Patent ID: 8205574
Filing Date: 2012-06-26
Classification: A01J

Abstract:
1. A teat cup handling device for a robot arm adapted to attach teat cups to teats of a milking animal, wherein in use, the teat cup handling device i) grips teat cups stored in a teat cup storing device, the teat cup storing device being separated and spaced apart from the robot arm, ii) fetches the gripped teat cups from the storing device, and iii) attaches the fetched teat cups to the teats of the milking animal, the teat cup handling device comprising: a first axis ( each holding part ( the contact surface ( wherein each teat cup ( wherein, in use, with the teat cups stored in a storing position in the teat cup storing device with the first end surface ( wherein, in use, in fetching the gripped teat cups from the storing device, the contact surfaces (