WO2014118607A1 - Structure d'une unité mobile de traite et unité mobile incorporant ladite structure - Google Patents

Structure d'une unité mobile de traite et unité mobile incorporant ladite structure Download PDF

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WO2014118607A1
WO2014118607A1 PCT/IB2013/061371 IB2013061371W WO2014118607A1 WO 2014118607 A1 WO2014118607 A1 WO 2014118607A1 IB 2013061371 W IB2013061371 W IB 2013061371W WO 2014118607 A1 WO2014118607 A1 WO 2014118607A1
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Gabriele Nicolini
Roberto Sicuri
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Interpuls S.P.A.
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01J—MANUFACTURE OF DAIRY PRODUCTS
    • A01J5/00—Milking machines or devices
    • A01J5/007—Monitoring milking processes; Control or regulation of milking machines
    • A01J5/01—Milkmeters; Milk flow sensing devices
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01J—MANUFACTURE OF DAIRY PRODUCTS
    • A01J5/00—Milking machines or devices
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01J—MANUFACTURE OF DAIRY PRODUCTS
    • A01J5/00—Milking machines or devices
    • A01J5/017—Automatic attaching or detaching of clusters
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01J—MANUFACTURE OF DAIRY PRODUCTS
    • A01J5/00—Milking machines or devices
    • A01J5/04—Milking machines or devices with pneumatic manipulation of teats
    • A01J5/047—Vacuum generating means, e.g. by connecting to the air-inlet of a tractor engine
    • A01J5/048—Vacuum regulators

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  • the present invention refers to a structure of a mobile milking unit as well as to a mobile unit incorporating said structure .
  • the invention refers to a structure of mobile milking units and to a mobile milking unit incorporating said structure, said structure and mobile unit being particularly suitable for dairy cattle farming, especially bovine cattle, where tie-stall housing of cattle is employed.
  • Milking apparatuses provided in farms where this philosophy of housing is adopted typically comprise milking lines consisting of vacuum ducts and milk ducts which extend over the entire length of the spaces occupied by the animals to be milked. Points of connection to mobile milking units are arranged with predetermined interaxes on the milk duct. The connection points are generally equipped with faucets or connection couplings capable of being connected to a number of parts necessary for running the milking operations. On the vacuum duct, still at the connection points, there are further provided as many vacuum ports in order to feed vacuum to pulsators and to the assemblies necessary for milking.
  • connection points are usually distributed so as to enable an operator to milk at least a pair of bovines without having to move the milking unit .
  • a typical milking unit suitable for being used in apparatuses of the above-described kind is generally composed of:
  • a milking assembly comprising a set of cups, one for each teat of the animal to be milked, with corresponding liners,
  • a flow meter provided with a shutter, usually arranged between the milking assembly and the milk duct, in such a way as to supply or not to supply vacuum to the milking assembly depending on the position of the shutter,
  • a cylinder for automatic detachment of the milking assembly having the function of physically detaching the milking assembly from the animal once it has been milked, by pulling a rope to which the cylinder is connected,
  • a pulsator usually of electronic type, for imparting the cyclic and alternate motion of opening and closing of the liners, essential for extracting milk from the animal,
  • a multi-channel electrically operated valve usually provided with two channels, having the function of driving respectively and separately said cylinder and flow meter by means of each channel, by alternately connecting said channels to the atmosphere and to the vacuum circuit,
  • control panel which is usually fed electrically by means of branch lines of the main power line extending along the ducts of the milking apparatus, typically associated to the connection points provided on the milk duct.
  • control panel includes the electronic circuits for controlling the electronically controlled valve and the pulsator (if the latter is of electronic type), and comprises a display or indicator lights on which the characteristic data of the milking and, when a milk flow meter is provided, the real-time milked quantity and the total quantity at the end of milking are displayed,
  • a mobile insertion device typically in the form of a gun, which is manually pushed into the faucet attached to the milk duct.
  • the described parts are currently associated to a mobile support equipped with a frame usually consisting of mutually welded stainless steel parts, inclusive of a handle for allowing grabbing and transporting of said support by the operator.
  • Said frame is further usually provided with a hook made of stainless steel and dimensioned so as to allow positioning thereof on the duct forming the milk duct.
  • CH 694 781 shows a vacuum compensation tank having a rectangular shape and enclosing in its inside a pulsator .
  • the operator transports the mobile unit manually by means of the handle provided on the support until he/she positions it in the proximity of a stationary connection point serving for supplying vacuum and power as well as for milked milk inlet port.
  • the described known solution has a number of drawbacks.
  • the metal frame usually made of stainless steel on which the described parts necessary for carrying out the milking operations are mounted must include a set of welded brackets for fixing the parts and the connection elements necessary for effecting both the pneumatic connections for the vacuum and the electric connections, essential for the functioning of the parts.
  • This arrangement leaves the milking unit parts remarkably exposed and accessible, thus creating ideal conditions for retaining external bodies during handling of the unit with consequent risk of damaging the connections, besides being impractical for handling and scarcely hygienic.
  • the frame of stainless steel because of its several branches and connection elements, makes the structure heavy, thus jeopardizing handling thereof, and it is further aesthetically unattractive and gives an impression of instability.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a structure of a mobile milking unit which solves the problem of how to obtain an easily transportable mobile milking unit.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide a structure of the above type which is sturdy and easy to be cleaned .
  • a still further object of the invention is to provide a structure of a mobile milking unit which can be manufactured at low costs and is suitable for large-scale production. It is also convenient to note that in order to obtain good regularity in the milking operation, the pulsator device requires a vacuum source of appropriate capacity and regularity.
  • a vacuum source which has a suitable volume and serves also as vacuum buffer or reserve, is essential for compensating at best the momentary peaks of vacuum consumption that arise during the milking operations. The irregularity of pulsation, indeed, negatively affects the teats of the animal being milked, ailing the animal and jeopardizing its health condition.
  • a not least object of the invention is therefore to provide a supporting structure of a mobile milking unit which allows to obtain more regularity of pulsation.
  • a vacuum reservoir is integrated in the structure, there is defined a corresponding buffer or reservoir useful for making a stabilized continuous vacuum level available to devices requiring to be fed through a pneumatic circuit at a pressure lower than atmospheric pressure, such as the pulsator device and the cylinder, thus causing an optimum profile of the pulsation graph of the pulsator.
  • the stability and continuity of the vacuum level and consequently the milking operator's performance are essentially equal to those obtainable in a milking room provided for farms which adopt free housing.
  • the vacuum reservoir is integrated in the structure, the structure itself and the milking unit that incorporates it are on the whole advantageously compact and light.
  • substantially all the parts required for milking are associated to the supporting structure.
  • the shape and position of the handle section which essentially annul the lateral components of the weight forces acting on the structure, advantageously allow to easily and safely transport the milking unit.
  • a further advantage of the invention results from the extremely compact size as well as from the optimal tidy arrangement of the parts on the structure, allowing to limit the overall dimensions of the milking unit.
  • the compact size is also advantageous for the easement of installation and transport for the operator.
  • the technique of plastics moulding allows to obtain a stiff and light as well as very sturdy structure.
  • FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of the mobile unit according to the invention, associated to a milk duct;
  • FIG. 1 is a rear perspective view of the mobile unit of Figure 1;
  • Figure 3 is a front perspective view of the structure according to the invention.
  • Figure 4 is a rear perspective view of the structure of Figure 3;
  • FIG. 5 is a front perspective view of the structure of Figure 3 incorporating the electronic control unit;
  • FIG. 6 is a rear perspective view of the structure of Figure 3 incorporating a flow meter;
  • - Figure 7 is a side view of the unit of Figure 1 from which some parts have been removed for the sake of more clarity;
  • - Figure 8 is a view of a detail of the unit of Figure 1 from which some parts have been removed for the sake of more clarity;
  • FIG. 9 is a view of a detail of the unit of Figure 1 from which some parts have been removed for the sake of more clarity.
  • the structure 11 is capable of housing at least one device 13 requiring to be fed through a pneumatic circuit at a pressure lower than the atmospheric pressure.
  • Said device 13 can for instance be represented by a pulsator 13a, of electronic or pneumatic type, and by an electronically controlled valve 13b having for instance two channels.
  • the pulsator 13a and the electronically controlled valve 13b will be mounted directly on the structure 11, as will become more clear from the ensuing description.
  • the structure 11 comprises a hollow body 17 wherein there are defined a first supporting section 19, a handle section 21 and a second supporting section 23. Inside said sections 19, 21, 23 there are defined corresponding cavities which will advantageously be in mutual communication so as to define a corresponding reservoir 25. Furthermore, according to the invention the volumes of the cavities of said sections 19, 21, 23 are preferably different from one another and define a single reservoir 25 the capacity of which is given by the sum of said volumes.
  • the first supporting section 19 further comprises an opening 27 associatable to the vacuum circuit of a milking apparatus and said second supporting section 23 comprises an opening 29 associatable to said at least one device. Said openings 27 and 29 will preferably be the only openings through which the reservoir 25 communicates with the outside environment.
  • the second supporting section 23 is further connected to the first supporting section 19 by means of said handle section 21.
  • the first supporting section 19 is preferably defined by a corresponding annular tubular portion which preferably extends in a single plane and which has, in the shown embodiment, an essentially rectangular shape, but in other embodiments can assume different configurations, for instance circular, oval, polygonal.
  • the handle section 21 is defined by a corresponding rectilinear portion, preferably tubular, which extends radially outside the annular tubular portion defining the first supporting section 19.
  • said handle section takes different shapes, for instance a bow ⁇ like shape.
  • the second supporting section 23 is defined by a corresponding rectilinear portion, preferably tubular, which extends transversely with respect to the handle section 21.
  • the two rectilinear tubular portions 21,23 further have their longitudinal axes substantially co-planar and perpendicular.
  • the handle section 21 and the second supporting section 23 confer a substantially T-shaped arrangement to the handle and supporting sections.
  • a fixing plate 31 preferably integral with the body 17 and surrounded by the annular tubular portion, which plate defines a corresponding flat front surface 33a and a flat rear surface 33b to which the parts of the mobile milking unit can be associated.
  • the described arrangement defines, in the fixing plate 31, a recessed seat or niche 35 located substantially at the center of the structure 11 and capable of housing an electronic control unit 37 equipped with a control panel 39a and a switchboard 39b for driving and controlling the milking unit 15.
  • the plate 31 is inclined so that the front surface 33a of the plate itself is directed towards the second supporting section 23, i.e. upwards when the structure 11 is in use, as shown for instance in Figures 1 and 2, so as to make the control panel 39a and the switchboard 39b more easily visible and accessible to the operator.
  • the rear surface 33b of the plate 31 is correspondingly directed downwards when the structure is in use and it allows to secure the parts necessary for obtaining a mobile milking unit.
  • Said parts will preferably be secured to the plate 31 by means of corresponding metal holders obtained from bended stainless steel wire having a cross-section of a few millimeters, for instance 4mm.
  • Said metal holders will in turn be fixed by means of screws to metal inserts arranged associated to or integral with the plate 31.
  • FIG. 11 By way of example and with reference in particular to Figures 4 and 6 there is illustrated an embodiment of the structure 11 according to the invention comprising a flow meter 41 associated to a fixing element or bracket or holder 43 of stainless steel wire, which in turn is fixed by means of a screw 45a to the rear surface 33b of the plate 31 at a metal insert 45b incorporated therein.
  • a pair of upper 47a and lower 47b arms attached to the rear surface 33b of the plate 31 allow to fix, by means of screws 49, the detach cylinder 51 to the body 17 of the structure 11.
  • the cylinder 51 is thus arranged on a plane substantially parallel to the plane on which the structure 11 extends and has its axis substantially aligned to the axis of the handle section 21.
  • the cylinder 51 has a function of protecting the parts that housed on the rear surface 33b of the plate 31 and will be substantially housed between said plate 31 and the cylinder 51.
  • a shaped bracket 53 preferably made from shaped stainless steel wire is provided attached to the lower base of the first supporting section 19 so as to define a V-shaped seat for the cable 55 of the detach cylinder to which, in use, the milking assembly is associated.
  • Said V-shaped seat advantageously defines a stopping seat for the ball 55a which is attached to the cable 55 and onto which the weight of the milking assembly 15 is discharged at the end of milking, when the cable 55 is wound.
  • the ball 55a can be disengaged from the stopping seat by moving the cable 55 in a direction opposite to the bottom of said V-shaped seat 53a i.e. towards the body 17 of the structure 11.
  • the milking assembly hanging from the cable 55 keeps, because of its weight, the center of gravity of the milking unit remarkably below the handle section 21 and axially aligned to said handle section 21, thus conferring remarkable stability to the whole milking unit.
  • this arrangement is of advantage during manual transport of the milking unit by the operator by means of the handle section 21, thanks to the optimal balancing of forces with respect to the axis of the handle section 21 grabbed by the operator.
  • This advantage is achieved mainly thanks to the fact that the handle section 21 grabbed by the operator during transport of the milking unit is above the center of gravity of the milking unit. In this way the weight force directed downwards helps in aligning the structure 11 during its transport, thus eliminating annoying lateral components.
  • At least one projection 57a, 57b which is directed towards the second supporting portion and has the function of supporting the bundle of milk hoses and of the pulsation twin hose, during the transport of the mobile milking unit from a milking place to another.
  • said at least one, preferably two pro ection ( s ) 57a, 57b allows to prevent said hoses from dangerously creeping over the floor during transfer of the mobile milking unit from a place to another.
  • the structure 11 further comprises a hook 59, preferably made from a bended wire of stainless steel, obtained from a pair of parallel wires lowerly fixed to the body of the structure 11 at the second supporting portion 23 and upperly bended so as to define a semicircular end 59a of the hook 59 capable of being supported by a horizontal supporting tube of the milking apparatus, represented for instance by the milk line LT .
  • a hook 59 preferably made from a bended wire of stainless steel, obtained from a pair of parallel wires lowerly fixed to the body of the structure 11 at the second supporting portion 23 and upperly bended so as to define a semicircular end 59a of the hook 59 capable of being supported by a horizontal supporting tube of the milking apparatus, represented for instance by the milk line LT .
  • the structure 11 according to the invention can further comprise preferably a protective cover 61 extending between the body 17 of the structure 11 and the top of the detach cylinder 51.
  • the cover 61 allows to prevent the dirt falling from above from depositing on the parts housed in the structure 11 and located between the plate 31 and the cylinder 51.
  • the opening 27 and the opening 29 are provided at the opposite ends of the body 17.
  • the opening 27 is further preferably equipped with a nipple 27a for the insertion of a rubber hose having at the opposite end a quick push-in coupling for connecting the reservoir 25 to the vacuum line of the milking apparatus.
  • the opening 29 is further preferably equipped with a bayonet-like coupling for hydraulically associating the device 13 so as to feed said device 13 with an adequate reserve of vacuum having constant pressure, this being an essential condition for the optimal functioning in particular of the pulsator 13a.
  • Said bayonet-like coupling further allows advantageously to secure the device 13, for instance represented by the pulsator 13a or the electronically controlled valve 13b, to the second supporting section 23, besides establishing the hydraulic connection for feeding vacuum to said device.
  • the second supporting section is advantageously provided with a pair of said openings 29, numbered 29a, 29b in the figures, having each a corresponding bayonet-like coupling and being capable of being associated to a pulsator 13a and to an electronically controlled valve 13b, respectively.
  • the supporting structure 11 is preferably obtained by using the technique of the blowing of plastics.
  • Said structure 11 made of blown plastics is further preferably made as a single piece.

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L'invention concerne une structure de support (11) d'une unité de traite mobile (15), capable de recevoir au moins un dispositif (13) devant être acheminé à travers un circuit pneumatique à une pression inférieure à la pression atmosphérique, ladite structure (11) comprenant un corps creux (17) dans lequel sont définies une première section de support (19), une section de manche (21) et une seconde section de support (23) reliée à la première section de support (19) au moyen de ladite section de manche (21), les cavités à l'intérieur de chacune desdites sections étant en communication mutuelle et définissant ensemble un réservoir de vide correspondant (25), et ladite première section de support (19) comprenant une ouverture (27) pouvant être associée au circuit de vide d'un appareil de traite, et ladite section de support (23) comprenant une ouverture (29) pouvant être associée audit au moins un dispositif (13).
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