Patent ID: 6814027
Filing Date: 2004-11-09
Classification: A01J,A01K

Abstract:
A milker detacher for use on a rotary milking parlor that has a rotating platform and a plurality of cow stalls on the rotating platform in which cows can stand while being milked, the milker detacher comprising:a housing mounted on the rotating platform; a retracting mechanism joined to the housing; a support arm joined to the housing for movement between a milking position and a storage position; a detacher chain operatively joined to the retracting mechanism for movement between an extended position and a retracted position, the detacher chain having a length sufficient to suspend a milker unit at an elevation below the rotating platform when the chain is in the extended position; and a hub operatively disposed between the retracting mechanism and the support arm, the hub having an axis of rotation when moving between the milking position and the storage position and the support arm is joined to the hub at a 45Â° angle to the axis.