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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2004
Applicants:
Karel Van Den Berg, Bleskensgraaf, NL;
Eduard Lodewijk Meijer, Den Haag, NL;
Martinus Petrus Kortekaas, Lisse, NL;
Inventors:
Karel Van Den Berg, Bleskensgraaf, NL;
Eduard Lodewijk Meijer, Den Haag, NL;
Martinus Petrus Kortekaas, Lisse, NL;
Assignee:
Lely Enterprises AG, Zug, CH;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01J 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A milking device and method for removing a teat cup from a teat of an animal are disclosed. The teat cup has a teat space for containing a teat and is connected via a milk tube to a vacuum source for generating a milking vacuum. A drawing-away device is provided for drawing the teat cup away from the animal only after a vacuum-lowering device has lowered the milking vacuum in the teat space below a threshold value. The level of vacuum may be measured by means of a vacuum sensor.