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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 03, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Karel van den Berg, Bleskensgraaf, NL;
Assignee:
Maasland N. V. a Dutch limited liability, Maasland, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
119 1402 ; 119 1408 ;
Abstract
In a method of positioning means for automatically milking animals, such as cows, there is used a robot construction. The means for automatically milking are positioned, by means of said robot construction, in the longitudinal direction of the milking parlour relative to a reference plane situated transversely to said longitudinal direction, in which reference plane the centre of gravity of the relevant animal is located.