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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2002
Applicants:
Duane F. Sellner, Winona, MN (US);
Berthold Joharmes Theodorus Dietrich, Gorssel, NL;
Inventors:
Duane F. Sellner, Winona, MN (US);
Berthold Joharmes Theodorus Dietrich, Gorssel, NL;
Assignee:
WestfaliaSurge, Inc., Naperville, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01J005/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A short milk tube for providing a conduit between a teat cup assembly and a milker claw that defines a number of ribs that import structural rigidity along a longitudinal axis and in predetermined directions relative to the longitudinal axis to maintain adequate cross-sectional flow area when in the milking position, and a vacuum seal when in the non-milking position.