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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2009
Mark Hamish Seaton, Dunedin, NZ;
Thomas Glover, Christchurch, NZ;
Bryan Gordan Grimshaw, Christchurch, NZ;
David Bates, Christchurch, NZ;
Peter Knotts, Christchurch, NZ;
Matthew Jack, Christchurch, NZ;
Mark Hamish Seaton, Dunedin, NZ;
Thomas Glover, Christchurch, NZ;
Bryan Gordan Grimshaw, Christchurch, NZ;
David Bates, Christchurch, NZ;
Peter Knotts, Christchurch, NZ;
Matthew Jack, Christchurch, NZ;
Scott Milktech Limited, Dunedin, NZ;
Abstract
A robotic milking system suitable for use with conventional milking clusters. Clusters are withdrawn to a generally known position upon release from a cow with the cups hanging down below the bowl. The cups are then located in a confined region from where they are picked up by a robotic arm and attached to teats of a cow. The cups may be located into recesses or slots or be drawn through a guide. The arrangement allows a single robotic arm to service multiple bales of a rotary milking parlor. The application of a vacuum to milking cups may be controlled by applying sufficient pressure to the pulsation line of a cup to collapse the cup liner when that cup is not attached to a teat or by bending a feed line to a cup to close the flow path.