Patent ID: 7921806

Claim:
A teatcup adapted to be attached to a teat of an animal to be milked, comprising: a teatcup part; and a connection part, the teatcup part being disengageably mountable to the connection part, the teatcup part including a shell and a teatcup liner having an upper opening and a lower opening, the teatcup liner forming an inner space for receiving the teat through the upper opening and being provided in the shell in such a way that a pulsation chamber is formed between the teatcup liner and the shell, the connection part including a milk-discharging member for the discharge of milk from the teatcup, and a milk channel arranged to extend between the lower opening of the inner space of the teatcup liner and the milk-discharging member when the teatcup part is mounted to the connection part, wherein the connection part includes a pulse-supplying member for the supply of a pulsating pressure to the pulsation chamber, and a pulse channel, the pulse channel of the connection part extending between the pulsation chamber of the teatcup part and the pulse-supplying member of the connection part when the teatcup part is mounted to the connection part, wherein the connection part has a valve adapted to open and selectively close the milk channel, wherein the pulsation chamber of the teatcup part is accessible via an aperture through the shell, wherein the pulse channel of the connection part connects to the aperture when the teatcup part is mounted to the connection part, and wherein a sealing element is provided at a connection between the aperture and the pulse channel.