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Abstract

A milking device and method for milking an animal includes a frame; a teat cup carrier connected pivotally to the frame; a number of receiving elements arranged in or on the teat cup carrier and configured to receive teat cups to which milk hoses are connectable for the purpose of discharging milk, a guide for moving the teat cups and/or milk hoses substantially vertically downward and pivoting the teat cup carriers relative to the frame; and a cylinder comprising a teat cup end and a guide end. The teat cup end is connected operatively to the teat cup carrier, and wherein the guide end of the cylinder is arranged in, on or at the guide, wherein the milking device comprises a rest state and a milking state and is displaceable from the rest state to the milking state by the cylinder.

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