MILKING APPARATUS Russian patent published in 2005 - IPC

FIELD: agricultural engineering, in particular, milking equipment.

SUBSTANCE: milking apparatus has teat cups, pulsator, milk claw, milk hose, and vacuum regulator including milk catch with gauged drain opening. Drain opening is made in casing equipped with inlet branch pipe, valve and partition equipped with opening and adapted for dividing casing cavity into upper and lower sections. Milking apparatus has vacuum regulator for regulation of vacuum in cavities between teat cup walls, variable vacuum cavity, and control cavity communicated with lower section of milk catch. Variable vacuum cavity, control cavity and milk catch cavity are separated from one another by means of membranes, which are kinematically connected with one another through rod.

EFFECT: increased effectiveness and improved milking process.

2 cl, 1 dwg