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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 16, 1996
Ludger Koster, Naperville, IL (US);
Westfalia Separator AG, Oelde, DE;
Abstract
A device for removing a set of teat cups from a dairy animal. The device includes a piston-and-cylinder mechanism. The cylinder is attached to the teat-cup set by a cord secured to the piston. The device is intended for use in a milking parlor where the teat cups are removed through the animal's hind legs after milking. The object is to prevent the milker from being impeded in his duties by the teat cups when they are not being used. The cord is provided with a guide that can be shifted by mechanical controls out of an active position wherein the cups can be removed along a vertical plane exactly between the animal's hind legs and into an inactive position horizontally remote therefrom and from the milker's head.