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Teat cup disinfectant system

  • US 4,854,336 A
  • Filed: 07/29/1988
  • Issued: 08/08/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/29/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system for cleaning teat cups in a plurality of individual stalls in a milking parlor comprising:

  • a cleaning solution mixing and supply station;

    means for delivering cleaning solution from said mixing and supply station to each of said stalls, and valve means associated with each stall for controlling the delivery of cleaning solution to each said stall;

    each said stall having a casing mounted on a support, said casing including a plurality of wells for receiving individual teat cups;

    said casing including an upper support plate having an upstanding reinforcing flange thereon, each of said wells comprising a cylindrical cup connected to said support plate through an inverted frustoconical top portion, means defining fluid communication with said valve means for introducing cleaning solution into said well at the bottom thereof, a drain opening in the bottom of each said well, whereby fluid may flow into said wells at a faster rate than it may flow out of said opening for filling said wells and will drain completely from said wells when the flow of incoming fluid is stopped by said valve means.

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