Patent attributes
A hand-held animal treating applicator equipped with a treatment zone having a forward entryway and top side entryway communicating onto horizontally aligned counter-rotating brushes provides exceptional efficacy in cleaning and sanitizing milk producing teats. The brush rotational control and chemical solution application conditions for the appropriate on-site treatment may automatically adjusted to precise reproducible treatment conditions monitored and controlled by a PLC. The brushes are easily coupled and uncoupled at the treatment site. Variable speed DC motors provide individualized cleaning and rotational brush control at each milking site applicator and chemical solution supplied to the applicators can be tailored for application to a unique teat treatment zone.