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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2006
Applicant:
Bernhard Schulze Wartenhorst, Warendorf, DE;
Inventor:
Bernhard Schulze Wartenhorst, Warendorf, DE;
Assignee:
GEA Farm Technologies GmbH, Bönen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01J 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for milking animals wherein a negative pressure is periodically built up and relieved in a teat cup gap at a predetermined rate. The negative pressure is maintained over a predetermined suction phase (b) and relieved over a predetermined rest phase (d). The ratio between the suction phase (b) and the rest phase (d) changes at least once during the milking operation. In a preferred embodiment the first duration does not exceed a predetermined, first limit value and the second duration does not fall beneath a predetermined, second limit value.