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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2004
Applicants:
Peter Kaever, Oelde, DE;
Bernhard Schulze Wartenhorst, Warendorf, DE;
Otto Krone, Recke, DE;
Reinhard Frenser, Rheda-Wiedenbrück, DE;
Inventors:
Peter Kaever, Oelde, DE;
Bernhard Schulze Wartenhorst, Warendorf, DE;
Otto Krone, Recke, DE;
Reinhard Frenser, Rheda-Wiedenbrück, DE;
Assignee:
GEA Farm Technologies GmbH, Bönen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01J 5/007 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for machine-milking an animal using a pulsed vacuum with sequential evacuation and ventilation phases in a teat cup pulse chamber by creating an improved pressure curve during the evacuation phase, the ventilation phase, or both pressure changing phases by controlling a pressure change phase using at least two pressure changing speed rates.