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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jan Eriksson, Uttran, SE;
Assignee:
DeLaval Holding AB, Tumba, SE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01J 7/02 ; A01J 7/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01J 7/02 ; A01J 7/04 ;
Abstract
A teat cleaning arrangement ( ) for milking equipment, comprising a teat cleaning device ( ) with teat cleaning means ( ). A milking robot ( ) with a robot front end ( ) is devised to move the teat cleaning device ( ) into engagement with a teat ( ), and control means ( ) are connectable to the robot ( ) for controlling motion thereof. The control means are also connectable to the teat cleaning device ( ) for controlling the teat cleaning means ( ), and engagement and disengagement with a teat ( ). The control means ( ) are devised to activate said teat cleaning means ( ) to clean said teat cleaning device ( ) after each teat disengagement.