Milk sampling apparatus and method
CA 2404397 A1 · Owner: Delaval Holding Ab · Inventors: Gudmundsson, Mats; Mellberg, Sten
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The present invention refers to a milk sampling apparatus for use with a processor controlled milking system (61) said apparatus comprising a cassette , (7) wherein milk sample collecting elements (9) are placed and at least one , filling member (27) capable of being placed above a selected one of said milk sample collecting elements (9) by means of a positioning system and capable , of bringing a milk sample representatively taken from milk yielded during the milking of an animal by means of said processor controlled milking system into said selected one of said milk sample collecting elements (9). The apparatus further comprises processing means (33) arranged for two-way …
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- Filed March 28, 2001. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended March 28, 2021.
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