Patent attributes
A teat preparation handpiece designed to fit around a teat on a bovine to sequentially clean the teat using high-pressure air and a pre-dip solution, then dry the teat using high-pressure air before milking. After milking, the handpiece is then used to atomize and apply a post-dip solution to the teat. The handpiece includes a teat receiving body with an exchangeable modified spray cylinder placed inside the teat receiving body's center bore. When the modified spray cylinder is placed inside the center bore, upper and lower raceways are formed between the walls of the teat receiving body and the modified spray cylinder that delivers high-pressure air, pre-dip solution and post-dip solution two sets of nozzles formed inside the modified spray cylinder. The modified spray cylinders may have different diameter center bores and configured to be exchangeable in the teat receiving body. In addition, the handpiece may include an optional defection cap configured to redirect high-pressure air, pre-dip solution or post-dip solution exiting the teat receiving body. The handpiece is part of a system that includes a control unit with a software program that controls the amount and delivery timing of pressure air, pre-dip solution, and post-dip solution to the handpiece.
