Patent ID: 7861669
Filing Date: 2011-01-04
Classification: A01J

Abstract:
1. A milking machine, comprising: at least a first teat cup having a teat cup shell and a teat cup liner, said teat cup liner includes a lower end connected to a milking vacuum source for drawing milk from a milking animal, and a top end forming a space and an teat entrance in which a teat of the milking animal is to be introduced, said teat cup liner further includes an inlet to said space connected to a vacuum source, wherein a control device controls vacuum in said space in accordance to a milking criteria of said milking animal, and said milking machine includes a vacuum difference measuring device, provided to measure a vacuum difference between the lower end of said teat cup liner and said space, and the milking machine adjusts the vacuum in said space during milking according to at least said measured vacuum difference.