Patent ID: 7637228

Claim:
A milk hose for connecting a milk collecting piece to a teat cup in an automatic milking plant, comprising: a first end area adapted to be fixed to a connection element of the teat cup; a second end area adapted to be fixed to a connection element of the milk collecting piece; at least said second end area comprising: an impact-absorbing area comprising elongate impact-absorbing elements running longitudinally on said milk hose, each of said elongate impact-absorbing elements having a central axis taken in cross-section transverse to said milk hose and defined as the centerline of that portion of the elongate impact-absorbing element extending from the surface of the milk hose, wherein said central axis is inclined relative to a respective radial direction normal to the surface of the second end area at the location of the respective impact absorbing element; and wherein the elongate impact-absorbing elements are oriented such that a first section of each element forms a first inclination angle with respect to a normal vector to the surface of the second end and a second section of each element forms a second inclination angle with respect to the normal vector to the surface of the second end, the inclination angle varying continuously from the first section to the second section.