Patent ID: 8327799

Claim:
An arrangement in a milking station for providing a representative sample of milk from one animal, the arrangement comprising: a receiver ( 3 ), the receiver adapted to contain the milk from the animal being milked during a milking session; milk extracting parts ( 2 , 4 ) connected to the receiver, the milk extracting parts for extracting the milk from the animal to the receiver ( 3 ); a pump ( 5 ) connected to an outlet of the receiver to pump the milk from the receiver; a milk line ( 7 , 11 ) connected to an outlet side of the pump to receive the milk pumped from the receiver; a milk storage tank ( 20 ) having an inlet connected, via the milk line, to the outlet side of the pump; a milk sample unit ( 21 ) having an inlet side connected to the outlet side of the pump; a milk sample line ( 17 ) connecting an outlet side of the sample unit ( 21 ) to the milk line at the outlet side of the pump at a location upstream of the inlet of the milk storage tank; and a circulation line ( 9 ) connected to the outlet side of the pump, the circulation line running back to the receiver to return milk pumped out of the receiver by the pump back to the receiver, wherein the pump ( 5 ) is operative to receive the milk from the receiver and pump the received milk i) to the sample unit, ii) to the milk storage tank, and iii) back to the receiver via the circulation line, the pumping of the milk via the circulation line back to the receiver providing a stirring of the milk in the receiver.