Double-gripper for the application of teat cups to an animal to be milked, rinse cup for this and milking machine provided therewith, and a method for milking
This invention is related to a double grab, its rinsing cup and milking machine provided therewith, and the method for automatically applying teat cups to the teats of an udder of an animal to be milked. Milking machines use an arm to which a grab is attached. Such a grab applies a teat cup to a teat of an udder of an animal to be milked. In practice, a teat cup is picked up by a grab and most often is brought towards the udder from the side of the animal. With the use of a sensor, detector, camera or any other means of assistance, the position of the separate teat is determined, possibly in combination with identification data from a database of a milking machine with respect to the respective animal. Subsequently, the teat cup is connected. For that, each teat cup is separately positioned with requires a relatively large number of movements in space of the grab with respect to the animal. The double grab according to the invention includes: - a first housing part provided with a first magnet designed to hold a first teat cup； - a second housing part, installed substantially in a horizontal plane next to the first housing part, provided with a second magnet designed to hold a second teat cup； - whereby each housing part is provided with separate pivoting means that can be activated and is designed to make the related housing part pivot around a pivoting axis which in use, extends substantially in a horizontal direction, substantially in a widthwise direction of the arm, improving the prior art systems and methods.
