Patent ID: 8349091

Claim:
A teat cup cleaning device comprising: a heating chamber, provided with a discharge which is closable by means of a pressure-relief valve, and arranged for connection to at least one teat cup; a filling device for filling the heating chamber with an amount of cleaning liquid to be heated; a heating arrangement, arranged to heat the contents of the heating chamber to a pressure greater than ambient pressure and to a temperature T higher than the boiling point Tk of the cleaning liquid at ambient pressure; a connecting line between a liquid supply and the discharge; wherein the heating arrangement comprises a control device which is arranged to control the valve in order to keep the valve closed if temperature T is not reached, and to open the valve once the temperature T has been reached, and wherein at least part of the cleaning fluid is in a liquid state when the valve is opened; and wherein the valve is controllable by a teat cup to be cleaned.