Patent ID: 8540821
Filing Date: 2013-09-24
Classification: A01J

Abstract:
1. Teat cup cleaning device comprising: a pressurizable heating chamber configured to contain a superheated liquid, the pressurizable heating chamber having a discharge outlet and a valve, wherein the valve is configured to close the discharge outlet, and the discharge outlet releases directly into at least one teat cup; a sealing edge for sealing the teat cup cleaning device onto the at least one teat cup a filling device for filling the heating chamber with an amount of cleaning liquid; a gas retention arrangement for maintaining a predetermined quantity of gas within the heating chamber on filling the heating chamber with the amount of cleaning liquid; a valve controlling element, arranged to open the valve; and a heating arrangement for heating the contents of the heating chamber to a predetermined condition having a temperature T higher than a boiling point Tk of the cleaning liquid at ambient pressure such that the liquid is superheated liquid upon opening of the valve of the heating arrangement; wherein valve when opened releases at least the superheated liquid via the discharge outlet into the teat cup.