Patent ID: 9422931
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: A01J,F04B,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A milking installation comprising a milk de-aeration unit and a membrane milk pump, the milk pump pumps milk out of the milk de-aeration unit, the milk pump comprising: a tubular housing, a flexible tubular member insertable in said housing and being hermetically sealeable with respect to the housing, and comprising a first and a second open end, a fluid inlet member and a fluid outlet member attachable respectively to the first and second open ends of the tubular member, wherein the inlet member and the outlet member define a one-way flow path through the tubular member, and wherein the housing comprises a connection port for coupling to a source of alternating pressure which during use alternatingly varies the pressure in a space between the housing and the tubular member between a decompression stage in which the tubular member expands and a compression stage in which the tubular member collapses pushing milk out of the tubular member and wherein the flexible tubular member, the fluid inlet member and the fluid outlet member form a unitary subassembly that is removably insertable in said housing.