Patent ID: 9686958
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: A01J

Claim:
1. A method for preparing for and initiating a milking process on a dairy animal teat that is disposed in a teat cup and liner, the method in sequence comprising: prior to milking a dairy animal, providing a teat cup and a liner disposed at least partially within the teat cup; placing a teat of the dairy animal within the liner; closing the liner off from a good milk line; applying a teat sanitizer to the teat; directing air into the liner to force at least some of the teat sanitizer toward the teat and a first milk line connected to the liner; pulsating the liner at a first pulsation rate to distribute the teat sanitizer about the teat; directing a rinsing fluid into the first milk line; directing the teat sanitizer, the air, and the rinsing fluid through the first milk line to a waste milk line; pulsating the liner at a second pulsation rate to draw good milk from the teat; closing the liner off from the waste milk line; opening the liner to the good milk line; and directing the good milk to the good milk line.