Patent ID: 6532893
Filing Date: 2003-03-18
Classification: A01J

Abstract:
A device arranged to carry a set of teatcups arranged to be attached to a respective teat of an animal to be milked, each of the teatcups having a bottom, a side wall and a top, said device comprising:a plurality of flexible conduit members; and a carrying member which is displaceable between at least a first inactive position beside the animal to be milked and a second active milking position and on which the teatcups are mounted via a respective one of said flexible conduit members each including at least a milk conduit and designed to permit a certain movability of the teatcup in relation to the carrying member, wherein each of said conduit members extends upwardly from the carrying member and connects to the side wall of the respective teatcup, wherein each of said conduit members includes a first portion extending substantially vertically upwardly from the carrying member at least when the carrying member is in the second active milking position, and wherein each of said conduit members further includes a second portion extending essentially horizontally to a respective teatcup at least when the carrying member is in the second active milking position and the teatcup in question is attached to a teat and wherein the second portion connects to the teat cup at an upper half of the teat cup and wherein the teatcup is orientated upwardly when the carrying member is in the inactive position.