Patent ID: 9222533
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: A01K,F16D

Abstract:
1. An emergency stop device for automatically stopping a rotating rotary platform ( 1 ) in a milking parlour by the emergency stop device detecting when a person enters into a detecting area and emergency stopping the rotating rotary platform to avoid a risk of the person being squeezed between a moving edge portion of the platform and a stationary component located beside the edge portion of the platform, in combination with the rotary platform, the emergency stop device comprising: a detecting unit located on a stationary floor surface in the detecting area, the detecting area being located beside an edge portion of the platform at an upstream distance from the stationary component with reference to a rotary direction of the platform, the detecting unit initiating an emergency stop of the rotating platform when the detecting unit detects the person entering into the detecting area by the person hitting the detecting unit, the upstream distance being longer than an estimated stopping distance of the edge portion when the detecting unit emergency stops the rotating platform, wherein the stationary component is one of a group consisting of a teat-cup storing device, a teat-cup cleaning device, a post element, and a stationary part of a robot, the detecting unit comprising a stationary unit ( wherein the outer casing (