Patent ID: 9468187
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: A01J

Claim Text:
1. An automatic milking device comprising a device for preventing contamination in milk during a milking session for milking an animal, wherein the milking device comprises a plurality of teat cups configured for attachment to a plurality of teats of the animal to milk the plurality of teats and wherein each teat cup comprises a control valve for connection to a milk collecting vessel for collecting the milk, not being foremilk, wherein the device for preventing contamination comprises: a detector for generating and transmitting a disruption signal as a result of at least one of: detection of premature detachment of a teat cup of the plurality of teat cups during the milking session, and detection of incorrect attachment of a teat cup of the plurality of teat cups during the milking session; and a management system configured to receive the disruption signal, and configured to separate, on the basis of the disruption signal, the milk obtained from the animal during the milking session, not being foremilk, into a first amount of milk and a second amount of milk, wherein the management system is configured to direct the first amount of milk to a first destination, and the second amount of milk to a second destination that is different from the first destination; and wherein the management system is further configured to decide whether the milk of a teat cup will be collected in the first destination or in the second destination; wherein the milking device is configured to reattach the teat cup that during the milking session, has become at least one of detached and attached incorrectly, to the teat during the same milking session, in order to complete the milking of the teat of the animal, and wherein the milking device further comprises a computer programmed with instructions and is thereby configured to continue the milking with the teat cup that has been reattached during the milking session only after the milking process in the other teat cups, that have not become detached and have been attached correctly, has been completed.