Title:
【発明の名称】家畜用毛剃器具
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2000514662
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
An apparatus for automatically shaving animals' udder and part of their legs while they are in a milking compartment for automatically milking animals. A shaving device is movably connected to one side of the milking compartment and is movable both transversely and longitudinally as well as vertically relative to the milking compartment for automatically shaving animals in a period of about 30 seconds in preselected areas in the vicinity of their udders and hind legs. The shaving machine has a robot arm with a shaver provided on its end. The shaving machine is preferably hingeably connected to the side of the milking compartment and its operations are controlled by a computer so that animals identified by an identification system are shaved, say, every tenth time that they enter the milking compartment to be milked therein, or are shaved therein after a selected duration of time after being previously shaved in the milking compartment. The same detector used for locating the animal' teats for the automatic milking operation is used for detecting the locations of the areas of the animal to be shaved.
Inventors:
Van der Lely, Cornelis
Van der Lely, Olaf
Van der Lely, Olaf
Application Number:
JP54749498A
Publication Date:
November 07, 2000
Filing Date:
May 01, 1998
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Marsland NV
International Classes:
A01J7/04; A01K14/00; A01K13/00; (IPC1-7): A01K13/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Hideo Takino (1 outside)