Patent ID: 8117988

Claim:
A rotary parlour for milking of animals, the rotary parlour comprising: a platform ( 3 ) having a surface to support animals ( 1 ) to be milked; a continuously circular rail member ( 10 ) connected to a lower surface of the platform ( 3 ); and a plurality of rolling members ( 11 ) having a wear surface ( 11 ′) in contact with a wear surface ( 10 b ″) of the rail member ( 10 ), wherein, the platform ( 3 ) is rotatably arranged on the rolling members ( 11 ), the rail member ( 10 ) comprises i) a first part ( 10 a , 17 , 18 a , 18 b ) connected to the platform ( 3 ), the first part being continuously circular in plan view on the underside of the platform and including a lower horizontal extension ( 10 a ), ii) a second part ( 10 b , 18 c ) comprising an elongated circular wear strip ( 10 b ) located in vertical alignment with the lower horizontal extension ( 10 a ), the wear strip having an upper wear surface ( 10 b ′) and said lower wear surface ( 10 b ″), the second part being circular in plan view on the underside of the platform, and iii) a connection arranged between said horizontal extension of said first part ( 10 a , 17 , 18 a , 18 b ) of the rail member and said wear strip of said second part ( 10 b , 18 c ) of the rail member, the first part, the second part, and the connection being vertically aligned, said connection adapted to allow vertical angular movements between the first part ( 10 a , 17 , 18 a , 18 b ) and the second part ( 10 b , 18 c ) of the rail member ( 10 ).