EP2207413A1 - Dispositif et procédé pour nettoyer des mamelles d'animaux - Google Patents

Dispositif et procédé pour nettoyer des mamelles d'animaux

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EP2207413A1
EP2207413A1 EP08844217A EP08844217A EP2207413A1 EP 2207413 A1 EP2207413 A1 EP 2207413A1 EP 08844217 A EP08844217 A EP 08844217A EP 08844217 A EP08844217 A EP 08844217A EP 2207413 A1 EP2207413 A1 EP 2207413A1
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Prior art keywords
cleaning
cleaning means
treatment
teats
arrangement according
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Jan Eriksson
Gert Danneker
Thomas Axelsson
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DeLaval Holding AB
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01J—MANUFACTURE OF DAIRY PRODUCTS
    • A01J7/00—Accessories for milking machines or devices
    • A01J7/04—Accessories for milking machines or devices for treatment of udders or teats, e.g. for cleaning

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  • the present invention relates to an arrangement and a method for cleaning teats of animals.
  • the arrangement comprises cleaning means adapted to perform a cleaning treatment of teats of animals when the cleaning means is in a cleaning position.
  • the teats can be cleaned by means of mechanical cleaning means such as rollers, brushes, belts, sponges, cloths or the like having a cleaning surface which together with a cleaning liquid performs a cleaning treatment of the teats.
  • the teats can also be cleaned by means of a teat-cleaning cup in which a cleaning liquid is supplied to a teat.
  • dirt and bacteria can be remained on the surface of the cleaning means after a cleaning treatment of a milking animal. Consequently, there is a risk that the teats of a following milking animal which is cleaned by the cleaning means will not be cleaned in a desired manner.
  • bacteria from an inflamed teat of an animal are transferred to the teats of a following animal via the cleaning means.
  • EP 0 535 754 shows an implement for milking of animals.
  • the implement comprises cleaning means in the form of rollers adapted to clean the teats of animals by means of a robot arm. After use, the robot arm moves the rollers to a box-like housing in which they are subjected to a cleaning treatment by means of two spray elements before they are used again for cleaning the teats of a following animal.
  • a careful cleaning treatment of the rollers takes a relatively long time. Since the cleaning process of the teats of a following animal can not start before the cleaning treatment of the rollers has been finished, the implement has only capacity to clean the teats of a relatively small number of animals per unit of time.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide an arrangement allowing a cleaning process of teats of animals with a set of cleaning means guaranteed free from dirt and bacteria at the same time as the arrangement has capacity to clean the teats of a large number of animals per unit of time.
  • the arrangement comprises at least two sets of cleaning means and it has a design that makes it possible to perform a restoring treatment of a used set of cleaning means or an exchange of a used set of cleaning means or a part of it in a service position at the same time as it performs a cleaning treatment of the teats of an animal by means of another set of cleaning means in the cleaning position.
  • the used set of cleaning means is restored in the service position.
  • the used set of cleaning means or a part of it is exchanged in the service position and replaced by a new one. An operator may perform the exchange of the used set of cleaning means or a part of it manually.
  • a set of cleaning means is obtained in the service position guaranteed free from dirt and bacteria from preceding cleaning treatments.
  • the use of at least two sets of cleaning means makes it possible to restore or exchange a used set of cleaning means at the same time as another set of cleaning means cleans the teats of an animal. Thereby, it is possible to always have the use of a clean set of cleaning means. In this case, it is possible to substantially immediately start a new cleaning treatment of the teats of a following animal as soon as a cleaning treatment has ended.
  • Such an arrangement has capacity to clean the teats of animals substantially continuously. Consequently, the arrangement has capacity to clean the teats of a large number of animals per unit of time.
  • the arrangement comprises restoring means adapted to carry out a restoring treatment of a used set of cleaning means in one or several service positions.
  • suitable restoring means it is possible to restore a used set of cleaning means to a state as good as new.
  • the set of cleaning means for a large number of high quality cleaning treatments.
  • the restoring means comprises a washing unit adapted to perform a washing treatment of a used set of cleaning means.
  • the washing unit may use water and a suitable detergent for cleaning the used set of cleaning means.
  • the restoring means may comprise a drying unit adapted to perform a drying treatment of the washed set of cleaning means. Thereby, it is possible to move a clean and dry set of cleaning means to the cleaning position.
  • the restoring treatment may comprise a bactericidal unit adapted to perform a bactericidal treatment of a used set of cleaning means.
  • a bactericidal treatment of the used set of cleaning means bacteria will not be transferred from the teats of an inflamed animal to the teats of a following animal.
  • the arrangement comprises exchanging means adapted to exchange a used set of cleaning means or a part of it in one or several service positions.
  • the set of cleaning means or said part of it may be a throwaway article. In such a case, the cleaning treatment of the teats is always performed by a new and not before used set of cleaning means.
  • a used set of cleaning means or a part of it may be restored in a removed state.
  • the arrangement may comprise a positioning device adapted to move a set of cleaning means between the cleaning position and the service position.
  • the positioning device may be a suitable movable mechanism having capacity to hold and move the set of cleaning means between said positions.
  • the positioning device may comprise an element adapted to hold at least one set of cleaning means in a service position and the exchanging means may comprise dismounting means adapted to dismount used set of cleaning means or a part of them from the element in the service position.
  • the dismounting means may comprise a mechanism which removes a used set of cleaning means or part of it from the positioning device and delivers it to a container or the like preferably located in the vicinity of the positioning device.
  • the exchanging means may comprise mounting means adapted to mount a clean set of cleaning means or a part of it on the element of the positioning device.
  • the dismounting means may comprise a mechanism which fetches a clean set of cleaning means or a part of it from a storing device and mounts it on the positioning device.
  • a suitably designed robot arm may consist both the dismounting means and the mounting means.
  • the arrangement comprises liquid supplying means for supplying a cleaning liquid to the set of cleaning means before and/or when it is in the cleaning position.
  • the cleaning liquid may be water mixed with a suitable detergent.
  • the set of cleaning means may have a cleaning surface adapted to be in contact with the teats during a cleaning process. The mechanical action of the cleaning surface and the action of the cleaning liquid result in an effective cleaning of the teats.
  • Each set of cleaning means may comprise at least one rotatable roller.
  • a rotatable roller is a useful tool for cleaning the teats of an animal. It is also easy to restore or exchange a cleaning surface of a roller.
  • a set of cleaning means comprises at least two rollers which are rotatably arranged in opposite directions.
  • the above-mentioned object is also obtained by the method comprising the steps of using at least two sets of the cleaning means and performing a restoring treatment of a used set of cleaning means or an exchange of a used set of cleaning means or a part of it in a service position at the same time as a cleaning treatment of the teats of an animal is performed by means of another set of cleaning means in a cleaning position.
  • the use of several sets of cleaning means makes it possible to perform a service treatment of a used set of cleaning means at the same time as another set of cleaning means cleans the teats of an animal. It is thereby always possible to move a clean set of cleaning means to the cleaning position as soon as the teats of an animal has to be cleaned.
  • Fig. 1 shows a first embodiment of an arrangement for cleaning teats of cows
  • Fig. 2 shows the arrangement in Fig. 1 from the above and Fig. 3 shows a second embodiment of an arrangement for cleaning teats of cows.
  • the Figs 1 and 2 show an arrangement for automatic cleaning of teats of cows 1 .
  • the arrangement here comprises a part of a walking path 2 for the cows 1 which ends in a not disclosed milking station.
  • a cabinet like structure 5 is arranged on one side of the walking path 2.
  • the cabinet like structure 5 contains a rotatable unit 6 having a cylindrical shape.
  • Several extensible elements 7 are arranged in different positions around the peripheral surface of the cylindrical unit 6. In this case, each extensible element 7 supports one set of cleaning means.
  • Each set of cleaning means comprises two rotatable rollers 8.
  • a detecting member 10 is adapted to detect when a cow 1 reaches a specific position in relation to the cabinet like structure 5.
  • the detecting member 10 can also be adapted to detect the identity of the cow.
  • the control unit 1 1 may be a computer or the like containing a suitable software adapted to control the cleaning arrangement.
  • the control unit 1 1 is adapted to control the rotary motion of the rotatable unit 6 and the extension motion of the extensible elements 7.
  • the extensible elements 7 are adapted to move a set of rollers 8 from a front service position on the cylindrical unit 6 to a cleaning position in which the rollers 8 come in contact with the teats of the cow 1 .
  • the control unit 1 1 starts the rollers 8.
  • the length of the extensible elements 7 are reduced such that the used set of rollers 8 is moved back to the front service position on the cylindrical unit 6.
  • the cylindrical unit 6 rotates a predetermined angle such that a new set of rollers 8 enters the front service position.
  • the cylindrical unit 6 is here provided with six sets of rollers 8 mounted around its peripheral surface. Consequently, when one set of rollers 8 is in a cleaning position the remaining five sets of rollers 8 are in different service positions around the peripheral surface of the cylindrical unit 6.
  • the cabinet like structure 5 comprises restoring means for carrying out a restoring treatment of used sets of the rollers 8 in one or several of the service positions.
  • the restoring means comprises a schematically disclosed washing unit 12 adapted to perform a washing treatment of used sets of rollers 8. Dirt and particles on the cleaning surfaces of the sets of rollers 8 are removed in an effective manner during the washing treatment.
  • the restoring means also comprises a schematically disclosed drying unit 13 adapted to perform a drying treatment of washed sets of rollers 8.
  • the restoring means comprises a schematically disclosed bactericidal unit 14 adapted to perform a bactericidal treatment of the sets of rollers 8.
  • the bactericidal unit 14 can comprise a source of ultraviolet rays, a heating source or a source of ozone or combinations of these.
  • the cleaning surfaces of the roller 8 are completely clean from dirt and bacteria when they have passed through all the units 12, 13, 14. Consequently, the teats of a cow cleaned by the arrangement do not risk coming in contact with dirt or bacteria from previously cleaned cows.
  • Fig 3 shows an alternative embodiment of the arrangement.
  • the arrangement comprises exchanging means adapted to exchange a part 8a of the sets of rollers 8 including the cleaning surface.
  • the arrangement comprises schematically disclosed dismounting means 15a adapted to dismount used roller parts 8a from roller bodies 8b each supported on an extensible element 7.
  • the dismounting means 15a places the removed roller parts 8a in a container 16.
  • the arrangement also comprises schematically disclosed mounting means 15b adapted to fetch new roller parts 8a from a storing device 17 and to mount them on free roller bodies 8b.
  • the dismounting of used roller parts 8a and mounting of new roller parts 8a can be performed in one or several service positions.
  • the arrangement performs a cleaning treatment of the teats of cows 1 with sets of rollers 8 having cleaning surfaces, which is completely free from dirt and bacteria from the teats of previously treated cows.
  • a robot arm may consist both the dismounting means 15a and the mounting means 15b. It is also possible that an operator manually dismounts used roller parts 8a from the roller bodies 8b and/or mounts new roller parts 8a on roller bodies 8b. It is certainly possible to remove the whole set of rollers 8 after use and replace it by new set of rollers having a clean cleaning surface.
  • the invention is not limited to the described embodiments but may be varied and modified freely within the scope of the claims. It is certainly possible to use other kinds of sets of cleaning means than sets of rollers for cleaning the teats such as sets of brushes, sets of belts, sets of sponges, sets of cloths and sets of teat cleaning cups.

Abstract

L'invention porte sur un dispositif et sur un procédé pour nettoyer des mamelles d'animaux (1). Le dispositif comprend des moyens de nettoyage (8) aptes à effectuer un traitement de nettoyage de mamelles d'animaux (1) lorsque les moyens de nettoyage sont dans une position de nettoyage. Le dispositif comprend au moins deux ensembles de moyens de nettoyage (8), et il a une configuration qui permet d'effectuer un traitement de remise en état d'un ensemble usagé de moyens de nettoyage (8) ou un remplacement d'un ensemble usagé de moyens de nettoyage (8) ou d'une partie de celui-ci dans une position d'entretien en même temps qu'il effectue un traitement de nettoyage des mamelles d'un animal (1) à l'aide d'un autre ensemble de moyens de nettoyage (8) dans la position de nettoyage.
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