GROUP MILK COUNTER FOR MILKING UNITS Russian patent published in 2003 - IPC

FIELD: agriculture. SUBSTANCE: group milk counter has dosing rotor made in the form of cylindrical drum with radial circumferential equally spaced blades defining cylindrical surface of rotation. Drum is located for rotation on spindle inside rectangular sectional casing chamber so that end surface of dosing rotor forms gap with side walls of said chamber. Cylindrical surface of rotation of dosing rotor forms air channels with bottom, cover and end walls of said chamber. Supplying and discharge branch pipes are arranged in air channels so that lower part of their conventional passage is positioned at the level or above lower part of cylindrical drum. Screen is positioned in front of supplying branch pipe so as to define gap with chamber wall. Permanent magnets are circumferentially located in equally spaced relation in end part of cylindrical drum. Sensors fixed in chamber wall are connected to counting device. EFFECT: enhanced reliability in operation, reduced costs and improved safety in operation. 2 cl, 1 dwg