PREVENTIVE MOUTHPIECE FOR MILKING UNITS Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC A01J7/04 A01J5/06 

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to agriculture and in particular to cattle breeding. The suggested preventive mouthpiece includes a moisture absorber and disinfectant dissolving in waste water and droppings of a farm. The single-use moisture absorber is made in a cylinder crimp shape, it is elastic, with an accidented surface that imitates the shape, size and hardness of the youngster's tongue receptors. It has the ability to absorb moisture, fat, sweat, dirt that appear on the dug surface. It is able to wind itself into a ring during the storage and to roll up on the test-feeding chamber when it is inserted into the teat cup. The mouthpiece can stretch thus covering the dug from the minimum dug diameter to the maximum one for the specific dam species of the mammals. The length of the mouthpiece lies within the dug length that is determined by Rules for selection of the cows before machine milking, but it must not exceed the length of the teat-cup shell.

EFFECT: improvement of the obtained milk quality, maintenance of the animal's health, lowering of the efforts necessary for maintenance of the milking units.

1 dwg, 5 dwg