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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2010
George H. Tucker, Jr., Janesville, WI (US);
David A. Reid, Hazel Green, WI (US);
Gary C. Steingraber, Madison, WI (US);
Timothy E. Blair, Belleville, WI (US);
George H. Tucker, Jr., Janesville, WI (US);
David A. Reid, Hazel Green, WI (US);
Gary C. Steingraber, Madison, WI (US);
Timothy E. Blair, Belleville, WI (US);
Technologies Holdings Corp., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An adaptive milking system comprises a milk meter, a controller, and a detacher. The milk meter measures a flow rate of milking an animal during a first period of time, and continues to monitor the flow rate of milking the animal. The controller is communicatively coupled to the milk meter and calculates a percentage of the measured flow rate. The controller triggers a delay timer when the monitored flow rate of milking the animal becomes lower than the larger of (a) a default threshold flow rate and (b) the calculated percentage of the measured flow rate. The detacher is communicatively coupled to the controller and removes a milking unit from the animal when the delay timer reaches a threshold time.