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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2010
Applicant:
Mats Gudmundsson, Sodertalje, SE;
Inventor:
Mats Gudmundsson, Sodertalje, SE;
Assignee:
DeLaval Holding AB, Tumba, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 13/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A milk sampling apparatus and method receives milk from a milking machine and discharges discrete samples of the milk for analysis. In the method, milk is collected in a chamber, excess milk is emptied from the chamber by an emptying parts which reduces the milk in the chamber to a predetermined level, and milk samples of predetermined quantity are successively discharged through respective outlets located at different heights within the chamber and which are opened in turn from the uppermost outlet to the lowermost outlet.