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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2016
Applicant:
Technologies Holdings Corp., Houston, TX (US);
Inventor:
James D. Siddell, Waunakee, WI (US);
Assignee:
Technologies Holdings Corp., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 1/00 (2006.01); A01K 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 1/0029 (2013.01); A01K 1/12 (2013.01); A01K 1/126 (2013.01);
Abstract
A crowd gate control system includes a holding pen for dairy livestock, wherein the holding pen is adjacent to an entrance to a milking parlor. The system further includes a crowd gate positioned at a side of the holding pen. The crowd gate moves in relation to the entrance to the milking parlor. A controller is initiates a first mode of operation of the crowd gate prior to the crowd gate reaching the entrance to the milking parlor. The first mode of operation is a pre-forward reverse step. The crowd gate moves away from the entrance to the milking parlor prior to initiating movement towards the entrance.