Construction for automatically milking animals

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6463876
APP PUB NO 20020002952A1
SERIAL NO

09899859

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An apparatus for automated milking of animals which comprises a milking compartment and a milking robot that is provided with teat cups and a mechanism for connecting the teat cups to the animals being milking in milking compartment. A carrier element for the teat cups is disclosed which is movable in three dimensions while being supported and moved by three sets of controlled piston and cylinder elements, each set of said elements having one end on ends thereof connected to the milking compartment and the other end thereof connected to the carrier element, the connections to the carrier element (as seen in plan) not being aligned. Each set of controlled piston and cylinder elements consists of two controlled piston and elements which are in 'V' configurations so that there are three non-aligned connections of each set to the carrier element and six non-aligned connections to the milking compartment.

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LELY ENTERPRISES A G A SWISS LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY20 BUTZENWEG CH-6300 ZUG

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Fransen, Renatus Ignatius Josephus Vlaardingen, NL 37 399
van, den Berg Karel Bleskensgraaf, NL 232 3577
van, der Lely Alexander Rotterdam, NL 39 410

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