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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2010
James F. Mccain, Katy, TX (US);
Gary C. Steingraber, Madison, WI (US);
David A. Reid, Hazel Green, WI (US);
Dennis E. Dynneson, Waunakee, WI (US);
James F. McCain, Katy, TX (US);
Gary C. Steingraber, Madison, WI (US);
David A. Reid, Hazel Green, WI (US);
Dennis E. Dynneson, Waunakee, WI (US);
Technologies Holdings Corp., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A milking system includes a rotary milking platform having a plurality of milking stalls and a plurality of milking devices, each milking device configured for attachment to the teats of a dairy livestock located in a corresponding milking stall of the rotary milking platform. The system further includes one or more robotic devices operable to perform one or more functions, including preparing the teats of a dairy livestock for the attachment of a milking apparatus, attaching a milking apparatus to the teats of a dairy livestock, and applying a sanitizing agent to the teats of a dairy livestock subsequent to the removal of a milking apparatus from the teats of the dairy livestock. Each of the one or more functions performed by the one or more robotic devices is performed during a period of time when the rotary milking platform is substantially stationary.