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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2011
Anthony T. Esch, Dodgeville, WI (US);
James D. Siddell, Waunakee, WI (US);
Paul A. Larmour, Jr., Evansville, WI (US);
David A. Reid, Hazel Green, WI (US);
Parimal G. Rajkondawar, Madison, WI (US);
Scott M. Brenner, Fall River, WI (US);
Anthony T. Esch, Dodgeville, WI (US);
James D. Siddell, Waunakee, WI (US);
Paul A. Larmour, Jr., Evansville, WI (US);
David A. Reid, Hazel Green, WI (US);
Parimal G. Rajkondawar, Madison, WI (US);
Scott M. Brenner, Fall River, WI (US);
Technologies Holdings Corp., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
In certain embodiments, a system includes a milking parlor entrance lane with an entrance positioned adjacent to a cattle holding pen and an exit positioned adjacent to one or more stalls of a rotary milking platform. The system also includes an exit lane positioned on a side of the entrance lane opposite a forward direction of rotation of the rotary milking platform, the milking parlor exit lane positioned adjacent to one or more stalls of a rotary milking platform such that dairy cows may enter the exit lane from the one or more stalls of the rotary milking platform after being milked. The system also includes a pressure sensor positioned adjacent to the exit lane, the pressure sensor operable to generate a trigger in response to detecting a triggering pressure on the pressure sensor. The pressure sensor is additionally operable to communicate the generated trigger to initiate the stopping of the rotary milking platform.