US 11,903,362 B2
Measuring cell and assembly having at least one measuring cell for measuring the conductivity and/or impedance of milk during a milking process
Olaf Suhr, Oelde (DE); Christopher Eugene Richards, White Bear Lake, MN (US); Patrick Sonntag, Lennestadt (DE); and Philipp Camminady, Lennestadt (DE)
Assigned to GEA Farm Technologies GmbH, Bönen (DE)
Appl. No. 17/052,005
Filed by GEA Farm Technologies GmbH, Bönen (DE)
PCT Filed May 9, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/061921
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 30, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/219498, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 21, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2018 111 676.4 (DE), filed on May 15, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0360891 A1, Nov. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. A01J 5/013 (2006.01); G01N 27/07 (2006.01)
CPC A01J 5/0133 (2013.01) [G01N 27/07 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A milk measurement cell comprising:
an inlet having a lower edge at an inlet height;
a cavity in fluid communication with the inlet;
an outlet in fluid communication with the cavity;
a barrier having a peak at a barrier peak height that is lower than the inlet height, and the barrier extends upward from a bottom of the cavity to define a measurement trough on an inlet side, and a discharge channel on an outlet side, wherein, as seen in a direction of milk flow, the measurement trough is limited by the barrier on a rear side of the measurement trough; and
a measurement electrode disposed in the measurement trough.