Milking machine
Granted 28 Sep 2010 · no office action yet
Assignee: GEA Farm Technologies GmbH
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Inventors: Thomas Grüter, Markus Auburger, Thomas Rohring · Examiner: Susan Moon Lee · AU 2917 · TC 2900
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1 parts›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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