Patent ID: 7281493
Filing Date: 2007-10-16
Classification: A01J

Abstract:
1. Device for pneumatically milking a cow, comprising a number of milk extractors, each comprising a teat cup as well as a milk line connected to the lower end of the teat cup, said milk line leading from the teat cup to a collection chamber for discharging the milk from the teat cups, the device being provided with a supply for a cleansing medium to the teat cup for each milk extractor, the supply comprising a supply line having an end portion with discharge end, and each milk extractor being provided with closing means for closing off a passage of the milk extractor at a point in the passage that is at the discharge end of the supply line or at a point in the passage that is further downstream from the teat cups than the discharge end of the supply line, when the cleansing medium has been discharged through the outlet and into the milk extractor, the closing means comprising a reciprocating closing body that can be moved between a position leaving the passage of the milk extractor free and a position closing it off, the closing body being provided with a squirt line forming the end portion with discharge end for the line ensuring the supply of cleansing medium and being positioned to debouch into the milk extractor, when in the closing position.