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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2011
Jeannie Holmes, Weatherford, TX (US);
Steve Meeks, Mineral Wells, TX (US);
Jeannie Holmes, Weatherford, TX (US);
Steve Meeks, Mineral Wells, TX (US);
M Management-Tex, LLC, Weatherford, TX (US);
Abstract
A dairy inflation includes a barrel portion connected to a milk tube portion for extracting milk from a teat of an animal. The barrel portion includes an axial passage defined by a wall, the wall having an exterior surface defining an outer periphery having a substantially circular shape. The wall further includes an interior surface defining an inner periphery having a substantially elliptical shape. The elliptical inner periphery includes a major axis and a minor axis, and the disposition of the elliptical inner periphery within the circular outer periphery creates reduced-thickness regions on opposing sides of the wall along the major axis. The reduced-thickness regions allow a controlled collapse of the barrel portion during milking operations.