Patent ID: 9554551
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: A01J,B08B

Claim:
1. A cleaning unit for cleaning at least one head section of a milking cup, the cleaning unit comprising; a wall having a corrugated wall section defining an opening and at least partially defining a chamber with a substantially circular cross section; a sealing element at least partially defining the opening in the wall section; wherein the chamber has a bottom with a plurality of spacers and at least one inlet for a cleaning liquid, and a section of the sealing element is elastic in the circumferential direction of the chamber, and wherein the corrugated wall section and the sealing element are deformable to receive at least a portion of a teat rubber head section so that a bottom end face of the teat rubber head section rests on the plurality of spacers; and an element projecting from the bottom of the chamber and disposed substantially concentrically to a longitudinal axis of the chamber, wherein the element has a channel extending in a longitudinal direction inside the element and in fluid communication with the inlet, a first outlet and a second outlet axially spaced apart from one another and in fluid communication with the channel, so that the chamber can receive at least a portion of the teat rubber head section and the element is configured to project at least partially into the teat rubber head section, and wherein the first outlet of the element is situated below the bottom end face of the teat rubber head section and configured to eject the cleaning liquid toward an exterior surface of the teat rubber head section, and the second outlet of the element is positioned above the bottom end face of the teat rubber head section and configured to eject the cleaning liquid toward the inner surface of the teat rubber head section when the bottom end face of the teat rubber head section rests on the plurality of spacers.