MILKING MANIPULATOR Russian patent published in 1995 - IPC

FIELD: agriculture. SUBSTANCE: manipulator comprises teat cups, pulsator, receiver, pneumatic cylinders for mechanical final milking and for withdrawal of suspended portion of the milking apparatus, pneumatic milk volume transmitter consisting of a movable casing with an additional guide installed on top of a stationary casing with a guide for the switch. The movable casing has a pipe connecting the internal space of said guide through an air hose and a special pipe union with the receiver. The additional guide has the form of a cylinder with an external circular recess and a through hole in the wall. The slide valve switch and its longitudinal channels are extended to the height of the additional guide and the switch surface is provided with a conical slot and a circular recess. The casings are interconnected by flexible members in the form of rubber rings slipped on their pipes and rods which ensures the return of the movable casing from the initial position turned through 90 deg in which air is sucked into the receiver, to the automatic mode position with a variable suction or without air suction depending on the intensity of milk yielding capacity, and provides for free movement of switch in the guides. EFFECT: improved design. 6 cl, 5 dwg