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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2008
Hiroshi Kobayashi, Chiba, JP;
Hiroshi Kawamura, Ushiku, JP;
Yukinari Awano, Hamamatsu, JP;
Katsumi Mizuno, Chiba, JP;
Zenichi Onuki, Kashiwa, JP;
Aki Ishimaru, Kashiwa, JP;
Hiroshi Kobayashi, Chiba, JP;
Hiroshi Kawamura, Ushiku, JP;
Yukinari Awano, Hamamatsu, JP;
Katsumi Mizuno, Chiba, JP;
Zenichi Onuki, Kashiwa, JP;
Aki Ishimaru, Kashiwa, JP;
Pigeon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A nipple coating member and a milking device for gathering mother's milk effectively. The pad of a milking device comprises a tubular frame having a large diameter side opening for inserting the nipple formed on one end side and a small diameter side opening formed on the other end side, a first flexible portion provided at a part in the circumferential direction between the large diameter side opening and the small diameter side opening of the tubular frame, and a second flexible portion provided at a position opposing the first flexible portion independently thereof. The first flexible portion can be deformed inward of the tubular frame by a pressing force from the outside of the pad, and the second flexible portion can be deformed outward of the tubular frame by a pressing force from the inside of the pad.