METHOD OF MECHANICALLY MILKING AN ANIMAL AND TEAT CUP LINER

METHOD OF MECHANICALLY MILKING AN ANIMAL AND TEAT CUP LINER

Method of mechanically milking a lactating animal, such as a cow, a goat and a sheep, comprising: providing an animal having at least one teat (110), said teat comprising an elongate shaft (112) and a teat end (114) at an end of said shaft, said teat end comprising a teat canal (116) having an exter...

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Hauptverfasser: HOGEWERF PIETER HENDRIK, IPEMA ALBERTUS HENDRIK, DE KONING CORNELIS JOHANNES ALOYSIUS MARIE, VAN DEN BOOGAART JOSEPHUS GERARDUS MARIA, VAN LEEUWEN JOHANNES LEENDERT, VAN TURNHOUT MARINUS CORNELIS
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
AGRICULTURE
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
FISHING
FORESTRY
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HUNTING
MANUFACTURE OF DAIRY PRODUCTS
TRAPPING
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Zusammenfassung:Method of mechanically milking a lactating animal, such as a cow, a goat and a sheep, comprising: providing an animal having at least one teat (110), said teat comprising an elongate shaft (112) and a teat end (114) at an end of said shaft, said teat end comprising a teat canal (116) having an external orifice (118); milking the teat (110) by repeatedly alternatingly increasing and decreasing a diameter (D) of at least a longitudinal portion of its shaft (112), while maintaining a substantially axi-symmetric shape of said portion of the shaft, and while continuously applying a milking vacuum to the teat end (114) so as to extract milk from the external orifice (118) of the teat canal (116). Also disclosed is a teat cup liner for practicing the disclosed method.