TEAT CUP Russian patent published in 2018 - IPC A01J5/08 

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to agriculture, in particular to teat cups for automated milking systems. Teat cup contains an outer shell made of a rigid material, a teat chamber located in the cavity of the outer shell, and fittings of a vacuum and pneumatic system in the lower zone of the outer shell. Teat chamber is made of a light-conductive flexible material. Upper and lower inserts are installed in the cavity between the shell and the teat chamber. Upper insert consists of ring modules, each of which contains compact optical radiation emitters placed with gaps to each other and connected to an electrical circuit with a common electrical lead. Emitters of the upper module are oriented towards the udder. Emitters below the located modules are oriented in the teat cavity. Emitters of the bottom insert modules are installed in the milk output area and are connected to the electrical circuit with a different electrical lead. In the outer shell, fittings are made, through which the electrical leads of the modules of the upper and lower inserts pass.

EFFECT: structure of the teat cup is simplified.

4 cl, 3 dwg