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Milking machine

Granted 28 Sep 2010 · no office action yet

Application
29/316,884
filed 10 Nov 2009
Publication
Not published
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US D624715
granted 28 Sep 2010

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a side elevational view of…

FIG. 1 is a side elevational view of a milking machine having a design of the invention;

FIG. 2 is a side elevational view of the milking machine with the lever in a raised position;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational side view of the milking machine;

FIG. 4 is a front elevational view of the milking machine with the lever in a raised position;

FIG. 5 is a rear elevational view of the milking machine;

FIG. 6 is a rear elevational view of the milking machine with the lever in a raised position;

FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the milking machine;

FIG. 8 is a bottom view of the milking machine;

FIG. 9 is a top view of the milking machine with its milking cups extending downward;

FIG. 10 is a top view of the milking machine with a lever in a raised position and having two vacuum lines removed with the milking cups extending downward;

FIG. 11 is a top view of the milking machine with the lever in a raised position;

FIG. 12 is a top view of the milking machine with the lever in a raised position and having two vacuum lines removed;

FIG. 13 is a side elevational view of the liner portion of the milking machine shown separately for clarity of illustration;

FIG. 14 is a side elevational view of the milking machine liner of FIG. 13 ;

FIG. 15 is a partial side view of the milking machine liner clamping portion of FIG. 13 ;

FIG. 16 is a partial side view of a clamping portion of the milking machine liner clamping portion;

FIG. 17 is an opposite partial side view of a milking machine liner clamping portion of FIG. 15 ;

FIG. 18 is a side view of a shell connection formed on the milking machine liner;

FIG. 19 is a top view of the milk collection bowl portion of the milking machine shown separately for clarity of illustration;

FIG. 20 is a bottom view of the milk collection bowl of the milking machine;

FIG. 21 is a perspective view of the bottom of the milk collection bowl of the milking machine;

FIG. 22 is a side elevational view of the milk collection bowl;

FIG. 23 is a front elevational view of the milk collection bowl;

FIG. 24 is a rear elevational view of the milk collection bowl;

FIG. 25 is a bottom view of the milk tube clamp portion of the milking machine shown separately for clarity of illustration;

FIG. 26 is a side elevational view of the milk tube clamp of the milking machine;

FIG. 27 is a top view of the milk tube clamp of the milking machine;

FIG. 28 is a side elevational view of the milk tube clamp with the lever in a raised position;

FIG. 29 is front elevational view of a milk tube clamp with the lever in a raised position; and,

FIG. 30 is a rear elevational view of a milk tube clamp with the lever in a raised position.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D30/199

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Susan Moon Lee
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