JPH08112046A - Teat cup also useful for cleaning teat - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provid a method for raising the pressure of a narrow part and injecting water having oxidation potential into the interior of a teat by equipping a liner part with suction chambers capable of being stuck fast to the neck part of a teat and spraying water having oxidation potential from the bottom of an inner pipe in relation to the action of the suction chambers. CONSTITUTION: This teat cup also useful for cleaning teat comprises a liner 2 to be stuck fast to the upper part of a teat 6, suction chambers 28 and 29 and an engaging part for holding a teat by at least one suction tube 31 connected to a pipe mouth part 12 of the suction chambers. A milking mechanism and a mechanism for spraying water having oxidation potential consist of a delivery pipe 10 opening from a narrow part 11 below a milking wall outward, a scattering member 8 projected from the bottom 13 of the teat cup toward an upper teat mouth 7, a driving device 21 which vertically movably drives a capillary 9 constituting the scattering member 8 and is arranged at the lower part of the teat cup, a control device capable of freely regulating the driving device, etc.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for cleaning the udder of livestock, especially cows. More specifically,
The present invention relates to a tate cup that doubles as a milking tate cup and allows oxidative potential water that is effective for washing the nipple and preventing and treating mastitis to flow into the nipple mouth.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Due to the environment surrounding livestock and the handling of livestock, livestock may be infected with spontaneous infections caused by indigenous bacteria or Pseudomonas aeruginosa. For example, when you are lying down on a dairy cow,
There is a risk that the teat and breast will come into contact with bacterially contaminated grass and feed, and during milking, if the teat and the milking device are not clean, Pseudomonas aeruginosa will infiltrate through the teat mouth and enter the mammary gland into the breast. Get infected. Inadvertently touching the teats of an uninfected dairy cow with fibers or the like wiped from the teats infected with mastitis will cause infection and cause mastitis. When mastitis occurs in a dairy cow, symptoms such as a lump in the udder cause fever, which not only weakens the dairy cow and reduces the amount of milk output, but when inflammation further expands, it cannot be used as a dairy cow and must be abandoned. You will lose money and you will suffer financial loss. Further, when the above-mentioned inflammation is delayed in recovery, milk cannot be milked for a long period of time, which is an immeasurable impact on dairy farming.

To prevent mastitis and clean the teats before and after milking, there is a device for washing with hot water or water or soapy water. For example, JP-A-63-196216
In the publication, at least one hole penetrating from the outside of the outer pipe of the double pipe to the inner pipe is formed in the annular peripheral portion of the flexible inner pipe of the double pipe constituting the Tate cup used for milking. And a pipe is inserted into the bored hole to secure a flow path between the outside of the outer pipe of the double pipe and the milking wall. Disclosed is an apparatus and method for ejecting a cleaning liquid and applying a pulsating pressure formed by a milking machine from a hole formed in an outer tube of a double tube forming a tate cup to apply the same gradual speed as milking to a teat for cleaning. ing. However, this method is not for the purpose of positively treating mastitis, nor is it for positively injecting the washing solution into the nipple mouth where Pseudomonas aeruginosa causing mastitis enters the breast.

When mastitis occurs, a method of injecting an antibiotic such as penicillin through the nipple mouth to kill Pseudomonas aeruginosa is adopted. For example, in Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 5-7211, an antibiotic is injected into the nipple with an injection tool that injects a drug to a predetermined depth in the nipple mouth. Although this method is effective, the infused antibiotics may continue to be present in the breast and mix with and contaminate the milk expressed, contaminating milk and drinking milk immediately after the mastitis has subsided. This is extremely dangerous, and even if the inflammation heals, the milk collected must be discarded for a while.

Further, in the method of injecting antibiotics such as penicillin to kill Pseudomonas aeruginosa, the resistance of bacteria increases with the use of antibiotics, and the injection amount of antibiotics must be increased for a while. In addition, various types of additives may be administered to livestock by being mixed with feed. Depending on the type of additive administered to each livestock, a unique resistant bacterium may have been created, and antibiotics such as penicillin described above may not always be heard continuously. There must be.

In addition, in the method of injecting a drug through the nipple mouth, the tip of the injector may not easily enter the nipple mouth because the hole diameter of the nipple mouth varies from cow to cow. There is a problem in practice such that the diameter must be prepared and the injection requires experience.

[0007] Into a sealed electrolytic cell, raw water such as tap water, to which city water added with a certain ratio of an electrolyte is introduced, is separated through an ion-permeable diaphragm in the electrolytic cell. A direct current is passed between them to perform electrolysis and ion penetration of water, producing cathode water on the cathode side and anode water on the anode side, draining the cathode water, and disinfecting the anode water. There is an oxidation potential water generator used as.

The above-mentioned anode water, that is, oxidation potential water, is effective as sterilizing water. Moreover, since no bactericidal agent is added to this oxidation potential water, it does not contain harmful substances and does not cause irritation or toxicity to living tissues. In addition, the oxidation-reduction potential (hereinafter, referred to as ORP) decreases with the lapse of time, but it is used as reliable sterilizing water with no residual property.

Therefore, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application No. 6-156483, the injection needle protruding from the lower portion of the tate cup is moved up and down with a control device and inserted into the nipple mouth to oxidize the oxidizing potential water inside the nipple. The method of injecting into is taken.
In this method, the injection needle may not be sufficiently inserted into the nipple mouth in the first heifer because the opening of the nipple mouth is not sufficient.

[0010]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, according to the present invention, a liner forming a tate cup used for milking is provided with a suction chamber that can be brought into close contact with a teat and neck, and a flexible double tube is provided. A scattering member that scatters the oxidation potential water is provided at the bottom of the pipe, and the oxidation potential water discharged from the oxidation potential water generator is operated in association with the operation of the suction chamber. The scattering member is provided with a spray hole whose position is controlled at the tip of a thin tube extending from the mixing tank, and by scattering the oxidation potential water from the spray hole, the pressure in the narrowed portion is increased while the operation of the suction chamber Relatedly, oxidation potential water flows into the nipple. Further, another object of the present invention is to provide a tate cup device capable of ejecting hot and cold water containing a cleaning agent or the like to the narrowed portion by switching the valve as desired.

The oxidation potential water is introduced into the papilla of a domestic animal through the nipple mouth and spreads from the mammary gland to the milk duct to cure mastitis. Further, it can be used as a breast washing solution, and by cleaning and sterilizing the epidermis near the nipple mouth, it is also possible to prevent and early treat mastitis and prevent the epidermis from being infected with bacteria. Moreover, by switching the valve element, it can be used for milking like the conventional tate cup.

[0012]

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a washing / tate cup in which a teat is inserted into the tate cup,
The suction pump communicating with the suction tube is driven, and the state is maintained at least when the oxidizing potential water is discharged from the scattering member.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a washing / tate cup, which is a scattering member for ejecting oxidation potential water to the nipple mouth and which is movable up and down.
A drive device disposed below the tate cup that drives the scattering member, and a control device that freely controls the drive device,
In connection with the operation of the suction pump, the oxidizing potential water can be jetted from the scattering member toward the nipple mouth.

A tate cup according to a third aspect of the present invention has at least one suction chamber between the liner and the teat, and sucks air through a suction pump.

A tate cup according to a fourth aspect is characterized in that the suction chamber is provided with at least one tube opening portion for sucking air.

[0016]

The air is sucked from the suction chamber before the oxidizing potential water discharged from the oxidizing potential water generator is ejected to the narrowed portion. As a result, the teat-neck portion swells and comes into close contact with the tate cup relating to the invention, so that the tate cup does not fall off the teat even if the oxidizing potential water is ejected to the narrowed portion and the pressure in the narrowed portion increases. Further, since the nipple and neck are bulged as described above, the jetted oxidation potential water easily permeates from the mammary gland into the milk duct from the nipple mouth.

After inserting the teat into the tate cup, the oxidation-potential water whose pressure is controlled is scattered from the tip of the movable scattering member, and the oxidation-potential water is made to flow from the teat mouth of the teat. Oxidizing potential water has the effect of killing viruses, bacteria, fungi and the like, and has the property of penetrating and dissolving in water-soluble substances such as blood, body fluids and pus. Oxidizing potential water that enters the mammary gland from the nipple mouth wets the large and small ducts in the breast. Further, it is possible to reversely osmose myoepithelial cells, moisten the affected part of bacterial infection into the mammary gland in the direction opposite to lactation, kill the infected bacteria, and suppress mastitis.

[0018]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of an embodiment of a cleaning device that also serves as a milking tate cup according to the present invention. In the figure,
The milking tate cup 1 includes a liner 2 formed of a flexible member that is in close contact with the upper portion of the teat 6, suction chambers 28 and 29 in the lower portion of the liner, and a communication hole 3 that connects the suction chambers of the husband and husband.
0 and at least one suction tube 31 connected to the tube opening 12 of the suction chamber form a locking portion for locking the teat. Although the suction chamber is composed of two chambers in the figure, it may be composed of one chamber or three or more chambers. It is also possible to dispose a plurality of tube openings 12 for sucking air from the suction chamber at equal intervals around the tate cup, connect the tube openings with a suction tube, and then connect to the suction pump 32.

A shell 3 forming an outer cylinder of a double tube forming a tate cup, a pulsating tube 4 for allowing pulsating air to flow into a shell inner chamber 5 from a pulsating pneumatic device (not shown), and a flexible member. The milking wall 27, the discharge pipe 10 opened outward from the narrowed portion 11 below the milking wall, the scattering member 8 protruding toward the teat opening 7 above the tate cup bottom 13, and the scattering member 8 The milking mechanism and the oxidation potential water jetting mechanism are composed of a driving device 21 that is arranged below the tate cup that drives the thin tube 9 and that moves up and down, and a control device that freely controls the driving device. .

The scattering member 8 has a bulging head portion and a thin tube 9 connected to the head portion. A jet hole for jetting the oxidation potential water is opened at the tip.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a drive device for driving the scattering member. In the figure, a scattering member 8 is projected from a substantially central portion of the tate cup bottom 13 toward a teat central direction. The thin tube 9 connected to the scatter member goes out of the bottom 13 through the packing 22 at the bottom 13 and is fixed to the outer lower portion of the bottom 13, for example, a driving device 2 such as a pneumatic driving member.
1 is configured to be movable up and down. Reference numeral 16 is a sensor for detecting the ascending / descending position of the drive mechanism.

FIG. 3 is a view showing a state in which the suction pump communicating with the suction tube is driven and the scattering member is driven upward to face the nipple opening. In the figure, in order to eject the oxidizing potential water, the teat 6 is inserted into the tate cup and the suction chambers 28 and 2 are sucked by a suction pump described later.
The air of 9 is sucked. Even if there is no one tube opening 12 communicating with the suction tube 31, the respective suction chambers 28, 29 are sucked in the same manner by the communication hole 30 communicating with the plurality of suction chambers. As a result, the teat and neck 6a, 6b, 6
c and 6d are attracted to the suction chambers 28 and 29 as shown by the arrows and hold the teat. At this time, the mammary gland in the teat is expanded and the milk duct of the husband is opened.

After a little delay from the above operation, the control device 21
By the control of, the scattering member 8 located in the lower direction of the narrowed portion 11 approaches the direction of the nipple opening 7 by the drive device 21 and comes into contact with or faces the nipple. The positional relationship with the teat can be known by the sensor receiving a change in contact resistance between the teat and the scattering member.
Further, it is possible to know by providing a proximity sensor or a contact sensor at the tip of the scattering member 8. The driving device 21 is not limited to the above mechanism, and other driving means may be used as long as it drives the scattering member 8 in the above direction.

A predetermined amount of oxidation potential water flows from the tube 18 connected to the other end of the scattering member 8 to the scattering member 8 and is jetted from the tip thereof. This causes the oxidation potential water to flow from the nipple mouth into the mammary gland tank. When the inflow ends, contrary to the operation of the inflow, the scattering of the oxidation potential water from the scattering member 8 stops, and at the same time, the scattering member 8 moves downward.

FIG. 4 is a view for explaining the equipment related to the tate cup according to the present invention and its operation. In the figure, a four-way valve 26 is a valve for draining milk, oxidation potential water, washing hot water, etc. discharged from the discharge pipe 10 to the milking machine main body or the outside. The three-way valve 25 is a valve for switching the oxidizing potential water stored in the mixing tank 24 and hot water for cleaning such as tap water. The suction pump 32 is a pump for sucking the air in the suction chambers 28 and 29. Operation of these valves,
The operation of the pump and the operation of the drive unit 21 are controlled by the control unit 23.
Are performed sequentially.

Milking using the Tate cup 1 is a four-way valve 24
Is opened in the milking direction and, at the same time, a pulsating flow in the direction of the arrow from the pulsating tube 4 is introduced by a conventional method. At this time,
The scattering member 8 and the like are pushed down to the vicinity of the bottom 13 by the drive device 21, so that the oxidizing potential water, the washing hot water and the like are not ejected.

Preferably, jetting or washing with oxidizing potential water is performed at the stage when the milking is finished. At this time, the 4-way valve 26 is once closed. Then, the inflow of oxidation potential water is performed by the above-described operation. In this state, the pressure in the narrowed portion 11 increases, and as described above, the oxidation potential water easily flows into the breast from the nipple mouth. When the desired oxidation potential water flows into the breast, the 4-way valve 26 is opened and the remaining oxidation potential water is discharged.

Further, for cleaning with hot water or the like, a three-way valve 25
Is switched from the inflow of oxidation potential water to the direction of hot water, and the splashing member 8 is placed in the vicinity of the bottom 13 and the hot water is jetted from the splashing member 8 without driving the driving device. At this time, the 4-way valve 26 is opened. As a result, the lower part of the teat receives the jetted hot water and is washed.

FIG. 5 is an illustration of an oxidation potential water generator. In the figure, the city water whose flow rate is controlled by the valve body 44 or the like for controlling the flow rate of the city water flowing into the electrolytic cell 34 is the electrolytic cell 3
4 NaCl, K from the electrolyte supply means 33 placed immediately before
A predetermined amount of electrolyte such as Cl is added to the electrolytic bath 34.
A filtering device may be placed between the valve element 44 and the electrolyte supply means 33. The filtering device is composed of a member suitable for blocking contaminants such as hollow fibers or particles having a certain size or more, bacteria, etc., and removes substances having a particle size larger than a predetermined value and harmful germs. The electrolytic cell 34 is divided by an ion-permeable diaphragm 41, and is configured to apply a DC voltage between the cathode and cathode electrodes 42 and 43 having the cathode and anode electrodes inserted therein and the anode electrode 43 and not shown. Applied voltage varying means for varying the electrolytic strength of the electrolytic cell is provided. ORP of the water discharged from the anode chamber 43 of the electrolytic cell, that is, a part of the oxidation potential water is confirmed to be ORP by the sensor means 35 such as an oxidation-reduction potentiometer, and passes through the three-way valve 38 for discharging the discharge of ORP outside the predetermined range. After that, if it is within a predetermined range, it flows into the mixing tank 24 via the check valve 36.

Reference numeral 40 denotes a control means of the oxidation potential water generator, which acquires and controls information from the valve element 44, the electrolyte supply means 33, the applied voltage varying means, the sensor means 35 and the like, and stores it in the preparation tank 24. Control the oxidation potential water. That is, the sensor means 37 provided in the mixing tank 24
Therefore, when the oxidation potential water having a quality other than the predetermined range is stored, it is drained from the drain 39. Further, the control means 40 cooperates with the control device 23 to supply the oxidation potential water in response to the above operation.

The mixing tank 24 is formed of a sealed non-light-transmitting bottle or the like, and oxidation potential water stored in such a non-light-transmitting bottle in a sealed state is relatively stable.

In order to equalize the osmotic pressure of the cell tissue inside the teat in the preparation tank 24, about 0 to 1% of salt may be added. Further, sugar such as glucose or glycerin may be added in place of a part of the salt. Oxidation potential water to which these are added can be used not only as a jet solution to the breast but also as a washing solution near the teat.
The mixing tank 24 is supplied to the three-way valve 25 via a pressurizing means (not shown) or a pump that conveys oxidation potential water from the mixing tank 24. These operations are automatically performed by the control device 23.

Oxidizing potential water containing salt is understood to be equivalent to bactericidal physiological saline, reversely osmose myoepithelial cells from the mammary ducts, moisten the affected area of bacteria against lactation, and favor The result is obtained. The amount of ejection to the breast may be ejected until the breast is saturated.

Oxidizing potential water is used not only for dairy cows but as a udder washing liquid for livestock, and by washing and sterilizing the udder and nipple epidermis, it is possible to prevent and early treat mastitis and prevent epidermal infection by bacteria. .

In addition to the above-mentioned oxidation potential water, hot water itself or
A cleaning liquid containing a surfactant or a cleaning agent in hot water can be used as cleaning water and jetted from the scattering member via the three-way valve 25 for use. At this time, the scattering member 8 is placed at the position of the bottom portion 13. Therefore, hot water is sprayed from the narrowed portion 11 toward the nipple to clean the nipple and the vicinity of the nipple mouth. At this time, the four-way valve is opened in the drainage direction, and the cleaning water thus injected is drained from the discharge pipe 10 via the four-way valve 26.

In the above description, one tate cup has been described as an example, but the same action and effect can be obtained by combining a plurality of tate cups. For example, 4 pieces may be set as one set according to the number of teats, and 2 pieces may be set as 1
It may be a pair.

[0037]

The tate cup having the above construction can be used not only for milking, but also for injecting and cleaning oxidizing potential water with the same tate cup. Moreover, since these are automatically performed through the control device, they are not only easy to use, but also the Tate cup for milking, the jetting of the oxidizing potential water and the switching to the cleaning liquid are performed without touching the human hands. It is hygienic and can prevent mastitis infection.

Air is sucked from the suction chamber before jetting the oxidation potential water discharged from the oxidation potential water generator to the narrowed portion. As a result, the teat-neck bulges and adheres tightly to the Tate cup, so even if the pressure in the stenosis is increased by ejecting the oxidation potential water to the stenosis, the Tate cup will not spill the oxidation potential water without dropping from the nipple. It easily flows from the nipple mouth. Oxidizing potential water flowing in from the papillary mouth reversely permeates myoepithelial cells from the mammary gland duct and moistens the affected area against mammary vesicles against lactation. Therefore, it does not cause any damage to the cow.

Oxidizing potential water has the effect of killing viruses, bacteria, fungi and the like, and has the property of penetrating and dissolving in water-soluble substances such as blood, body fluids and pus. Killing bacteria that cause mastitis by reversely osmoticizing myoepithelial cells from the mammary duct of the breast through the papilla and injecting a predetermined amount into the mammary alveoli against lactation and infecting the bacterial infected area. You can

Oxidizing potential water does not contain residual substances such as bactericidal drugs and antibiotics, and therefore no harmful substances are contained in the cured milk. That is, the oxidation potential water has a low ORP with time, has no residual property, and can be supplied at low cost.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of an embodiment of a cleaning device that also serves as a milking tate cup according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a drive device that drives a scattering member according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a view showing a state in which a suction pump communicating with a suction tube according to the present invention is driven, and a scattering member is driven upward to face a teat opening.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating equipment and operations associated with the tate cup according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of an oxidation potential water generator.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Tate cup 2 Liner 7 Nipple mouth 8 Scattering member 10 Discharge pipe 11 Constriction part 13 Bottom 23 Control device 24 Mixing tank 25 3-way valve 26 4-way valve 28 Suction chamber 29 Suction chamber 31 Suction tube 32 Suction pump

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A teat characterized in that the teat is inserted into a tate cup, a suction pump communicating with the suction tube is driven, and the state is maintained at least when the oxidizing potential water is discharged from the scattering member. Tate cup for both cleaning. 2. A scattering member, which is movable up and down, for spraying oxidation potential water to the nipple mouth, a drive device disposed below the Tate cup for driving the scattering member, and a control device for freely controlling the drive device. 2. The washing / tate cup according to claim 1, wherein the oxidizing potential water is ejected from the scattering member toward the nipple mouth in association with the operation of the suction pump. 3. The washing / tate cup according to claim 1, wherein at least one suction chamber is provided between the liner and the nipple, and air is sucked through a suction pump. 4. The washing / tate cup as claimed in claim 1, wherein the suction chamber is provided with at least one pipe opening for sucking air.