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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2014
Applicant:
Gea Farm Technologies Gmbh, Bonen, DE;
Inventor:
Bernhard Schulze Wartenhorst, Warendorf, DE;
Assignee:
GEA Farm Technologies GmbH, Bönen, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01J 5/007 (2006.01); A01J 5/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01J 5/16 (2013.01); A01J 5/007 (2013.01); A01J 5/0075 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for milking animals wherein a negative pressure is periodically built up in a teat cup gap in an evacuation phase (a), maintained over a predetermined suction phase (b), and relieved in a ventilation phase (c), and a ventilation is maintained 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.