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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2025
Technologies Holdings Corp., Houston, TX (US);
Gregory S. Bardosy, Madison, WI (US);
Anthony P. Spaeth, Boyd, WI (US);
Steve Pretz, Westwood Hills, KS (US);
Technologies Holdings Corp., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An air fork for directing vacuum gas flow in a milking cluster includes two main tubes that each terminate in a respective one of two air divider tubes. The air divider tubes are each configured to connect the vacuum gas flow diagonally across the udder, with a first air divider tube connecting vacuum pulsation of the front right teat and the rear left teat together, and a second air divider tube connecting vacuum pulsation of the front left teat and the rear right teat together. The air divider tubes are configured to restrict air flow to the front teat cups compared to the rear teat cups so that the front teats are milked more slowly than the rear teats.