Patent ID: 7162971

Claim:
A milk conveyer device for a milking arrangement including a milk storage reservoir; at least one milking unit comprising: a milking attachment for attaching to an animal to be milked; a main milk conduit, coupled to the milking attachment and the milk storage reservoir, for conveying milk from the milking attachment to the storage reservoir; the milk conveyer device further comprising: an analysis element for analyzing at least one selected characteristic of an analysis milk sample generated from a milk analysis quantity of milk; at least one milk sample unit comprising a sample element for extracting sample milk quantities from the milk of the main milk conduit; a sample reservoir coupled to the sample element for collecting the sample milk quantities to generate the milk analysis quantity; an analysis conduit, coupled to the sample reservoir and operable to be coupled to the analysis element, for conveying the milk analysis quantity from the sample reservoir to the analysis element; wherein at least part of the milk analysis quantity is the only liquid in the milk conveyer device which provides a cleaning effect of at least the analysis conduit between two consecutive milking operations in a batch, thereby reducing residues of a previous milk analysis quantity conveyed to the analysis element through the analysis conduit.