an oval cross-section without closing the open internal tube. There are at least two notches between the compression ribs to allow the short milk tube to bend approximately 90 degrees relative to the liner without restricting milk flow to a milk claw. | 05-08-2014 |
20140165917 | ROBOT MILKING ARM AND A METHOD OF ATTACHING MILKING CUPS - A robotic milking system suitable for use with conventional milking clusters. Clusters are withdrawn to a generally known position upon release from a cow with the cups hanging down below the bowl. The cups are then located in a confined region from where they are picked up by a robotic arm and attached to teats of a cow. The arrangement allows a single robotic arm to service multiple bales of a rotary milking parlour. | 06-19-2014 |
20140190416 | DAIRY MILKING DEVICES AND METHODS - 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. | 07-10-2014 |
20140216349 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ATTACHING A CUP TO A DAIRY ANIMAL ACCORDING TO A SEQUENCE - A system includes a milking box and a robotic arm. The milking box comprises a stall portion that houses a dairy livestock with four teats. The robotic arm performs the following operation for a plurality of teats of the dairy livestock: retrieves a cup; attaches the cup to a teat; and detaches the cup from the teat. The cup is maintained within the stall portion of the milking box from the time that the cup is attached to a first teat of the dairy livestock through the time that the cup is attached to a last teat of the dairy livestock. The cup is retracted into an equipment area of the milking box after it is detached from the last teat of the dairy livestock. | 08-07-2014 |
20140318461 | TEATCUP LINER SERIES WITH VARYING MOUTHPIECE FLEXIBILITY - A teatcup liner comprises an upper mouthpiece, an intermediate barrel and a lower connecting tube. The upper mouthpiece further comprises a mouthpiece transition, a mouthpiece lip, and a groove formed in an outer surface of the upper mouthpiece. The intermediate barrel extends along an axial direction for receiving a teat inserted axially thereinto through said mouthpiece. An inner dimension of the upper mouthpiece defines a cavity bore and the groove is located substantially in line with the largest diameter of the cavity bore. | 10-30-2014 |
20150090183 | Anti-twist Liner and Shell for a Dairy Animal Teat Cup Assembly - A milker unit teat cup assembly for dairy animals having a shell and liner combination that resists twisting by the liner barrel relative to the shell using a recess in the liner that is engaged by a key in the shell. | 04-02-2015 |
20150351360 | MILKING DEVICE COMPRISING A SUPPORT DEVICE - A milking device includes a support device ( | 12-10-2015 |
20160081294 | DAIRY MILKING LINER - 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. | 03-24-2016 |
20160128299 | SHORT MILK TUBE WITH PROTECTIVE VENT FOR A DAIRY ANIMAL MILKER UNIT - A short milk tube for extending between a milker teat cup and liner assembly and a milker unit and the short milk tube includes a vent seat having an outwardly extending protective vent plug lip, and a stiffener at least partially surrounding the vent seat to control bending of the short milk tube. | 05-12-2016 |
119140480 | Adjustable | 12 |
119140490 | With liner separable from shell | 12 |
20080202433 | Teat Cup - A teat cup comprises a flexible liner ( | 08-28-2008 |
20080276871 | Connection between a toat rubber and a milking cup sleeve - The subject matter of the invention relates to a milking cup having a milking cup sleeve in which a teat rubber is arranged. | 11-13-2008 |
20090007849 | Liner contact automatic teat dip applicator - A teat dip applicator and method direct a teat dip to a teat cup liner head that defines a chamber and nozzle through which teat dip flows to coat an animal teat prior to and during detachment of a milker unit from a dairy animal. | 01-08-2009 |
20090283043 | Teat Cup Rubber Liner for Use in a Teat Cup - For a teat cup, a teat cup rubber liner ( | 11-19-2009 |
20090308320 | MILKING LINER - 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. | 12-17-2009 |
20100089326 | TEATCUP LINER - A teatcup liner adapted to be mounted in a shell to form a teatcup to be applied to a teat of an animal, and a method of mounting a teatcup liner. The liner defines an inner space for receiving the teat and a longitudinal centre axis. The liner has a head portion, a tubular barrel portion and, a tubular lower portion defining a milk channel having a cross-section area perpendicular to the centre axis. The tubular lower portion has a primary engagement member to be engaged by a secondary engagement member of the shell. The liner includes a grip member extending from the tubular lower portion to be gripped by an operator when the liner is to be mounted. The grip member defines a force application zone on which a pulling force is to be applied and which seen along the centre axis is located within the cross-section area. | 04-15-2010 |
20120042830 | MILKING LINER - 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. | 02-23-2012 |
20120055409 | VENT FOR MILKING LINER - 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. | 03-08-2012 |
20130125822 | Teatcup Liner Series With Varying Mouthpiece Flexibility - A teatcup liner comprises an upper mouthpiece, an intermediate barrel and a lower connecting tube. The upper mouthpiece further comprises a mouthpiece transition, a mouthpiece lip, and a groove on an outer surface of the upper mouthpiece to provide flexibility in the upper mouthpiece. The intermediate barrel extends along an axial direction for receiving a teat inserted axially thereinto through said mouthpiece. | 05-23-2013 |
20130291800 | TEATCUP LINER - A teatcup liner for a teatcup has a longitudinal shape extending along a longitudinal axis (x). The teatcup liner includes a barrel ( | 11-07-2013 |
20140014041 | TEATCUP LINER - A teatcup liner for a teatcup has a longitudinal shape extending along a longitudinal axis (x). The teatcup liner includes a barrel ( | 01-16-2014 |
20160198672 | TEATCUP LINER SERIES WITH VARYING MOUTHPIECE FLEXIBILITY | 07-14-2016 |
119140500 | Reciprocating | 1 |
20150075434 | LIP MEMBER, A TEATCUP LINER AND A TEATCUP - A lip member of a teatcup liner for a teatcup includes a first end ( | 03-19-2015 |
119140510 | Connecting conduit | 13 |
20080289579 | Milking of an animal with reduced teat stress - The subject matter of the invention concerns a milking unit comprising a milk-collecting component and at least two milk tubes which are connected to the milk-collecting component. | 11-27-2008 |
20080308043 | Milk hose with impact-absorbing area - A milk hose for connecting a milk collecting piece to a teat cup in an automatic milking plant comprises a first end area which is adapted to be fixed to the connection element of the teat cup and a second end area which is adapted to be fixed to the connection element of the milk collecting piece. Furthermore, said second end area has provided thereon an impact-absorbing area comprising elongate impact-absorbing elements, which, when subjected to a radial impact load, are deformed and/or bent at least sectionwise in a predefined preferred direction, and/or nipple-shaped impact-absorbing elements which are deformed and/or bent when subjected to said radial impact load. In addition, an impact-absorbing device for mounting on a milk hose is described. | 12-18-2008 |
20090050062 | Milking unit for milking an animal - A milking unit is proposed, comprising at least one milk hose ( | 02-26-2009 |
20100275850 | TUBULAR ELEMENT AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF - A tubular element ( | 11-04-2010 |
20120012061 | Teatcup Liner Series With Varying Mouthpiece Flexibility - A teatcup liner comprises an upper mouthpiece, an intermediate barrel and a lower connecting tube. The upper mouthpiece further comprises a mouthpiece transition, a mouthpiece lip, and a groove on an outer surface of the upper mouthpiece to provide flexibility in the upper mouthpiece. The intermediate barrel extends along an axial direction for receiving a teat inserted axially thereinto through said mouthpiece. | 01-19-2012 |
20120060760 | DAIRY INFLATION - A dairy inflation includes a barrel portion connected to a milk tube portion for extracting milk from a teat of an animal. The barrel portion includes an axial passage defined by a wall, the wall having an exterior surface defining an outer periphery having a substantially circular shape. The wall further includes an interior surface defining an inner periphery having a substantially elliptical shape. The elliptical inner periphery includes a major axis and a minor axis, and the disposition of the elliptical inner periphery within the circular outer periphery creates reduced-thickness regions on opposing sides of the wall along the major axis. The reduced-thickness regions allow a controlled collapse of the barrel portion during milking operations. | 03-15-2012 |
20140137803 | Milking Unit for Milking an Animal - A milking unit is proposed, comprising at least one milk hose, having a first end section and a second end section, and a milk collecting component, which is connected to the first end section of the milk hose. The milk collecting component has at least one coupling element, which cooperates with the first end section of the milk hose. A clamping element is provided, which cooperates with the coupling element so that an essentially fluid-tight connection is generated between the milk hose and the milk collecting component. | 05-22-2014 |
20140158053 | Milking of Animals with Reduced Teat Stress - A dairy harvesting milk machine milk tube having an end, and a clamping body joined to the end and defining a duct with an outlet, and an axis of the outlet is at an angle relative to a longitudinal axis of the milk tube, and the angle is different from 90°. | 06-12-2014 |
20140165918 | DAIRY MILKING DEVICES AND METHODS - 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. | 06-19-2014 |
20140345531 | CARTRIDGE, AND A TEATCUP - A teatcup and a cartridge to be attached to a teat of an animal to be milked. The cartridge includes a sleeve having an upper end and a lower end, and a teatcup liner mounted in the sleeve and having an inner space for receiving the teat. A pulsation chamber is provided between an inner side of the sleeve and an outer side of the teatcup liner. The teatcup liner includes an upper end portion located at the upper end of the sleeve, a barrel portion and a lower end portion extending beyond the lower end of the sleeve. The lower end portion forms an end nozzle beyond the lower end of the sleeve. The end nozzle has a tapering external shape configured to be received in a milk conduit for transporting the milk from the cartridge to the milk conduit. | 11-27-2014 |
20140360431 | MILK CONDUIT, AND A MILK CONDUIT ASSEMBLY - A milk conduit, that connects to a teatcup to be attached to a teat of an animal to be milked, includes a first end portion defining a first end and configured to be connected to the teatcup, a second end portion defining a second end, and a conduit portion located between the first end portion and the second end portion. The milk conduit defines a milk channel extending through the first end portion, the conduit portion and the second end portion. The first end portion is received in an opening extending through a bottom wall of the teatcup. The first end portion includes a first circumferential groove configured that engages in the bottom wall of the teatcup. | 12-11-2014 |
20140360432 | CONNECTOR, AND A TEATCUP - A connector and a teatcup that includes a connector and a cartridge. The cartridge includes a sleeve, having a first end and a second end, and a teatcup liner mounted in the sleeve and having an inner space for receiving a teat. The connector is configured to connect a milk conduit to the cartridge. The connector includes a casing, which defines a longitudinal center axis (x) and encloses a connection space. The casing has an inner surface facing the connection space. The casing includes an inlet opening for the cartridge to the connection space, and an outlet opening for the milk conduit. Locking parts are provided on the inner surface of the casing and configured to permit locking of the cartridge in the connector. | 12-11-2014 |
20150040831 | MILKING OF ANIMALS WITH REDUCED TEAT STRESS - The invention relates to a milking unit comprising a milk collection part and at least two milk tubes that are connected to the milk collection part. At least one end of the milk tube has an essentially spherical clamping body, the central point of the clamping body being offset in relation to the longitudinal axis (S) of the milk tube and/or the clamping body having a channel with a mouth. The longitudinal axis (S) penetrates a plane, on which the cross-sectional surface of the mouth lies at an angle that is not equal to 90°. | 02-12-2015 |
119140520 | Predetermined collapse | 1 |
20120325155 | MILKING LINER - 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. | 12-27-2012 |