Patent ID: 6213052
Filing Date: 2001-04-10
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A device for automatic milking of animals with a milking robot, comprising:at least two milking stalls each provided with a movable entrance gate, a movable exit gate and first spurring means for driving milked animals out of the milking stalls, with a passageway located along the entrance gate and the exit gate of the milking stalls for connecting the milking stalls with a waiting area and an accommodation area; anda control preventing entry of animals to be milked from the waiting area to the passageway as long as milked animals are present in the passageway,wherein the passageway is provided with second spurring means for spurring milked animals to walk to the accommodation area,wherein the control is provided with timing means for activating the second spurring means after a pre-set duration of time, andwherein the second spurring means is located along one side of the passageway and is movable in a longitudinal direction in the passageway to urge milked animals present in the passageway toward the accommodation area.