Patent number: 8671884

Milking machine attachment aid

Inventors:

  • Gehm; Lanny
  • Gehm; William

Field of technology: Agriculture

Patent granted on: Tue, 18 Mar 2014

Patent drawing

Abstract

A method of attaching and/or removing a teat cup from an animal with a liner inflatable and deflatable by a pulsator which alternately introduces air and vacuum to a pulsation chamber surrounding the liner. The method comprising the steps of: setting the pulsator to constantly introduce vacuum to the pulsation chamber to open and maintain the liner in an open position for an attachment time period; attaching the teat cup to the animal during the attachment time period; setting the pulsator to alternate between introducing air and vacuum to the pulsation chamber during a milking time period to milk the animal; and removing the teat cup from the animal.