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Title:
MILKING INSTALLATION WITH MILK PUMP
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2012/057611
Kind Code:
A9
Abstract:
A milking installation (1) is shown with a milking robot (2) for automatically connecting teat cups (3) to the teats of a dairy animal. Milk lines (4) extend between the teat cups and a milk de-aeration unit or milk glass (5). A de-aeration port (6) is present at the top of the de-aeration unit and a de-aeration line (7) connects the milk glass to a vacuum system (not shown). At the bottom of the milk glass a milk inlet line (8) is provided which connects the milk glass to the milk pump (9). The milk pump includes a milk inlet (10), a pump housing (11), a milk outlet (12). The milk pump (9) is a membrane pump which type of pump is known to be gentle to the milk and thus reduce occurrence of lypolysis of the milk when pumped through the milking installation.

Inventors:
MOSTERT GERARD (NL)
VAN DE WALLE JACOBUS IZAAK (NL)
DOUZOULIKOPOULOS DIMITRIS (NL)
Application Number:
PCT/NL2011/000065
Publication Date:
July 25, 2013
Filing Date:
September 22, 2011
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Assignee:
LELY PATENT NV (NL)
MOSTERT GERARD (NL)
VAN DE WALLE JACOBUS IZAAK (NL)
DOUZOULIKOPOULOS DIMITRIS (NL)
International Classes:
A01J5/04; F04B43/113
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
JENNEN, P.L.H. (PA Maassluis, NL)
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