A - Human Necessities – 01 – J
Patent
A - Human Necessities
01
J
A01J 5/017 (2006.01) A01K 1/12 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2449246
A milking system comprising a milking stall (1, 51), which an animal may visit to be milked automatically, said milking stall including an animal identifier (9, 53); a gate controller (7, 55) for opening an entry and exit gates (3, 5); a milking machine (11, 57), wherein the teat cups, during milking of a milking animal in said milking stall, are applied to the teats of the milking animal and are connected to vacuum (19, 63) such that milk can be drawn from the milking animal and be collected in the vessel; and a robot (13, 65) provided with a robot arm (21) and a gripper (23) for automatic application of the teat cups to the teats of the animal. The milking system features a master computer (75) adapted to hold a database (77) of milking animals capable of visiting the milking stall, to receive an identification of a milking animal from said animal identifier, and adapted to control the gate controller, the milking machine, and the robot depending on the received identification; wherein the robot includes a slave processor (81), connected to receive information from the master computer, according to which movement of the robot arm of the robot is to be performed, and adapted to control the robot to move the robot arm of the robot according to said received information.
L'invention porte sur un système et procédé de traite comportant une étable de traite (1, 51), ou l'animal pénètre pour être trait automatiquement. Ladite étable comporte: un identificateur d'animaux (9, 53); une commande (7, 55) des portillons d'entrée et de sortie (3, 5); une trayeuse (11, 57), appliquant aux pis de l'animal les gobelets trayeurs qui sont reliés à une dépression (19, 63) faisant passer le lait de l'animal dans une cuve de recueil; un robot (13, 65) muni d'un bras (21) et d'un préhenseur (23) appliquant automatiquement les gobelets aux pis de l'animal. Le système comporte: un ordinateur principal (75) conservant une base de données (77) des animaux à traire, recevant leur identification de l'identificateur d'animaux, et gérant la commande de portillons, la trayeuse et le robot en fonction des identifications reçues. Le robot comporte pour sa part un processeur secondaire (81) recevant de l'ordinateur principal des informations commandant les mouvements du bras du robot en fonction de ces informations.
Oscarsson Mattias
Sjoelund Martin
Borden Ladner Gervais Llp
Delaval Holding Ab
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