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Cluster |
An
assembly comprising of teat cups, liners, short air tubes and claw. |
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Teat cup |
An
assembly consisting of a rigid shell (or case) with a short pulse tube and
a liner. |
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Teat cup
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A
rigid shell to retain the liner. |
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Liner
(inflation) |
A
flexible sleeve having a mouthpiece, a barrel and an integral or separate
short milk tube. |
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Pulsation
chamber |
The
annular space between the liner and the shell. |
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Short
milk tube |
The
connecting tube between the interior of the liner and the claw milking
nipple. |
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Short
pulse tube |
The
connecting tube between the pulsation chamber and the claw air nipple. |
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Claw |
The
manifold that spaces the teat cups in forming a cluster and connects them
to the long milk and pulse tubes (or where applicable, to a portable milk
receiving bucket). |
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Air
admission hole |
An
aperture in the cluster to admit air. (Air bleed) |
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Long
milk tube |
The
connecting tube between the claw and milk collecting vessel or a milking
pipeline or, in the case of an independent air and milk transport milking
machine, a transfer pipeline. |
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Long
pulse tube |
The
connecting tube between the claw and the pulsator. |
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