DEVICE TO PROTECT OPERATOR AGAINST INJURIES DURING SANITARY TREATMENT OF UDDER Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC A01K1/06 

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to agriculture. The proposed device comprises a lower 1 and upper 2 rods, which are hingedly connected to each other and represent a mechanism to fix animal's forelimbs, a lever 18, a fixator 21, elastic elements 11, a stop 22, a spring 15, a rope tensioning device 20, a tensioning compensator. The upper 1 movable rod is made with two bends 6, which are equipped with guides 9, where there are clamping elements 7. The clamping elements 7 are made as a tube 8, coated with elastic elements 11 from the outside 11. Inside the tube 8 there is a rope 12, fixed on a rotary lever 18 and joined with a stop 22. The rope is equipped with a tensioning compensator, which is made as a piston 14, to connect the rope 12 to the stop 22. The clamping elements 7 are also installed on the lower rod 2 in areas of contact with bends 6. The fixator 21 is designed to fix a lever 18 in the specified position.

EFFECT: invention provides for reliable fixation of animal limbs without injuries and pain.

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