Rotary milking parlor for the identification of a milking stall and an animal, in particular a cow, in a rotary milking parlor
For the determination of the occupancy of a milking stall by an animal, in particular a cow, in a rotary milking parlor with a plurality of milking stalls which are disposed on a rotatable milking platform, a process is proposed in which the identification of the animal only takes place after it has entered the milking stall in which it is supposed to be milked.
1. A rotary milking parlor comprising:
a rotary milking platform and the rotary milking platform includes,
a plurality of milking stalls disposed on the rotary milking platform, and
a rotating receiving area adjacent to at least one milking stall; and the rotary milking parlor further comprises:
stationary entrance path leading to the rotating receiving area;
an exit path leading away from the rotary milking platform; and
an animal recognition unit mounted in a fixed location in the stationary entrance path and adjacent to the rotating receiving area for recognizing an animal that is in a milking stall.
2. The rotary milking parlor of claim 1 , and further comprising:
a milking stall recognition unit disposed to recognize a milking stall which an animal has at least partially entered.
3. The rotary milking parlor of claim 2 , wherein the milking stall recognition unit is disposed at a fixed location.
4. The rotary milking parlor according to claim 2 , wherein the animal recognition unit and the milking stall recognition unit are disposed adjacent to one another.
5. The rotary milking parlor according to claim 2 , wherein the animal recognition unit and the milking stall recognition unit are a single unit.
6. The rotary milking parlor according to claim 2 , and further comprising a milker unit that is activated after an evaluation of data received from the animal recognition unit and the milking stall recognition unit.
7. The rotary milking parlor according to claim 2 , wherein the milking stall recognition unit comprises a rotating component that is disposed on an inner side of the milking platform.
8. The rotary milking parlor according to claim 2 , wherein the milking stall recognition unit comprises a rotating component that is disposed above the milking platform.
9. The rotary milking parlor according to claim 1 , wherein the animal recognition unit is disposed on an outer side of the rotary milking platform.
10. The rotary milking parlor unit according to claim 1 , wherein the animal recognition unit is disposed above the rotary milking platform.
11. The rotary milking parlor according to claim 1 , and further comprising a milker unit that is activated after an evaluation of data received from the animal recognition unit.
12. The rotary milking parlor of claim 1 , wherein the receiving area is open to the entrance path without a door or a gate to stop an animal from moving from the entrance path to the receiving area.