APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING FIRST PORTIONS OF MILK Russian patent published in 2000 - IPC

FIELD: agriculture. SUBSTANCE: apparatus for separate milking and collecting of first portions of milk has casing with supplying and discharge branch pipes and milk receiving chamber disposed inside casing and made in the form of hollow spherical shell mounted within casing on spindle on U-shaped frame. Inlet funnel is mounted inside spherical shell, which is provided with outlet opening disposed opposite inlet funnel. Outlet opening is provided with stopper having hollow semicircular section inside it. When stopper is inserted into outlet opening, its semicircular section adheres along perimeter to milk receiving chamber surface below inlet funnel. Such construction allows manual operations for collecting first portions of milk to be eliminated. EFFECT: increased efficiency and simplified construction. 3 cl, 2 dwg