Patent ID: 7063043
Filing Date: 2006-06-20
Classification: A01J

Abstract:
1. A milk flow device adapted to be positioned between a milk claw and a pipe line comprising a conduit positioned between a milk claw and a pipe line for transporting in a selected direction and at a selected slope so as to enable gravity to assist a continuous milk flow varying in height up to a maximum height to be transported within said conduit and wherein said maximum height is less than the height which would occlude said conduit; a first sensor having a predetermined cross-sectional area defining an opening for passing a milk flow therethrough and being located at a predetermined location in said conduit, said predetermined cross-sectional area being greater than the cross-sectional area of a milk flow passing therethrough for determining the height of a selected section of the continuous milk flow at said predetermined location as a function of said predetermined cross-sectional area enclosed by the selected section of a continuous milk flow at said predetermined location and the conductivity of milk; and a second sensor having a cross-sectional area substantially equal to the cross-sectional area of the first sensor and being spaced in said conduit in said selected direction and a known distance from first sensor for determining the height of said selected section of the continuous milk flow at said known distance as a function of said predetermined cross-sectional area enclosed by the selected section of said continuous milk flow at said known distance and the conductivity of milk.