Patent ID: 8397671
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: A01J

Abstract:
1. A milking device for milking an animal, the milking device comprising: a plurality of vacuum generators that are operatively connected to the animal and which are driven by a fluid under overpressure; at least two teat cups operatively connected to the vacuum generators, the at least two teat cups each having a peripheral teat cup wall having therein a teat liner comprising a teat space in which a teat can be placed, and between the teat liner and the teat cup wall a teat cup space; a compressor provided with at least one pressure conduit which supplies air under overpressure at the teat cup, wherein the vacuum generators are provided with an inlet which is connected to the pressure conduit, a flow channel provided with a restriction, an outlet for letting air out of the vacuum generators, and a reduced pressure connection which has an opening in the flow channel between the inlet and the outlet in the restriction and in the teat cup space, in such a way that, when compressed air is passed through the vacuum generators, a vacuum is produced in the teat cup space so a teat received in the teat liner is opened and milk is able to flow.