Patent ID: 6073580
Filing Date: 2000-06-13
Classification: A01J

Abstract:
An automatic milk sorting device for use in a milking machine, comprising:directional valve means for selectively directing a milk stream into one of a plurality of channels,the directional valve means including a housing provided with a milk inlet, a plurality of milk outlets respectively open to said plurality of channels, and closure means for selectively shutting off the milk outlets, said closure means being shiftable between a first position shutting off a first said milk outlet connected to one of said channels that receives useable milk and a second position shutting off a second said milk outlet connected to a second of said channels that receives unsatisfactory milk, the housing including therein a measurement chamber in fluid communication with the interior of the housing via at least one opening, and said measurement chamber including sensor means for detecting parameter values of the milk, andcontrol means connected to said sensor means for receiving the detected parameter value and to said closure means, wherein said control means, based on the received detected parameter value, selectively positions said closure means so that said closure means shuts off at least one of the first milk outlet or the second milk outlet.