Patent ID: 8291860

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a rotatable platform with milking stalls provided on said platform, the platform being a parallel rotary system platform configured for cows to stand in the stalls generally parallel to each other and so as to face radially inward towards a center of rotation of the platform; each said milking stall having a perimeter with a front, a rear and two opposing sides between said front and said rear, the rear providing an entrance and an exit to each said stall; a teat cup magazine provided for each said milking stall, each teat cup magazine movable between a first predefined teat cup storage position and a second predefined teat cup working position; and a movement control system provided with each said milking stall, the movement control system controlling movement of said teat cup magazine relative to said stall between the first predefined teat cup storage position and the second predefined teat cup working position, said movement control system comprising automated parts moving said teat cup magazine i) to said first predefined teat cup storage position upon rotation of said platform between a first position and a second position, said first predefined position corresponding to a position of the teat cup magazine allowing a cow unimpeded access to and from the stall, and ii) to said second predefined teat cup working position upon rotation of said platform between a third position and a fourth position, said second predefined position corresponding to a position of the teat cup magazine prohibiting the cow unimpeded access to and from the stall.