| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| D431889 |
Hopper for granulated materials |
October 10, 2000 |
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| 7473323 |
Method and apparatus for cleaning a milk line system |
January 6, 2009 |
| A method and apparatus for cleaning and disinfecting a milk line system and for determining the extent to which a milk line system is rinsed with a cleaning fluid, whereby in one or more places in the milk line system the electric conductivity if the cleaning fluid is determined. More in |
| 6443093 |
Method and apparatus for automatically feeding animals |
September 3, 2002 |
| A method and apparatus for automatically feeding calves and other animals a substance comprising milk, mother's milk, foremilk, beestings, beestingslike milk, or colostrums or a combination thereof by conveying same from a first animal to a second animal via an automatic milking mach |
| 6230636 |
Agricultural machine |
May 15, 2001 |
| Disclosed is a cultivator mounted to roll about a horizontal axis transverse to the direction of travel of the machine in combination with a hopper. The cultivator and hopper are mounted on a frame which is adapted to be connected to a three-point hitch of a tractor. The cultivator is |
| 6209485 |
Method of automatically milking animals and a fully automatic milking machine suitable for perfo |
April 3, 2001 |
| A method and apparatus for automatically milking animals which are allowed individually to visit a milking compartment associated with a milking robot for automatically milking animals therein. An animal visiting the milking compartment is milked by the milking robot only when, since it |
| 6164051 |
Machine combination, a rake and pick-up and displacing member, as well as a method |
December 26, 2000 |
| A racking, pickup and windrowing implement for moving crop lying on the ground laterally which includes a first machine comprising rake wheels that rotate about substantially vertical axes and move the crop inwardly where it is picked up by a pick-up implement and conveyed to a displacin |
| 6155204 |
Apparatus for and a method of cleaning an animal's teats and foremilking |
December 5, 2000 |
| An apparatus for milking animals comprising a milking compartment including a milking robot for automatically connecting and disconnecting teat cups from the animal's teats and for automatically milking the animal. Embodiments of cleaning members for automatically cleaning the teats of |
| 6142098 |
Teat cup and a milking robot comprising same |
November 7, 2000 |
| At least part of the length of a teat cup for milking the teat of an animal is flexible or deformable or both. The teat cup is mounted on a robot arm in a fully automated milking system so as to be releasably retained on the robot arm in a fixed, predetermined orientation relative theret |
| 6118118 |
Sensor apparatus and method to scan separate overlapping space volumes to locate object therein |
September 12, 2000 |
| A sensor apparatus for determining the position of the teat of an animal to be milked present in a space relative to the sensor apparatus. The sensor apparatus is provided with two transmitter elements which are affixed to a housing and produce a ray or beam of rays received by a directi |
| 6109012 |
Hay-making machine |
August 29, 2000 |
| A hay-making machine comprising motor-driven working members which rotate about upwardly orientated shafts. The working members are divided into three groups arranged in rows extending transversely to the direction of travel of the machine. A central group is at the rear of the machine a |
| 6079359 |
Implement for automatically milking animals |
June 27, 2000 |
| An apparatus for automatically milking animals, such as cows, which comprises a rinsing circuit for cleaning milk and cleaning lines in the apparatus. The rinsing circuit includes a rinsing fluid tank, a cleaning member for cleaning the teats and udders of animals milked by the appar |
| 6038030 |
Method of establishing the presence of specific substances in milk as well as an implement for a |
March 14, 2000 |
| A method and apparatus for detecting the presence of specific substances, such as contaminates, in milk from individual animals obtained at consecutive milkings. With the aid of a color sensor measuring system, the intensity of frequency bands of selected colors (red, yellow and blue) ar |
| 5957081 |
Automatic milking and milk cooling apparatus |
September 28, 1999 |
| An Apparatus for automatically milking animals, such as cows, by a milking robot which is connected to a refrigerated milk reservoir and controlled by a computer system. After emptying and cleaning the milk reservoir, cooling of the reservoir is automatically activated when the computer |
| 5881669 |
Method of automatically milking animals and an implement for applying same |
March 16, 1999 |
| An apparatus and method for rinsing and cleaning lines in which milk has flowed in a system for automatically milking animals. The circuit includes a tank for heating water, receiving hot or cold water or a regulated mixture thereof and receiving selectively acid or alkali cleaning agent |
| 5845469 |
Mowing machine with automatic adjusting mechanism |
December 8, 1998 |
| A mowing machine comprising a mowing unit, a crushing member and an adjusting mechanism, by means of which one or more crushing parameters can be adjusted. At least one sensor is provided, by means of which the extent to which the crushing member is loaded during operation is recorded. T |
| 5816192 |
Feed wagon |
October 6, 1998 |
| A feed wagon for feeding silage or concentrate, or both, to animals, such as cows, which comprises automatically operated loading and unloading mechanisms. The wagon selectively automatically loads silage at ground level at two slot silos and silage or concentrate at a standing silo. It |
| 5769025 |
Milking apparatus |
June 23, 1998 |
| A milking apparatus comprising a circulation line in a milk circuit which includes a bulk milk tank, and a pump for circulating milk around the circuit including through the tank and through the circulation line. There are one or more milking compartments for automatically milking animal |
| 5769023 |
Construction including an implement for automatically milking animals |
June 23, 1998 |
| An apparatus including an implement for milking animals such as cows in one or more milking compartments, having at least one automatic feeding system, and at least one animal identification system, both connected to a computer. During the milking of the animal, a quantity of fodder whic |
| 5704311 |
Method and apparatus for automatically milking animals |
January 6, 1998 |
| In a method of automatically milking animals, such as cows, the milk obtained from each udder quarter is discharged through separate milk lines to a collector element. When the milk flow from one or more udder quarters has decreased to less than a threshold value, the vacuum in the teat |
| 5651329 |
Method of automatically milking animals and an implement for applying same |
July 29, 1997 |
| In a method of automatically milking animals, such as cows, use is made of teat cups, each of which is provided with a liner made of a flexible material, by means of which the teat space of a teat cup is separated from the pulsation space. During milking, a pulsating vacuum stimulating t |
