Short milk tube vent plug for a dairy animal milker unit

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United States of America

PATENT NO 12178185
APP PUB NO 20230225282A1
SERIAL NO

17575769

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An air vent plug assembly and milker unit short milk tube having an air vent plug assembly to improve milk flow characteristics through the short milk tube. The short milk tube includes a wall with an upstream end and a downstream end and defining a milk passage bore extending between the upstream end and the downstream end. The wall defines a vent plug mounting hole. A vent plug extends through the vent plug mounting hole and includes a cap, a shaft joined to the cap, and a barbed end joined to the shaft, the vent plug defining a vent passage to at least partially vent the milk passage bore. A flow dimple is defined in the barbed end and disposed in the milk passage bore.

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GEA FARM TECHNOLOGIES INC1385 N WEBER ROAD ROMEOVILLE IL 60446

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hedlund, Nathan V Galesville, US 3 5

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