DK169247B1

DK169247B1 - Piped milking unit

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Publication number: DK169247B1
Application number: DK58892A
Authority: DK
Inventors: Joergen Krab
Original assignee: Joergen Krab
Priority date: 1992-05-04
Filing date: 1992-05-04
Publication date: 1994-09-26
Also published as: DK58892D0; DK58892A

Abstract

In a piped milking unit it frequently happens that it is desirable to isolate the milk from certain cows, which carries certain disadvantages. With a simple intermediate coupling unit, which comprises a hand set, especially in the form of a short tubular piece of the same dimension as the milk line, and to which are fitted an ordinary tapping outlet for the milk line, a tubular section from the tapping outlet and with a connection for a hose from the pail, and a tubular section with hose connections at both ends for connection of the second pipe stub in the milk pail lid to the milk line, and a suspension element for suspending the unit, especially in the milk line, it is possible not only to avoid these disadvantages but also to achieve significant advantages. Thus when milking into the pail all the ordinary equipment used in connection with piped milking can now be used. The unit brings significant additional hygiene advantages, since this and the milking pail with lid and associated hoses can be cleaned simultaneously when cleaning the piped milking unit with the ordinary automatic washing machine. In addition, the unit offers the facility for combining milking hose and the doubled vacuum hose in one single hose, either in a common casing or as a single hose, which facilitates hose handling both during the milking and during cleaning, which can furthermore be performed more effectively. <IMAGE>

Description

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Opfindelsen angår et rørmalkeanlæg til kreaturer med to i stalden rundtgående rørledninger, nemlig en vacuumrørledning forbundet til en central vacuumpumpe og en mælkerørledning forbundet til en central mælketank, 5 og med udtag ud for hver kreaturbås for en malkemaskine.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention This invention relates to a livestock milking plant with two piping circuits in the stable, namely a vacuum piping connected to a central vacuum pump and a milk piping connected to a central milk tank, 5 and with outlets for each livestock stall for a milking machine.

Malkningen foregår ved, at malkemaskinen flyttes fra ko til ko og tilsluttes udtagene på vacuum- og mælkeledningen. Mælken suges da via mælkeledningen ud i den centrale mælketank, hvor den blandes med mælken fra de 10 øvrige køer.The milking is done by moving the milking machine from cow to cow and connecting the outlets on the vacuum and milk line. The milk is then sucked into the central milk tank via the milk line, where it is mixed with the milk from the 10 other cows.

I nogle tilfælde ønsker man imidlertid at isolere mælken fra bestemte køer, såsom sygdomsramte køer, køer, hvor der er mistanke om sygdom, køer der lige har kælvet og lignende, så det ikke ledes til rørmalkeanlægget; 15 eller man ønsker at udtage mælk fra bestemte køer til fodring af spædkalve. I så tilfælde malkes mælken i en malkespand ved at forbinde mælkeslangen fra malkemaskinen til en studs på spandens låg, og en slange fra lågets anden studs føres op til rørmalkeanlæggets mælke-20 ledning. Vacuumslangen forbindes på sædvanlig vis, som skulle der malkes til rørmalkeanlægget. Mælken malkes derved ud i malkespanden istedet for til rørmalkeanlæg get. At malke i spand medfører imidlertid nogle konsekvenser, nemlig at man på grund af slangeforløbet ikke 25 kan anvende rørmalkeanlæggets sædvanlige faciliteter, eksempelvis måleudstyr til måling af koens mælkeydelse; istedet skønnes mælkemængden visuelt efter malkningen ved at se i malkespanden, ligesom udstyr til overvågning af malkeprocessen heller ikke kan anvendes. Malkeren må 30 således hele tiden holde øje med den pågældende ko under malkningen. Aftagning og påsætning af slanger og låg kræver fuld opmærksomhed, idet der under ingen omstændigheder må komme skidt i systemet, hvilket der er overhængende risiko for netop i staldmiljøet. Rengøring af 35 rørmalkeanlæg med tilhørende malkemaskiner, slanger etc. foretages automatisk med en særlig rengøringsautomat, DK 169247 B1 2 der gennemskyller hele systemet indvendigt. Malkespand med tilhørende låg og slanger må dog rengøres manuelt.In some cases, however, it is desired to isolate the milk from certain cows, such as sick cows, cows where there is a suspicion of illness, cows that have just calved and the like, so that it is not directed to the tube milking plant; 15 or you want to extract milk from certain cows for feeding baby calves. In that case, the milk is milked in a milk bucket by connecting the milk hose from the milking machine to a plug on the lid of the bucket, and a hose from the second plug of the lid is fed to the milk-pipe system of the tube milking plant. The vacuum hose is connected in the usual manner, which should be milked to the pipe milking plant. The milk is thereby milked out in the milk bin instead of the tube milking plant. However, milking in a bucket has some consequences, namely that, due to the hose process, it is not possible to use the usual facilities of the tube milking plant, such as measuring equipment for measuring the cow's milk performance; instead, the milk quantity is visually estimated after milking by looking in the milk container, just as equipment for monitoring the milking process cannot be used either. Thus, the milker must always keep an eye on the cow in question during milking. Removing and installing hoses and lids requires full attention as no system debris is allowed in the system, which is an imminent risk for the housing environment. Cleaning of 35 pipe milking systems with associated milking machines, hoses etc. is done automatically with a special cleaning machine, DK 169247 B1 2, which flushes the entire system internally. However, milking buckets with associated lids and hoses must be cleaned manually.

Den udvendige rengøring af malkemaskiner med tilhørende slanger og udstyr foretages manuelt, hvor rengøringen af 5 mælkeslange og den dobbelte vacuumslange er særlig problematisk.The external cleaning of milking machines with associated hoses and equipment is done manually, with the cleaning of 5 milk hoses and the double vacuum hose is particularly problematic.

Det er ved nærværende opfindelse indset, at man kan overkomme disse ulemper samtidig med, at det giver mulighed for at samle malkemaskinens mælkeslange og dob-10 belte vacuumslange i en enkelt slange, nemlig ved en simpel mellemkoblingsenhed, der omfatter et håndsæt, hensigtsmæssigt i form af et kort rørstykke i samme dimension som mælkeledningen, og på hvilke der er monteret et sædvanligt udtag for mælkeledningen, et rørstykke 15 fra udtaget og med tilslutning for en slange fra spanden, og et rørstykke med slangetilslutninger i begge ender for forbindelse af den anden studs i malkespandens låg med mælkeledningen, samt et ophæng for ophængning af enheden, fortrinsvis i mælkeledningen.It is recognized by the present invention that these disadvantages can be overcome while allowing the milk hose's milk hose and double belt vacuum hose to be assembled into a single hose, namely by a simple interconnecting unit comprising a handset, conveniently in shape a short piece of pipe in the same dimension as the milk line and on which is mounted a usual outlet for the milk line, a piece of pipe 15 from the outlet and with connection for a hose from the bucket, and a pipe piece with hose connections at both ends for connection of the other studs. in the milk bucket lid with the milk line, and a suspension for hanging the unit, preferably in the milk line.

20 Denne udformning af anlægget medfører betydelige fordele, således kan man ved malkning i spand nu anvende alt det sædvanlige udstyr i forbindelse med rørmalkning. Enheden medfører tillige betydelige hygiejniske fordele, idet denne og malkespanden med låg og tilhørende slan-25 ger kan rengøres samtidig med rengøring af rørmalkean-lægget med den sædvanlige vaskeautomat. Desuden er der med enheden åbnet mulighed for at samle mælkeslange og den dobbelte vacuumslange i en enkelt slange, enten i en fælles kappe eller som en enkelt slange, hvilket letter 30 slangehåndteringen såvel under malkningen som under rengøringen, der ydermere kan udføres mere effektivt.20 This design of the plant brings considerable advantages, so that when milking in bucket all the usual equipment can be used in connection with pipe milking. The unit also provides significant hygienic benefits as this and the milking bin with lids and associated hoses can be cleaned at the same time as cleaning the tube milking system with the usual washing machine. In addition, the device allows the milk hose and the double vacuum hose to be assembled into a single hose, either in a single sheath or as a single hose, facilitating hose handling both during milking and during cleaning, which can further be performed more efficiently.

Opfindelsen skal i det følgendes forklares nærmere under henvisning til det på medfølgende tegning illustrerede udførelseseksempel. På tegningen viser: 35The invention will be explained in more detail below with reference to the embodiment illustrated in the accompanying drawing. The drawing shows: 35

Fig. 1, en mellemkoblingsenhed set i helhed fra DK 169247 B1 3 siden,FIG. 1, an intermediate coupling unit as seen in its entirety from DK 169247 B1 3 ago,

Fig. 2, mellemkoblingsenheden set forfra og med den nederste del opskåret for blotlæggelse af den indvendige rørføring, 5 Fig. 3, kobling af en malkespand til rørmalkeanlæg- get via mellemkoblingsenheden,FIG. 2, the front coupling unit is cut from the front and with the lower part cut open to expose the inner pipe guide; FIG. 3, coupling a milk bucket to the pipe milking system via the intermediate coupling unit,

Fig. 4, samme som i fig. 3, men nu vist med en tilkoblet malkemaskine,FIG. 4, same as in FIG. 3, but now shown with a connected milking machine,

Fig. 5, samme som i fig. 4, men nu vist med et 10 indkoblet mælkemeter, ogFIG. 5, same as in FIG. 4, but now shown with a 10 milk meter switched on, and

Fig, 6, koblingen af malkemaskine, mellemkoblingsenhed og malkespand for rengøring med en sædvanlig vaskeautomat.Fig. 6, the coupling of milking machine, intermediate coupling unit and milking bucket for cleaning with a conventional washing machine.

15 Indledningsvis bemærkes, at der kun er vist de dele af et rørmalkeanlæg, der er nødvendig for forståelse af opfindelsen, ligesom nogle af delene er vist stærkt forenklet. På tegningen er vist en mælkeledning 2, en vacuumledning 4, en mellemkoblingsenhed 6, en malkespand 20 8, en malkemaskine 10 og et mælkemeter 12.Initially, it should be noted that only those parts of a pipe milking system necessary for understanding the invention have been shown, and some of the parts have been shown to be greatly simplified. The drawing shows a milk line 2, a vacuum line 4, an interconnection unit 6, a milk bucket 20 8, a milking machine 10 and a milk meter 12.

Den på tegningens fig. 1 og 2 viste mellemkoblingsenhed til brug ved malkning i spand består af et kort rørstykke 14 i dimension som rørmalkeanlæggets mælkeledning 2. Foroven er rørstykket lukket med en plade 16, 25 der rager bagud, og hvor yderenden er bukket ned, så der dannes en krog 18, hvormed enheden kan hænges op i mælkeledningen. Ved underkanten er der en anden krog 20 beregnet for ophæng af et låg 22 til malkespanden. Bunden af rørstykket er lukket med en bundplade 24. På rørstyk-30 kets overende er der monteret et sædvanligt udtag 26 tilsvarende dem på anlæggets mælkeledning 2. Udtaget står i forbindelse med et rør 28 indeni rørstykket, idet det udmunder på siden af dette udfor udtaget, og hvis anden ende går ud gennem bundpladen som en tilslutnings-35 studs 30 for en mælkeslange. I rørstykkets bund er der yderligere et koblingsrør 32 i form af en U-formet rør- DK 169247 B1 4 bøjning, der med benene sidder ud gennem bunden som to tilslutningsstudse 34, 36 for vacuumslanger. I bunden er der et lille hul, så det visuelt kan konstateres, hvis rørene inden i rørstykket skulle være læk.The FIG. 1 and 2, the intermediate coupling unit for use in milking in a bucket consists of a short pipe piece 14 in dimension as the milk pipe of the pipe milking plant 2. At the top, the pipe piece is closed with a plate 16, 25 which protrudes rearwards and the outer end is bent down to form a hook 18 by which the unit can be hung in the milk line. At the lower edge there is a second hook 20 for hanging a lid 22 for the milking bucket. The bottom of the pipe piece is closed with a base plate 24. On the top of the pipe piece, a usual outlet 26 corresponding to those on the milk pipe of the plant is mounted 2. The outlet communicates with a pipe 28 inside the pipe piece, which opens on the side of the outlet. , and the other end of which extends through the base plate as a connecting tube 30 for a milk hose. In the bottom of the pipe piece there is a further connecting pipe 32 in the form of a U-shaped pipe bend, which with its legs extends out through the bottom as two connecting hoses 34, 36 for vacuum hoses. At the bottom there is a small hole so that it can be visually ascertained if the pipes inside the pipe piece are leaking.

5 På tegningens fig. 3 er det vist, hvorledes en mal kespand 8, der med slanger 38, 40 er forbundet til mellemkoblingen 6, idet slangen 38 er påsat studsen 30 til udtaget 26. Den anden slange 40 er forbundet til rørkoblingens ene studs 34, og fra den anden studs går der en 10 slange 42 op til mælkeledningens udtag 44. Malkespanden er på den måde tilsluttet rørmalkeanlægget, så man umiddelbart kan tilkoble malkemaskinen 10 og malke i spand som vist på fig. 3. Da man ikke ellers, som på traditionel vis, skal skille slangerne ad ved malkning i spand, 15 kan malkmaskinens slanger samles i en enkelt slange 46, f.eks. ved, at en mælkeslange 48 og en dobbelt vacuum-slange 50 samles i et fælles hylster af krympeplast jf. fig. 4. Malkemaskinen 10 kobles på sædvanligvis til et udtag 52 på vacuumledningen 4 og forbindes med en slange 20 54 til mellemkoblingens udtag 26. Ved malkning løber mælken fra malkemaskinen gennem slangen 54 til mellemkoblingens udtag 26, gennem røret 30 og slangen 38 ned i malkespanden. Til forskel fra fig. 3 er slangerne til malkespanden i lighed med slangerne i malkemaskinen 25 samlet i en fælles kappe 56.5 In the drawing FIG. 3, it is shown how a grinding bucket 8 connected with hoses 38, 40 to the intermediate coupling 6, the hose 38 being applied to the socket 30 to the outlet 26. The other hose 40 is connected to one of the studs 34 of the pipe coupling, and from the other bumps, a hose 42 goes up to the milk conduit outlet 44. The milking bucket is thus connected to the tube milking system, so that the milking machine 10 can be immediately connected and milk in bucket as shown in fig. 3. As not otherwise, as in the traditional way, the hoses have to be separated by milking in a bucket, 15 the hoses of the milking machine can be assembled into a single hose 46, e.g. in that a milk hose 48 and a double vacuum hose 50 are assembled in a common shrink wrap, cf. 4. The milking machine 10 is usually coupled to an outlet 52 on the vacuum line 4 and connected to a hose 20 54 to the intermediate coupling outlet 26. Upon milking, the milk runs from the milking machine through the hose 54 to the intermediate coupling 26, through the tube 30 and the hose 38 into the milking bin. Unlike FIG. 3, the hoses for the milking bucket, like the hoses in the milking machine 25, are assembled in a common sheath 56.

Som tidligere forklaret kan man ved opfindelsen anvende alt det sædvanlige udstyr til rørmalkeanlægget.As previously explained, the present invention allows the use of all the usual equipment for the pipe milking plant.

I fig. 5 er det således vist, hvorledes et mælkemeter 12 til måling af mælkeydelsen og til prøvetagning er vist 30 indkoblet. Istedet for til mellemkoblingsenheden kobles slangen 54 fra malkemaskinen til mælkemeteret 12, og herfra føres en slange 58 til mellemkoblingsenheden, således at mælken fra malkemaskinen ledes gennem mælkemeteret, hvilket ikke tidligere har været muligt ved 35 malkning i spand.In FIG. 5, it is thus shown how a milk meter 12 for measuring milk performance and for sampling is shown 30 switched on. Instead of the interconnection unit, the hose 54 is coupled from the milking machine to the milk meter 12, and from here a hose 58 is fed to the interconnecting unit, so that the milk from the milking machine is passed through the milk meter, which has not previously been possible by milking in a bucket.

Som eksempel på en anden facilitet, der kan udnyt- DK 169247 B1 5 tes ved opfindelsen, er rørmalkeanlæggets sædvanlige vaskeautomat. På tegningens fig. 6 er der vist, hvorledes malkespanden med mellemkoblingsenheden er indkoblet ved rengøring. Spanden skal her ligge på siden og 5 bliver under rengøringen gennemskyllet sammen med det øvrige anlæg.As an example of another facility which can be utilized in the invention is the usual washing machine of the pipe milking plant. In the drawing FIG. 6, it is shown how the milking bucket with the intermediate coupling unit is switched on for cleaning. Here the bucket must lie on the side and 5 during the cleaning is flushed with the other system.

Med opfindelsen er der således med et enkelt virkemiddel frembragt en i praktisk arbejde betydelig forbedring af rørmalkeanlæg, idet der ved hver malkning altid 10 er køer, der skal malkes i spand.Thus, with the invention, a simple improvement in pipe milking systems has been achieved with a single tool, with every milking there are always 10 cows to be milked in a bucket.

Claims

1. Cattle milking plant with two piping circuits in the barn, namely a vacuum line (4) connected to a central vacuum pump and a milk line (2) connected to a central milk tank, and with respective outlets for each cattle stall for a milking machine, characterized in that it comprises an intermediate coupling unit (6) for use in milking in bucket (8), comprising a handset on which is mounted a usual milk conduit outlet (26) and with a pipe piece (28) from the outlet for connecting a hose (38) from the bucket, and a coupling tube (32) with hose connections (34, 36) at both ends for connecting the second stud of the milk bucket lid (22) via the coupling tube with the milk line (2), and a suspension ( 18) for hanging the unit, preferably in the milk line.

Milking system according to claim 1, characterized in that the handset is constituted by a pipe piece (14) of the same dimension as the milk line (2), to which the outlet can be mounted immediately.

Milking system according to claim 2, characterized in that the pipe piece (14) is closed at the top with a protruding plate piece, the end of which is bent downwards to form a suspension hook (18).

Milking system according to Claim 2 or 3, characterized in that the bottom of the pipe piece is closed and that the pipe (28) from the outlet (26) is passed out thereto, and where the end constitutes the hose connection (30) and that the coupling pipe ( 32) is bent in a U-shape and the ends are also extended through the bottom and constitute the hose connections (34,36). DK 169247 B1 7

Milking system according to Claim 4, characterized in that the ends (34, 36) of the coupling tube are of equal length, but irrespective of the end (30) of the tube from the outlet (26), which is preferably longer.

Milking system according to claim 4, characterized in that there is a hole in the bottom of the pipe piece (24).

Milking system according to claim 1, characterized in that the intermediate coupling unit (6) has a hook (20) for suspending the lid of the milking bucket.

Milking system according to one of claims 1-7, characterized in that the hoses of the milking machine from the cartridge set (60) are designed as a single hose (46) with three three channels, namely one for the milk and two for vacuum.

Milking system according to claim 8, characterized in that the hose (46) is made up of two separate hoses, namely a milk hose (48) and a double vacuum hose 20 (50) assembled in a common sheath, for example shrink plastic.

Milking system according to one of claims 1-9, characterized in that the hoses from the lid (22) 25 of the milking bucket are designed as a single duct (56) with two channels.