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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 1989
Filed:
Jul. 21, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael W Ellis, Kansas City, MO (US);
Mofazzal H Chowdhury, Lenexa, KS (US);
Assignee:
Alfa-Laval, Inc., Fort Lee, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
119 1408 ; 119 141 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides an apparatus for use in conjunction with a milking machine for reducing the incidence of milking claw or cluster contamination following uncoupling and retraction of the milking claw or cluster from an animal. The milking claw is retracted from the animal by the application of negative pressure and is retained in a retracted position by a retaining device which retains the milking claw in a predetermined position, even when the milking machine is turned off or, in the case of a portable machine, transported to another location.