Patent ID: 8408159

Claim:
A portable apparatus for milking animals, operatively carryable by a person, comprising: a) a carrying device, wherein said carrying device comprises a bag or a backpack; b) a vacuum pipeline comprising: i. a power unit including: A. a motor; B. a vacuum pump; and C. a power source comprising a rechargeable battery; ii. a pulsator; c) a milk pipeline and a milk reservoir; and d) a milking claw unit, having one or more teat-cups, wherein said vacuum pump is operatively coupled with said motor; wherein said vacuum pipeline operatively connects said vacuum pump to said one or more teat-cups; wherein said milk pipeline operatively connects said one or more teat-cups to said milk reservoir; wherein said vacuum pump creates a suction force that operatively draws milk from an animal being milked through said one or more teat-cups being respectively attached to one or more teats of said animal; wherein said pulsator operatively regulates said suction force; wherein each of said one or more teat-cups is connected to said pulsator by a first flexible vacuum pipe, thereby said regulated vacuum force can be applied to said one or more teats of said animal; wherein a second flexible vacuum pipe operatively connects said vacuum pump and said milk reservoir, thereby creating partial vacuum in said milk reservoir; and wherein each of said one or more teat-cups is connected to said milk reservoir by a flexible milk pipe, thereby said drawn milk is directed, through said flexible milk pipe, by gravity and by said partial vacuum from each of said one or more teat-cups to said milk reservoir.