Patent ID: 7793614
Filing Date: 2010-09-14
Classification: A01J

Abstract:
1. A method for cleaning in an automated milking system including a plurality of teat cups, each teat cup being connected to a respective milk line and attached to the teats of a milking animal during milking, the milking system configured to supply a vacuum to the respective milk lines to draw milk from the teats of the milking animal, the method comprising: removing milk or other residues present in the teat cups by flushing each of the teat cups with a cleaning fluid supplied via a first supply line; evacuating cleaning fluid from each of the teat cups or from the first supply line; and disinfecting at least one of the teat cups by exposing the at least one teat cup to steam, the evacuating cleaning fluid being performed prior to the disinfecting at least one of the teat cups.