CN100475028C - Milking apparatus and method for use thereof - Google Patents
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An apparatus is for gripping the teat of an animal assisting in drawing milk. The apparatus includes housing and more than one constricting element arranged in the housing so that the constricting elements, which are operable in both constricting and non-constricting modes, periodically constrict the teat. The apparatus further includes means for switching the constricting elements back and forth between non-constricting and constricting modes. The apparatus includes a controller in communication with the means for switching, which in accordance with a predetermined timing and spatial sequence controls the periodic switching of the constricting elements from constricting to non-constricting modes and vice-versa. A system including such a gripping apparatus for drawing milk from the teat of an animal is also taught. Similarly, a method for milking an animal which imitates hand milking and does not employ a vacuum system is described.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of device, system and method for milking for ruminant.
Background technology
The existing machine of milking tends to reproduce the physical effect that immature mammal sucks at mother's nipple place.Immature mammiferous face forms the space of sealing at the base portion of mother's nipple, produces pressure below atmospheric pressure in mouth.Pressure differential in the milk flowing pipe that immature mammiferous face is interior and mother's nipple is interior forces the sphincter of nipple to be opened, and causes milk to flow out.
The existing machine of milking generally tends to utilize vacuum machine to reproduce the effect of sucking animal.Above-mentioned vacuum device links to each other with teat cup, and this teat cup is installed on the nipple of lactescent animal.This teat cup is subjected to being become by atmospheric pressure the pressure of subatmospheric variation, thereby periodically opens the sphincter of nipple, causes milk to flow out from it.
More particularly, traditional automatic milking machine uses the teat cup device of imitation by the sucking action of sucking animal employing.Typical teat cup device comprises the hard shell or the cup of hollow, and elongation, tubular inflation flexible, with resilience, described shell or cup are connected with the vacuum tube that can shrink, this tubular inflation is also referred to as " liner ", described tubular inflation is installed in the described shell, and links to each other with constant vacuum source.Because described shell is connected with the vacuum tube that can shrink, the pressure in the annular chamber that is formed by described shell and described tubular inflation can and be lower than alternately variation between the atmospheric pressure at atmospheric pressure.The constant vacuum that is applied to tubular inflation is from animal nipple sucking-off milk.Simultaneously, externally the pressure in the toroidal cavity alternately changes and has caused the wall of described tubular inflation periodically inwardly to subside.This subsiding caused massage effect to nipple.
Before the machine that occurs milking, over thousands of years, people's milking method by hand extract milk from lactescent mammiferous breast.In the manual milking process, when nipple was full of milk, shown in Figure 1A, the hand of milker was usually from breast, with thumb and forefinger or near the position that nipple is connected with the breast nipple of holding with a firm grip.Like this, milk can not flow back into breast from nipple.Shown in Figure 1B, milker then is held in remaining finger on the nipple, until all pushing nipple, shown in Fig. 1 C.This holding with a firm grip is by from the top of nipple to the bottom in sequence, therefore, milk is extruded into the bottom from the top of nipple and extrudes.The nipple sky after, unclamp hand, nipple is refilled by the milk of breast.Then, repeat above-mentioned milking the cycle.
Use the bail of vacuum method to have problems.Use vacuum method usually can cause hemorrhage, the inflammation and the infection of nipple.Use vacuum method also can cause the sphincteral damage of nipple.Use vacuum method, when pressure returns to atmospheric pressure, the phenomenon of the milk of animal mamma as raw material pain from nipple refluence delaactation room can occur causing, this does not expect.In addition, the cost height of vacuum bail.Based on the reason of these and other, the milking machine of developing a kind of reliably alternative milking system based on vacuum is favourable.
" the compressing " of using in the upper and lower literary composition of this paper, " compressing ", speech such as " compacting parts " also comprises the notion of compression.Same, listed term etc. also comprises part and whole compress and/or compress.Use to " compressing " and " compression " or other similar derivative words is not distinguished.
" animal " of using in the upper and lower literary composition of this paper, " mammal ", " ruminant " these speech are not intended to difference, but mutual alternative.These speech are meant entirely: the organism of the work of milk can be provided, that is, and mammal, the ruminant of typically raising and train.
Summary of the invention
The purpose of this invention is to provide a kind of device that is used to lactescent ruminant to milk, system and method, it is lower to physiological harmful side effect that the lactation animal is caused.
Another object of the present invention provides a kind of device of milking, system and method, the amount of milking that it can improve the speed of milking and once milk.
Another object of the present invention provides a kind of ratio bail based on the milking machine cheapness of vacuum at present commonly used.
On the one hand, the invention provides a kind of device, this device clamps the nipple of animal and extrudes milk by compressible milk collector.Described device comprises shell and more than one compacting part, described compacting part is arranged in the described shell.Described compacting part contacts with described milk collector, and can be chosen in and compress or the down operation of non-impaction state.This device also comprises switching device shifter, this switching device shifter can optionally make described compacting part non-compress and impaction state between switch back and forth.This device also comprises the controller that links to each other with described switching device shifter.This controller is in compacting part and compresses or non-impaction state in order to switch described compacting part according to predefined time and sequence period ground, thereby the nipple of compression animal is extruded milk.
In a specific embodiment, above-mentioned compacting part can be the bag shape parts of inflatable, and switching device shifter can be pneumatic means, as air compressor with by the pneumatic air valve of above-mentioned controller function.
In another embodiment, above-mentioned compacting part can be several movably rings to complementation.Each removable ring to complementation comprises first ring and second ring, and each encircles asymmetricly around being arranged on around the milk collector, and nipple is inserted in the described milk collector.And when second ring in the described complementary ring that starts by when the opposite direction of the moving direction of first ring of ring being moved with this, will compress nipple.When compacting part was several movably ring to complementation, described switching device shifter can be based on the switched system of cam mechanism.
In certain embodiments, above-mentioned shell can be a cylindrical shape.
On the other hand, the invention provides a kind of for the system of milking of animals.This system comprises the device that at least one clamps the nipple of animal and extrude milk by compressible milk collector.Described device comprises shell and more than one compacting part, described compacting part is arranged in the described shell and contacts with described milk collector.Described compacting part can be chosen in and compress or the operation down of non-impaction state.This device also comprises switching device shifter, this switching device shifter can optionally make described compacting part non-compress and impaction state between switch back and forth.This device also comprises the controller that links to each other with described switching device shifter.This controller is in compacting part and compresses or non-impaction state in order to switch described compacting part according to predefined time and sequence period ground.Said system also comprises the claw type device that can collect milk, and this claw type device communicates with above-mentioned milk collector, and collects the milk of milk collector inner accumulated.This claw type device is provided with ventilation hole, in order to keep the atmospheric pressure at nipple place.The present invention also comprises suction generating device, and it is sucking-off milk from the claw type device, also comprises the collection container that communicates with suction generating device, collects the milk that flows out from the claw type device.
In one embodiment, the compacting part of the device in the said system can be the bag shape parts of inflatable, and switching device shifter can be pneumatic means, for example air compressor and by the pneumatic air valve of controller function.
In another embodiment of system of the present invention, the compacting part of described device can be several movably rings to complementation.Each removable ring to complementation comprises first ring and second ring, and each encircles asymmetricly around being arranged on around the milk collector, and nipple is inserted in the described milk collector.When starting, second ring in the described complementary ring is by along moving the opposite direction of the moving direction of first ring of ring with this, thus the compression nipple.When compacting part was several movably ring to complementation, described switching device shifter can be based on the switched system of cam mechanism.
In some embodiment of said system, the shell of described bail is a cylindrical shape.
On the other hand, the invention provides a kind of for the method for milking of animals.This method comprises the steps: the nipple of animal is put in the compressible milk collector; Compress nipple at breast and nipple connecting portion bit position near animal; Compress the remainder of nipple according to preset time and spatial order; Milk in the nipple all flows out the back decontrols the nipple that compresses, thereby makes nipple return to its non-impaction state, and the milk of outflow flows in the milk collector; Repeat above-mentionedly to compress and loosen step, up to the end-of-job of milking.
In another embodiment of described method, the described step that compresses the nipple remainder comprises along the direction away from breast, compresses the various piece of nipple according to predetermined order, and it is compacted until all parts of nipple that various piece is in compacted state.The predetermined order that compresses the nipple various piece can be a linear precedence, and wherein, each part is compacted after its a preceding part is compacted.
In another embodiment of said method, described relieving step comprises all parts of decontroling compacted nipple simultaneously.
In an embodiment of said method, the described step that compresses the nipple remainder comprises along the direction away from breast, compress the various piece of nipple according to predetermined order, it is only compacted to next part that each part is in compacted state, and described next part is the part from breast vicinity far away.
In another embodiment of said method, described relieving step comprises, nipple after compacted away from the contiguous part of the next one of the direction of breast, decontrol the compacted part of nipple.In this embodiment, this relieving step comprises that also the milk in the nipple is decontroled on the nipple from breast compacted part farthest after being extracted only substantially.
On the other hand, the invention provides second kind of milking method.This second kind of milking method comprises the steps: the nipple of animal is placed in the compressible milk collector, and further nipple and milk collector placed clamping device; Start the part of clamping device, thereby compress on the nipple from nipple and the nearest part of breast connecting place; Start the remainder of clamping device, thereby begin on nipple according to preset time and spatial order, to compress the remainder of nipple from the nipple from breast part farthest near the position of breast; Milk in the nipple is decontroled compacted nipple, thereby is made nipple return to not compressed state after all flowing out, and the milk that flows out from nipple flows to the milk collector; The step of repeated priming and relieving is up to the end-of-job of milking.
In an embodiment of second method, described clamping device can comprise, along the direction away from animal mamma as raw material, enters into the compacting part of impaction state according to predetermined order individually from non-impaction state.
In another embodiment of above-mentioned second method, described relieving step can be included in after whole compacting parts startups, decontrols whole compacting parts of described clamping device simultaneously, thereby makes whole compacting parts return to non-impaction state by impaction state.
In another embodiment of described second method, the described step that is provided with can comprise that coupling part with breast and nipple places near the step first compacting part of described clamping device, and wherein said first parts are near the parts of animal mamma as raw material.
In another embodiment of described second method, described clamping device can comprise according to predetermined order along the direction away from animal mamma as raw material, enter into the compacting part of impaction state individually from non-impaction state, when all other compacting part of front returns to non-impaction state, each compacting part starts the back at its compacting part that is close to previously and starts along the direction towards breast.The described step that is provided with can also comprise that the coupling part with breast and nipple places near first compacting part of described clamping device, and wherein said first parts are near the parts of animal mamma as raw material.
Another aspect the invention provides and a kind ofly clamps the nipple of animal and extrude the device of milk by compressible milk collector.Described device comprises shell and more than one compacting part, described compacting part is arranged in the described shell and contacts with described milk collector.Described compacting part can be chosen in and compress or the operation down of non-impaction state.This device also comprises switching device shifter, this switching device shifter can optionally make described compacting part non-compress and impaction state between switch back and forth, thereby the nipple of compression animal is extruded milk.
In the present invention embodiment in this respect, described compacting part is the bag shape parts of inflatable, and switching device shifter is pneumatic means, for example air compressor and pneumatic air valve.
In the present invention another embodiment in this respect, described hold down gag is several movably rings to complementation, and switching device shifter is based on the switched system of cam mechanism.Each removable ring to complementation comprises first ring and second ring, each ring is asymmetricly around being arranged on around the nipple, described nipple is inserted in the milk collector, and when second ring in the described complementary ring that starts by when the opposite direction of the moving direction of first ring of ring being moved with this, will compress nipple.
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Figure 1A-Fig. 1 C has represented to be the process of ruminant manual milking;
Fig. 2 A is the schematic diagram according to the milking system of one embodiment of the invention structure;
Fig. 2 B is the local enlarged diagram of milking system shown in Fig. 2 A;
Fig. 3 A is the cutaway view according to the device of one embodiment of the invention structure;
Fig. 3 B-3C is respectively the sectional view and the vertical view of Fig. 3 A shown device;
Fig. 4 A-4D is the schematic illustration of an embodiment of the method for the invention;
Fig. 5 is the curve synoptic diagram of the compression time sequence of expansion used when adopting device shown in Fig. 3 A-3C of method shown in Figure 4;
Fig. 6 A-6D is the different view according to the device of second embodiment structure of the present invention;
Fig. 7 A-7H is as the detailed annotation schematic diagram of the cam mechanism of switching device shifter among the embodiment shown in Fig. 6 A-6D;
Fig. 8 is the schematic diagram according to the system of the structure of the embodiment shown in Fig. 6 A-7H.
Similar parts shown in the figure are with similar labelled notation.
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A kind of device that is used to ruminant to milk (hereinafter being also referred to as " binding clasp " or " clamping device "), system and method have been stated in the present invention's religion.Device of the present invention, system and method do not use vacuum system to produce pressure reduction on the nipple of ruminant and milk are flowed out.And being to use clamping device, the class of operation of described clamping device in the process of milking is similar to the operation of staff.Usually, described binding clasp comprises a plurality of independently compacting parts, and described compacting part centers on the nipple of lactescent animal according to preset time and spatial order and clamps.Usually, but be not limited to, whole compacting parts clamp around nipple and nipple in milk all flow out after, unclamp described compacting part and begin a new sequential clamping circulation.Above-mentioned circulation proceeds to the end-of-job of milking.
In one embodiment of the invention, described independently compacting part is a plurality of pliable and tough, the bag shape parts of hollow, and this bag shape parts pneumatically circulate in expansion and between shrinking.Usually, begin to expand from being positioned at bag shape parts that approach the position that nipple and breast join most, this position that joins is called " nipple-breast connecting portion " at this, and, continue to expand along direction then, thereby the milk in the nipple milk carrier pipe is all extruded away from breast.Described afterwards bag shape parts shrink simultaneously, then reexpansion and contraction circulation.Stoped from the expansion of the nearest bag shape compacting part of breast that milk flows backwards to breast from nipple in the process of milking.
Fig. 2 A is discussed now, and Fig. 2 A shows the schematic diagram that typically is used to the milking system that mammal milks according to embodiment of the invention structure.Fig. 2 B is the local enlarged diagram of milking system shown in Fig. 2 A.This two width of cloth figure then is discussed below together.
Clamping device 10 rings are located at around the flexible milk collector 48, and the nipple (not shown) of ruminant inserts in the milk collector 48.Only see breast 84 among Fig. 2 A and Fig. 2 B.Milk collector 48 is made by the compressible material of the flexibility of waterproof.These materials include but not limited to, silicones and rubber, for example acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber (NBR) or neoprene (polychloroprene).
Contrast Fig. 3 A to Fig. 4 D when clamping device 10 during according to operation as described below, can compress milk collector 48.In operating process, binding clasp 10 clamps the nipple that places the animal in the milk collector 48.For clear, provide the cutaway view of the binding clasp 10 shown in Fig. 2 A and Fig. 2 B.Binding clasp 10 comprises shell 16, and shell 16 further comprises several compacting parts 14A-14C.The number of the compacting part shown in Fig. 2 A and Fig. 2 B is 3, but this quantity is exemplary, is not the qualification to compacting part quantity.
Compacting part 14A-14C is the bag shape parts that the air that is provided by air source 58 with emptying typically is provided periodically.Controller 56 connects and controls three air valves, is typically solenoid valve 60, only shows one of them solenoid valve 60 among Fig. 2 A.Each solenoid valve 60 compresses different among bag shape parts 14A-14C one and communicates with three by carrier pipe 12A-12C respectively.Solenoid valve 60 communicates with air source 58, opens and closes periodically, makes a bag shape parts 14A-14C inflation.
The pressure that is applied on the nipple by compacting part 14A-14C flows in the milk collector 48 milk, and milk flows in the claw type device 46 by tube connector 44.Tube connector 44 can be integrally formed with milk collector 48, and compression pump 52 is extracted the milk in the claw type device 46 out by tube connector 50.The milk of extracting out from pump 52 is introduced into a collection container (not shown) by managing 54.It should be noted that claw type device 46 has the hole 47 that is used for airborne release, thereby prevent to directly act on the nipple (not shown) that places in the milk collector 48 by the pressure that is lower than atmosphere that pump 52 produces.
Fig. 3 A-3C is discussed now, and Fig. 3 A-3C shows the different schematic diagrames according to the binding clasp of milking for ruminant of embodiment of the invention structure, and the label of binding clasp is 10.Fig. 3 A is the stereogram of described binding clasp, and Fig. 3 B is the sectional view of binding clasp shown in Fig. 3 A, and Fig. 3 C is the vertical view of binding clasp shown in Fig. 3 A and Fig. 3 B.This three width of cloth figure then is discussed below together.Binding clasp 10 shown in Fig. 3 A-3C is above in conjunction with the employed exemplary device of the described system of Fig. 2 A-2B.
After the inflation of bag shape parts, the action of the bag shape parts of inflation is held with a firm grip around the nipple of animal the spitting image of staff.Because the external diameter of bag shape parts is limited, so it inwardly expands usually.Each bag shape parts can be regarded a finger of milker as.Bag shape parts 14A-14C links to each other with aerating device (parts 58 shown in Fig. 2 A) by the corresponding transfer tube 12A-12C shown in Fig. 3 A-3C, and wherein, Fig. 3 A-3C only shows the transfer tube 12A-12C of part.Solenoid activated valve (parts 60 shown in Fig. 2 A) determines which bag point that shape compacting part 14A-14C any one in circulation is given inflated by aerating device.This solenoid activated valve is by controller (parts 56 shown in Figure 2) control, and this control system device determines when and inflation of which bag shape compacting part or emptying.In each cycle end, all the gas in the bag shape compacting part is discharged and another circulation beginning.
Flow in the milk collector 48 (shown in Fig. 2 A and Fig. 2 B) by the aperture of bag milk that shape parts 14A-14C pushes that expands from nipple carrier pipe (not shown).Aperture on this nipple places the below of bag shape compacting part 14C bottom usually.The milk that flows out flows to claw type device 46 (shown in Fig. 2 A and Fig. 2 B) and and then flows to (not shown) in the collection container from milk collector 48.
Though the bag shape parts of the hollow of the following discussion shown in Fig. 3 A-3C are three,, those skilled in the art can easily expect, can use more than three, even two bag shape parts.
Usually, and unrestricted, use when being suitable for ox and milking, the size of the cylindrical shell 16 shown in Fig. 3 A-3C, its overall diameter is 56mm, and interior diameter is 30mm, and height is 62mm.
The expandable bag shape compacting part 14A of hollow, 14B can be connected with cylindrical shell 16 in many ways with 14C, preferably as shown in Figure 3A, cylindrical shell 16 can be provided with the division board that is similar to shelf 19 of the normally level that is dispersion shape, bag shape parts 14A, 14B and 14C can disposed thereon and location.
Fig. 4 A-4D now has a talk, Fig. 4 A-4D has described the embodiment process of using method of the clamping device of the milking system shown in top Fig. 2 A-3C, shown in Fig. 4 A-4D, the cylindrical shell 16 of clamping device 10 is cut open a part partly, and bag shape compacting part 14A-14C can more easily see.Similarly, not shown in Fig. 4 A-4D at the tube connector shown in Fig. 2 A-2B 44, so the milk 85 that flows out can more easily be seen.
1, the nipple (not shown) of animal is inserted in the milk collector 48 flexibility, compressible, and further places in the circular cylindrical shell 16 of clamping device 10 (shown in Fig. 4 A).The connecting portion of nipple and breast place usually clamping device 10 bag shape compacting part 14A the top or approach the position at top.At this point, the compacting part 14A-14C unaerated of clamping device 10.
2, Fig. 4 B shows bag shape compacting part 14A and is inflated by aerating device (parts 58 shown in top Fig. 2 A).Air transmits by transfer tube 12A.The bag shape compacting part 14A of inflation holds with a firm grip around the top of nipple, cut off being communicated with of milk flowing pipe (not shown) and breast 84.Milk 85 is begun to flow out by the aperture on the nipple 17.
3, Fig. 4 C shows bag shape compacting part 14B and is inflated by aerating device (parts 58 shown in top Fig. 2 A).Air transmits by transfer tube 12B.After the compacting part 14B inflation, the milk in the milk carrier pipe of nipple is further promoted the milk more than 85 of outflow along nipple.In this stage, bag shape parts 14A also is in swelling state.
4, Fig. 4 D shows bag shape compacting part 14C and is inflated by aerating device (parts 58 shown in top Fig. 2 A).Air transmits by transfer tube 12C.After the compacting part 14C inflation, the milk in the milk carrier pipe of nipple is further promoted and is flowed out nipple along nipple, and the milk 85 of outflow is many more.The milk that keeps being applied in the milk carrier pipe of pressure in nipple on bag shape parts 14A-14C all flows out.
5, the air in the bag of the emptying simultaneously shape compacting part 14A-14C, therefore bag shape compacting part 14A-14C returns to the unaerated state, shown in Fig. 4 A.
6, repeating above-mentioned steps 2 finishes up to the process of milking to step 5.
In another embodiment of said method, after the bag shape compacting part 14A inflation, bag shape compacting part 14B inflation.After the parts 14B inflation, the air in the emptying parts 14A.Then, bag shape compacting part 14C inflation.After parts 14C charges gas, the air in the emptying bag shape compacting part 14B.At last, after milk stops to flow out, the air in the emptying bag shape compacting part 14C, and bag shape compacting part 14A inflates again.Repeating above-mentioned circulation finishes up to the whole process of milking.
The Fig. 5 that has a talk now, Fig. 5 be discussed in conjunction with Fig. 3 A-3C and Fig. 4 A-4D respectively and at the employed compression time of apparatus and method shown in Fig. 3 A-3C and Fig. 4 A-4D and the curve synoptic diagram of sequence of expansion.Can easily understand, time shaft has represented that the cycle is 1 second circulation, and this cycle can be longer or shorter.Usually, and unrestricted, and this cycle is shorter than 1 second.
Institute's marsupial shape compacting part of binding clasp all was in the part of unaerated state during A on the X-axis partly represented to circulate.Curve B is represented the circulation that begins from the preferred point of first bag shape compacting part 14A of the binding clasp 10 shown in Fig. 3 A-3C and Fig. 4 A-4D.In this about 0.35 second position of circulating, solenoid activated valve is opened, and inflate to bag shape compacting part 14A in the air source.Compacting part 14A keeps inflated condition to locate up to about 0.95 second of this circulation.Shown in curve C, the bag shape compacting part 14B of binding clasp 10 is at about 0.55 second position inflation of this circulation, keeps inflated condition to locate up to about 0.95 second of this circulation.At last, shown in curve D, the bag shape compacting part 14C of binding clasp 10 is at about 0.75 second position inflation of this circulation, keep inflated condition to locate up to about 0.95 second of this circulation, at this moment, parts 14C and bag shape compacting part 14A and bag shape compacting part 14B exhaust, in addition, the universal of circulation shown in Figure 5 all is useful for the circulation of any process; The cycle of Fig. 4 A-4D shown device shown in Figure 5 is that 1 second circulation is an example, is not understood to restriction.Same, the time point that each bag shape compacting part begins to expand is an example.For example, the time point that the 14A of parts shown in the curve B begins to expand can early than or be later than in the circulation 0.35 second, and exhaust can early than or be later than in the circulation 0.95 second.
Fig. 6 A-6D that has a talk now is an alternative embodiment of the invention shown in Fig. 6 A-6D.Label is that 200 binding clasp comprises several to ring movably, and every pair of ring forms hold-down ring parts.These rings are made by reinforced plastics or stainless steel usually and its diameter enough makes the nipple of animal freely be inserted in the ring.
As shown in Figure 6A, each ring 214A-214A ' of hold-down ring parts, 214B-214B ' and 214C-214C ' are provided with asymmetricly, that is and, these rings ring prejudicially are located at around the milk collector 248, and the nipple (not shown) of animal is inserted in the milk collector 248.A ring in the every pair of ring, 214A for example, inclined left setting (as shown in the figure), on the contrary, second complementary ring is as 214A ' inclined right setting (as shown in the figure).
Shown in Fig. 6 B, when a pair of ring 214A-214A ' of hold-down ring parts is activated, that is, when entering impaction state, each ring in the parts is moved further on eccentric direction, produces bigger off-centre.Can be easy to find out these asymmetric mobile pressuring actions that produced by Fig. 6 B.As contrast situation among first embodiment of the expandable bag of the use shape compacting part that Fig. 3 A-4D discussed, the first couple of hold-down ring parts 214A-214A ' places as far as possible near the connecting portion bit position of nipple and breast, can prevent that like this milk from flowing to the refluence that occurs the stage that compresses (shown in Fig. 6 B-Fig. 6 D) of nipple and vice-versa from breast.
For clear, Fig. 6 B has only shown complementary hold-down ring parts 214A-214A '.Yet, should remember, other two couples of hold-down ring parts 214B-214B ' shown in Fig. 6 A and 214C-214C ' along away from the direction of breast also along the nipple setting.Each ring in these hold-down ring parts all is eccentric, that is,, be provided with along the nipple y direction is eccentric about to the complementary ring of ring 214A-214A ' from above-mentioned.
The complementation ring of hold-down ring parts to by nearest that of distance nipple and breast connecting portion to ring 214A-214A ' beginning, along by the direction of breast, encircle a pair of complementary the ring by a pair of complementation and start by sequence to nipple aperture 217.This boot sequence is as will be discussed shown in Fig. 6 B-6D.For clear, Fig. 6 B has only shown the hold-down ring parts 214A-214A ' that is in compacted position after a pair of startup.Equally, Fig. 6 C and Fig. 6 D have shown two pairs and the three pairs hold-down ring parts that are in compacted position (state) respectively.The milk that the ring of every pair of skew promotes in the nipple flows out away from breast 284 and by the aperture on the nipple 217.After all hold-down ring parts skews, a pair of ring in each hold-down ring parts returns to their original asymmetric (off-centre) position, as shown in Figure 6A.The milk that is flowed out by breast refills nipple, and repeats the process shown in Fig. 6 B-6D.
Each of hold-down ring parts ring all is centered around the nipple that is contained in the compressible milk collector made by rubber or other compressible material 248 around.Milk collector 248 is collected the milk of being extruded by nipple, according to Fig. 2 A and Fig. 2 B discuss with shown in the similar mode of mode, by the pipe (not shown) milk is transported in the claw type device (not shown) of collecting milk, and from the claw type device to the collection container (not shown).
Hold-down ring parts shown in Fig. 6 A-Fig. 6 D are arranged in the shell (not shown) usually.Its mobile device by machinery drives, and generally is cam driving system, and those skilled in the art can easily construct.This cam driving system can be selected to switch the hold-down ring parts, makes it enter impaction state by non-impaction state or process is opposite.
Fig. 7 A-Fig. 7 H is discussed now, and Fig. 7 A-Fig. 7 H is based on the typical mechanical mobile device of cam drive mechanism.Fig. 7 A and Fig. 7 B are two width of cloth views of the above hold-down ring parts of being discussed in conjunction with Fig. 6 A-Fig. 6 D.Except in this description, each ring comprises pin.Pin on the ring 214A-214A ' is denoted as 264A and 264A '.Same, ring 214B, 214B ', 214C and 214C ' comprise pin 264B, 264B ', 264C and 264C ' respectively.The diameter of above-mentioned pin normally is not limited to, 3mm.These pins help to conduct the power that moves each hold-down ring parts.To continue below to discuss.
Fig. 7 C-Fig. 7 E has shown and has been respectively applied for hold-down ring parts 214A-214A ', three cam 266A-266C of 214B-214B ' and 214C-214C '.Cam 266A-266C comprises different standing part 267A-267C and movable part 265A-265C respectively.The standing part of each cam and the size of movable part and each compacting part are in desired shift position, that is, the amount of movement of impaction state is relevant, as shown in Fig. 6 B-6D.Among the cam 266A, movable part 265A is bigger than standing part 267A; Among the cam 266B, movable part 265B and standing part 267B size are roughly the same; Among the cam 266C, movable part 265C is littler than standing part 267C.
Fig. 7 F and Fig. 7 G now have a talk.Six cam 266A-266C and 266A '-266C ' are separately positioned on pin 272A-272C and the 272A '-272C ', and described pin is integrally formed on the loading plate shown in Fig. 7 F 270.Fig. 7 F also shows recess 274A-274C and 274A '-274C ', and pin 264A-264C and pin 264A '-264C ' shown in Fig. 7 A-7B are installed in the above-mentioned recess.Shown in Fig. 7 G, six cam 266A-266C and 266A '-266C ' are arranged on the loading plate 270.As noted above, each is to cam 266A-266A ', and 266B-266B ' has different movable parts and standing part with 266C-266C ', but the movable part of two a pair of cams is identical with standing part separately.
Fig. 7 H is that cam carrier board 270 is installed in the schematic diagram on hold-down ring parts 214A-214C and the 214A '-214C '.Pin 264A-264C on six rings of three pairs of hold-down ring parts and 264A '-264C ' (preferably with reference to figure 7A-7B) insert curved groove 276A-276C and 276A '-276C ' respectively.Pin 264A-264C and 264A '-264C ' are synchronized with the movement around the groove 276A-276C of cam 266A-266C and 266A '-266C ' and 276A '-276C ' and have produced the periodic displacement that top Fig. 6 A-Fig. 6 D discussed and cause nipple to be compressed and compress.
The Fig. 8 that has a talk now, as shown in Figure 8, controller 296 is electrically connected with motor and gear device by electrical connection wire 298, and the two label of motor and gear device is 294.By the belt 292 that is synchronized with the movement, motor and gear device 294 drive labels are 290 cam mechanism motion.Gone through cam mechanism 290 above, so no longer discuss at this in conjunction with Fig. 7 A-7H.Described controller and other device, motor electric supply installation (not shown) are controlled the beginning of motor together and are stopped, and change the speed of cam mechanism, thus the time of the hold-down ring parts shown in the control chart 6A-6D and the displacement request on the space.Those skilled in the art can easily combine described controller with the embodiment that cooperates Fig. 6 A-7H to be discussed.
The system that comprises the described clamping device of above-mentioned arbitrary embodiment compares with existing vacuum milking system, has following advantage:
1, this system can be as vacuum system, makes nipple hemorrhage and cause the inflammation and the infection of nipple.
2, the sphincter of nipple can not die down as vacuum system.
3, milk can not be back to the misery that breast causes the animal that may cause as vacuum system.
4, milk in the process,,, thereby reduce and eliminated the misery of animal so milk can not flow back to breast because the bottom of nipple was disconnected with being communicated with of breast.
5, the present invention does not use big vacuum machine, and the cost of this system is lower than vacuum system.
6, clamping device of the present invention, system and method is compared with traditional vacuum milking system, has improved the speed of milking, and the milk of extruding is more.A head of cattle is milked with vacuum system, and this system has four teat cup, squeezes 10-15 in six minutes usually and rises milk or every glass of about 0.4-0.6 liter of per minute.Use the system of clamping device of the present invention, each clamps circulation can extrude about 15-60cc milk.Life cycle is the relatively long circulation in 1 second, and the milk that per minute is every glass is 900cc at least, and the process of milking finished in four minutes greatly.
It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the content that illustrates especially and discuss above the invention is not restricted to herein, scope of the present invention is determined by claims.
Claims (36)
1, a kind of device that is used to clamp the nipple of animal and extrudes milk, described device comprise and are used for compressible milk collector that milk is extruded, wherein, further include:
Shell;
A plurality of compacting parts, described compacting part are arranged in the described shell, contact with described milk collector, and described compacting part can be chosen in and compress or the operation down of non-impaction state;
Switching device shifter, this switching device shifter can optionally make described compacting part non-compress and impaction state between switch back and forth; With
With the controller that described switching device shifter links to each other, this controller is in compacting part and compresses or non-impaction state in order to switch described compacting part according to predefined time and sequence period ground, thereby the nipple of compression animal is extruded milk.
2, device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said compacting part are the bag shape parts of inflatable.
3, device as claimed in claim 2, wherein said switching device shifter is a pneumatic means.
4, device as claimed in claim 3, wherein said pneumatic means comprise air compressor and pneumatic air valve, and described valve is by described controller function.
5, device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said compacting part are several movably rings to complementation.
6, device as claimed in claim 5, wherein said switching device shifter is based on the switched system of cam mechanism.
7, device as claimed in claim 5, wherein said each removable ring to complementation comprises first ring and second ring, each ring is asymmetricly around being arranged on around the nipple, described nipple is inserted in the milk collector, and when second ring in the described complementary ring that starts by when the opposite direction of the moving direction of first ring of ring being moved with this, will compress nipple.
8, device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said shell is a cylindrical shape.
9, a kind of is the system of milking of animals, and described system comprises the device that at least one is used to clamp the animal nipple and extrudes milk, and this at least one device includes and is used for compressible milk collector that milk is extruded; Comprise the claw type device of collecting milk, described claw type device communicates with described milk collector, and collects the milk of milk collector inner accumulated, and described claw type device is provided with ventilation hole, to keep the atmospheric pressure at nipple place; Comprise suction generating device, described suction generating device can be from described claw type device sucking-off milk; With the collection container that communicates with described suction generating device, collect the milk that from the claw type device of described collection milk, flows out; Wherein further include:
Shell;
A plurality of compacting parts, described compacting part are arranged in the described shell, contact with described milk collector, and described compacting part can be chosen in and compress or the operation down of non-impaction state;
Switching device shifter, this switching device shifter can optionally make described compacting part non-compress and impaction state between switch back and forth; With
With the controller that described switching device shifter links to each other, this controller is in compacting part and compresses or non-impaction state in order to switch described compacting part according to predefined time and sequence period ground, thereby the nipple of compression animal is extruded milk.
10, system as claimed in claim 9, wherein said compacting part is the bag shape parts of inflatable.
11, system as claimed in claim 10, wherein said switching device shifter is a pneumatic means.
12, system as claimed in claim 11, wherein said pneumatic means comprises air compressor and pneumatic air valve, described valve is by described controller function.
13, system as claimed in claim 9, wherein said compacting part is several movably rings to complementation.
14, system as claimed in claim 13, wherein said switching device shifter is based on the switched system of cam mechanism.
15, system as claimed in claim 13, wherein said each removable ring to complementation comprises first ring and second ring, each ring is asymmetricly around being arranged on around the nipple, described nipple is inserted in the milk collector, and when second ring in the described complementary ring that starts by when the opposite direction of the moving direction of first ring of ring being moved with this, will compress nipple.
16, system as claimed in claim 9, wherein said shell is a cylindrical shape.
17, a kind of is the method for milking of animals, and described method comprises the steps:
The nipple of animal is put in the compressible milk collector;
Compress nipple at breast and nipple connecting portion bit position near animal;
Compress the remainder of nipple according to preset time and spatial order;
Milk in the nipple all flows out the back decontrols the nipple that compresses, and makes nipple return to its non-impaction state, and the milk of outflow flows in the milk collector; With
Repeat the step that compresses and loosen, up to the end-of-job of milking.
18, method as claimed in claim 17, the wherein said step that compresses the nipple remainder comprises along the direction away from breast, compress the various piece of nipple according to predetermined order, it is compacted until all parts of nipple that various piece is in compacted state.
19, method as claimed in claim 18, the wherein said predetermined order that compresses the nipple various piece is a linear precedence, wherein, each part is compacted after its a preceding part is compacted.
20, method as claimed in claim 18, wherein said relieving step comprises all parts of decontroling compacted nipple simultaneously.
21, method as claimed in claim 17, the wherein said step that compresses the nipple remainder comprises along the direction away from breast, compress the various piece of nipple according to predetermined order, it is only compacted to next part that each part is in compacted state, and described next part is the part from breast vicinity far away.
22, method as claimed in claim 21, wherein said relieving step comprise, nipple after compacted away from the contiguous part of the next one of the direction of breast, decontrol the compacted part of nipple.
23, method as claimed in claim 22, wherein said relieving step comprise that also the milk in the nipple is decontroled on the nipple from breast compacted part farthest after being extracted only basically entirely.
24, a kind of milking method, described milking method comprises the steps:
The nipple of animal is placed in the compressible milk collector, then nipple and milk collector are placed clamping device;
Start the part of described clamping device, compress on the nipple from nipple and the nearest part of breast connecting place;
Start the remainder of described clamping device, begin on nipple according to preset time and spatial order, to compress the remainder of nipple near the position of breast from the nipple from breast part farthest;
Milk in the nipple is decontroled compacted nipple after all flowing out, and makes nipple return to its non-impaction state, and the milk that flows out from nipple flows to the milk collector; With
The step that repeats described startup and relieving is up to the end-of-job of milking.
25, method as claimed in claim 24, wherein said clamping device comprise according to predetermined order and to enter into the compacting part of impaction state individually from non-impaction state along the direction away from the animal nipple.
26, method as claimed in claim 25, wherein said relieving step are included in and start after whole compacting parts, decontrol whole compacting parts of described clamping device simultaneously, thereby make whole compacting parts return to non-impaction state by impaction state.
27, method as claimed in claim 25, the wherein said step that is provided with comprises that coupling part with breast and nipple places near the step first compacting part, wherein this first compacting part is near the parts of animal mamma as raw material.
28, method as claimed in claim 24, wherein said clamping device comprises according to predetermined order along the direction away from animal mamma as raw material, enter into the compacting part of impaction state individually from non-impaction state, when whole other compacting parts in front return to non-impaction state, each compacting part starts the back at its compacting part that is close to previously and starts along the direction towards breast.
29, method as claimed in claim 28, the wherein said step that is provided with comprises that coupling part with breast and nipple places near the step first compacting part, wherein this first compacting part is near the parts of animal mamma as raw material.
30, a kind of device that is used to clamp the animal nipple, this device assists milk to flow out in the animal nipple via compressible milk collector, and described device comprises:
Shell;
A plurality of compacting parts, described compacting part are arranged in the described shell, contact with described milk collector, and described compacting part can be chosen in and compress or the operation down of non-impaction state;
Switching device shifter, this switching device shifter can optionally make described compacting part non-compress and impaction state between switch back and forth.
31, device as claimed in claim 30, wherein said compacting part are the bag shape parts of inflatable.
32, device as claimed in claim 31, wherein said switching device shifter is a pneumatic means.
33, device as claimed in claim 32, wherein said pneumatic means comprise air compressor and pneumatic air valve.
34, device as claimed in claim 30, wherein said compacting part are several movably rings to complementation.
35, device as claimed in claim 34, wherein said switching device shifter is based on the switched system of cam mechanism.
36, device as claimed in claim 35, wherein said each removable ring to complementation comprises first ring and second ring, each ring is asymmetricly around being arranged on around the nipple, described nipple is inserted in the milk collector, and when second ring in the described complementary ring that starts by when the opposite direction of the moving direction of first ring of ring being moved with this, will compress nipple.
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