Gea Farm Technologies Gmbh

Milfos International Limited

Rodrick Peter Staheli

Graeme David McDougal

Jamie Christopher Joseph Mikkelson

A device suitable for attachment to a milking platform at a 'milking position' has a strippings viewing area and a light source, which is operable to illuminate in a suitable manner the strippings viewing area to enhance the visibility to an operator of any mastitis symptoms in use and/or to illuminate the udder to facilitate inspection or treatment. The light source may also be operable to give continuous or intermittent colour signals to the operator and the device might also include an alpha-numeric area. The device might form part of a leg separator and/or sprayer and/or milk hose support. A milking platform with such a device is also claimed.

Milking apparatus and system

A device suitable for attachment to a milking platform at a 'milking position' has a strippings viewing area and a light source, which is operable to illuminate in a suitable manner the strippings viewing area to enhance the visibility to an operator of any mastitis symptoms in use and/or to illuminate the udder to facilitate inspection or treatment. The light source may also be operable to give continuous or intermittent color signals to the operator and the device might also include an alpha-numeric area. The device might form part of a leg separator and/or sprayer and/or milk hose support. A milking platform with such a device is also claimed.

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Hamilton, New Zealand

Rodrick Peter Staheli