Patent ID: 6202593
Filing Date: 2001-03-20
Classification: A01J

Abstract:
A rubber teat cup comprising a head member substantially rotationally symmetric with a longitudinal axis, with an aperture for insertion of the teat, a retaining edge to engage over a teat cup sleeve, and a suction stub joined to the head member, an end of the head member opposite the teat insertion aperture merging into the retaining edge, wherein a wall of the head member (3) is stiffened in a region (18) located between the teat insertion aperture (49) and a transition to the retaining edge (8), that the end of the suction stub (4) towards the teat insertion aperture (49) merges into the head member (3) at the level of the stiffened region (18), that at least a portion of a part (19) of the head member (3) located between the stiffened region (18) and the transition to the retaining edge (8, 9) is elastically deformable relative to the stiffened region (18), and that this part (19) of the head member (3) and the end of the suction stub (4) towards the teat insertion aperture together bound a cavity (23) between them.