Patent ID: 7168391
Filing Date: 2007-01-30
Classification: A01J,B01L,G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A milk sampling apparatus used with an automated milking system, said apparatus comprising a cassette wherein milk sample collecting elements are placed, and at least one filling member capable of being placed above a selected one of said milk sample collecting elements by a positioning system, and capable of bringing a milk sample, representatively taken from milk yielded during a milking of an animal by said automated milking system, into said selected one of said milk sample collecting elements, wherein said positioning system comprises an arm extending in a first direction in a plane above said milk sample collecting elements and being movable in a second direction in said plane, said first and second directions being orthogonal; a first runner holding said filling member and being movable along said arm; and first and second drives, wherein said first drive is effective to move said arm in said second direction in response to a first provided signal value or a first provided number of pulses and said second drive is effective to move said first runner along said arm in response to a second provided signal value or a second provided number of pulses to position said filling member above said selected one of said milk sample collecting elements.