Patent ID: 6565668
Filing Date: 2003-05-20
Classification: A01K,B08B,B25J,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for cleaning animal stalls by means of an automatic cleaning device having a moveable cleaning arm, characterized in that said method comprises the steps of:(a) placing the device in a parking position in which the cleaning arm of the device can reach into a first stall to be cleaned in order to clean said first stall by movement of said arm having a nozzle part with at least one nozzle for a high pressure cleaning fluid; (b) cleaning said first stall through manually operating controls for the movement the device and said cleaning arm and said high pressure cleaning fluid, (c) repeating steps (a) and (b) for each animal stall to be cleaned, programming by recording and storing in a memory provided on a control unit on the cleaning device, signals representing the movements performed by the cleaning device during the cleaning of each stall, and using said stored signals in said memory during a subsequent cleaning of the same stalls as a program for the control unit for automatic guidance of the device and cleaning of the stalls.