Patent ID: 8033247

Claim:
A milker unit backflush system for cleaning a dairy animal milker unit, the backflush system comprising: a main control; a first air supply in fluid communication with the main control; a water supply in fluid communication with the main control; a backflush fluid supply in fluid communication with the main control; a stall control in fluid communication with the first air supply, a second air supply, the water supply, and the backflush fluid supply; a safety valve in fluid communication with the stall control, and the safety valve is in fluid communication with and adjacent to a downstream portion of the milker unit, and the safety valve comprises a backflush piston for movement between a milking position and a backflush position; a dip supply; and a dip applicator; and the safety valve further comprises a dip valve piston in communication with the dip supply and a dip applicator.