US 6,981,466 B2 | ||
Milking | ||
Leif Lindholm, Rönninge (Sweden) | ||
Assigned to Delaval Holding AB, Tumba (Sweden) | ||
Filed on Jan. 26, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/764,948. | ||
Claims priority of application No. 03250605 (EP), filed on Jan. 31, 2003. | ||
Prior Publication US 2004/0168644 A1, Sep. 02, 2004 | ||
Int. Cl. A01J 5/00 (2006.01); A01J 9/00 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 119—14.02 | 57 Claims |
25. A milk metering apparatus comprising a metering chamber into which milk from an udder of an animal is delivered in the course of milking the animal, the metering chamber having a milk inlet and a milk outlet for repeated filling and emptying of the metering chamber during the milking procedure, the number of filling and emptying cycles being counted for determination of the milk quantity, and a sampling duct communicating with the interior of the metering chamber and defining an auxiliary milk outlet for separate removal of milk samples from the metering chamber during respective filling and emptying cycles. |