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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2010
Applicant:
Michiel Adriaan Van Dorp, Hazerswoude, NL;
Inventor:
Michiel Adriaan Van Dorp, Hazerswoude, NL;
Assignee:
LELY PATENT N.V., Maassluis, NL;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01J 5/007 (2006.01); A01J 5/017 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01J 5/0175 (2013.01); A01J 5/007 (2013.01); A01J 5/017 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device for automatically milking an animal in an animal space is provided with a robot arm for automatically performing an action on a teat of the animal, a teat sensor, and an animal position sensor for determining the animal position in the animal space. The animal position sensor is movable in a longitudinal direction of the animal space. The animal position sensor is mounted so as to be movable or shiftable in a longitudinal direction of the animal space. This has the advantage that the range of the sensor becomes considerably larger while the sensor can be the same as in a known device.