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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 24, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Karel van der Berg, Bleskengraaf, NL;
Rene Fransen, ZD Vlaardingen, NL;
Assignee:
C. Van Der Lely, N.V., Maasland, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
119 1418 ; 119670 ;
Abstract
A method an apparatus for automatically cleaning the udder and teats of an animal, following milking, wherein after the teat cups have been automatically removed from the teats of the animal, a robot arm moves under the teats of the animal which sprays an after-treating liquid upwardly in a fan-shaped pattern against the animal's udder and teats. The teat cups are moved away from the animal's udder and teats while they are being sprayed in a manner so that the teat cups which have been removed are never under an area which has just been sprayed by the fan-shaped pattern.