Patent ID: 8393295
Filing Date: 2013-03-12
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A system, comprising: a first wall positioned substantially parallel to a second wall, a first end of the first wall and a first end of the second wall defining an entrance to a milking platform entrance lane; a flare wall having a first end coupled to a second end of the second wall, the flare wall extending outwardly from the second wall at an angle with respect to the second wall, wherein a second end of the flare wall and a second end of the first wall define an exit from the milking platform entrance lane permitting dairy cows passing through the milking platform entrance lane to enter one or more stalls of an adjacent rotary milking platform having a first direction of rotation and a second direction of rotation; a first gate coupled to the second end of the first wall, the first gate positioned substantially parallel to a first stall of the one or more stalls of the adjacent rotary milking platform; a second gate coupled to the second end of the flare wall, the second gate positioned substantially parallel to a second stall of the one or more stalls of the adjacent rotary milking platform, the second gate operating independently from the first gate; a first actuator coupled to the first gate, the first actuator impeding deflection of the first gate; and a second actuator and a third actuator each coupled to the second gate, the second and third actuators impeding deflection of the second gate.