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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:
May. 27, 2003
Filed:
May. 23, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Renatus Ignatius Josephus Fransen, Vlaardingen, NL;
Assignee:
Lely Enterprises A.G., Zug, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 2/900 ; A01J 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 2/900 ; A01J 3/00 ;
Abstract
A device for cooling a dairy animal, such as a cow. Said device is provided with wetting means for applying liquid to at least a part of the dairy animal and with air displacing means for generating an air flow along the wetted part. The device comprises a wetting area, said wetting area exclusively comprising the wetting means and not the air displacing means. The device comprises a ventilation area located at some distance from the wetting area, the ventilation area comprising the air displacing means. The device is provided with a path for the dairy animal, said path connecting the wetting area with the ventilation area.