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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2001
Uzi Birk, Huddinge, SE;
DeLaval Holding AB, Tumba, SE;
Abstract
A protecting device ( ) for a teat localizer, comprising a housing ( ) having side walls, a top wall and a bottom wall, and being adapted to accommodate a localizer comprising an illuminator ( ) and a viewing element ( ). One ( ) of the walls comprises a transparent portion providing an unimpeded light beam path for the localizer ( ). The housing is provided with moisture deposition-preventing element for preventing moisture deposition on at least the inside surface of the transparent wall portion ( ). The moisture deposition-preventing element comprises a partition wall ( ) in the housing at a distance from the inside surface of the transparent wall portion. This partition wall and at least parts of the housing walls together define within the housing a through-flow gas chamber ( ) having a gas inlet ( ) and a gas outlet ( ) allowing a moisture-removing gas flow (F) to be maintained past and close to the inside surface by connecting the gas inlet supply ( ) of scavenging gas.