Patent ID: 6463877
Filing Date: 2002-10-15
Classification: A01J

Abstract:
An apparatus for automatically milking animals, which comprises a milking compartment, a milking robot having at least one robot arm, said robot arm comprising a teat cup carrier which carries a teat cup at its end, said teat cup being connected to said teat cup carrier by a retracting member which retracts said teat cup to said teat cup carrier when said teat cup is disconnected from a teat of an animal being milked in said milking compartment, and upwardly extending transport means which interconnects an upper aspect of said teat cup with an upper aspect of a side of said milking compartment, said transport means serving the function of maintaining said teat cup in a substantially upright disposition when said teat cup is disconnected from a teat and is retracted to said teat cup carrier by said retracting member.