US Patent No: 8,181,598
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Method and arrangement for controlling the milking by a milking machine
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May 22, 2012
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Aug 6, 2008
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12/222,263
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Abstract
A method and arrangement for controlling milking by a milking machine includes a teat cup having a flexible teat receiving liner arranged inside a teat cup shell. During milking, a vacuum is applied to a lower part of the interior of the teat receiving liner to draw milk from a teat therein while the flexible teat receiving liner is periodically opened and collapsed by application of a pulsating massage vacuum between the flexible teat receiving liner and the teat cup shell. A pressure sensor repeatedly measures a vacuum level in an upper part of the interior of the teat receiving line, and depending on the repeatedly measured vacuum level, the periodic opening and collapsing of the flexible teat receiving liner is interrupted by keeping the flexible teat receiving liner collapsed for a specific period of time.
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| 5,443,035 Method of milking | 15 | 1993 | |
| 5,970,910 Method of milking an animal and a milking machine | 5 | 1998 | |
| 6,164,242 Method of regulating the vacuum level in a milking apparatus, and a milking apparatus | 7 | 1999 | |
| 6,601,535 Method and apparatus for detecting liner slips | 1 | 2002 | |
| 7,159,538 Teat cup take off | 2 | 2002 | |
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| 5,284,180 Controlling vacuum level with a two-level vacuum system controller and adjustable speed drive | 19 | 1992 | |
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| 6,990,924 Controller for monitoring and controlling pulsators in a milking system | 1 | 2003 | |
| 7,051,673 Pulsator controller for monitoring and controlling a designated pulsator in a milking system and method of using same | 1 | 2004 | |
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| 6,494,163 Vacuum control system | 4 | 2000 | |
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| 4,922,855 Milking machine | 16 | 1988 | |
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| 5,218,924 Milking system with variable pressure source | 39 | 1992 | |
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| 5,860,388 Vacuum regulator | 18 | 1996 | |
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| 4,572,104 Method of milking | 17 | 1985 | |
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| 4,211,184 Milking | 7 | 1978 | |
| 2010/0121,263 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELICITING MILK FORM MAMMALS | 2 | 2008 | |
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