Patent ID: 7827933
Filing Date: 2010-11-09
Classification: A01J

Abstract:
1. A combination of a teat cup and a flexible milk tube, the flexible milk tube comprising a main duct and a plurality of secondary ducts separated from the main duct, which main and secondary ducts extend substantially in an axial direction of the flexible milk tube for discharging milk from the teat cup and for applying vacuum in the teat cup, and the main duct being confined by a duct wall extending around the main duct and the plurality of secondary ducts being included within the duct wall of the main duct; further comprising a coupling piece for bringing the flexible milk tube into a coupled position with the teat cup, the coupling piece comprising a coupling surface with a main aperture and a plurality of secondary apertures for flow-through connection with a main duct, and a plurality of secondary ducts of the flexible milk tube, respectively, the secondary apertures being distributed around the entire circumference of the main aperture; wherein the combination further comprises secondary pipes, the secondary pipes comprising the secondary apertures and being inserted in the coupled position into the secondary ducts in the vicinity of a proximal end of the flexible milk tube.