James D Siddell

US Patent:

8627784, Jan 14, 2014

Filed:

Mar 17, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/050238

Inventors:

Anthony T. Esch - Dodgeville WI, US
James D. Siddell - Waunakee WI, US
David A. Reid - Hazel Green WI, US
Parimal G. Rajkondawar - Madison WI, US
Scott M. Brenner - Fall River WI, US

Assignee:

Technologies Holdings Corp. - Houston TX

International Classification:

A01K 1/12

US Classification:

119 1404

Abstract:

In certain embodiments, a system includes a milking parlor entrance lane with an entrance positioned adjacent to a cattle holding pen and an exit positioned adjacent to one or more stalls of a rotary milking platform. The system also includes an exit lane positioned on a side of the entrance lane opposite a forward direction of rotation of the rotary milking platform, the milking parlor exit lane positioned adjacent to one or more stalls of a rotary milking platform such that dairy cows may enter the exit lane from the one or more stalls of the rotary milking platform after being milked. The system also includes a pressure sensor positioned adjacent to the exit lane, the pressure sensor operable to generate a trigger in response to detecting a triggering pressure on the pressure sensor. The pressure sensor is additionally operable to communicate the generated trigger to initiate the stopping of the rotary milking platform.

US Patent:

20110308465, Dec 22, 2011

Filed:

Aug 16, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/857215

Inventors:

James D. Siddell - Waunakee WI, US

International Classification:

A01K 1/12
A01J 5/003

US Classification:

119 1403, 119524, 119 1408

Abstract:

A crowd gate control system includes a holding pen for dairy livestock, a crowd gate, and a controller. The holding pen is adjacent to an entrance to a milking parlor. The crowd gate is operable to form a side of the holding pen and move in relation to the entrance to the milking parlor along an axis substantially parallel to two other sides of the holding pen. The controller is operable to store a triggering threshold associated with a counter related to the milking parlor, determine whether the counter has reached the triggering threshold, and initiate a first mode of operation of the crowd gate in response to determining that the counter has reached the triggering threshold.

US Patent:

20110308466, Dec 22, 2011

Filed:

Jun 16, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/816451

Inventors:

Anthony T. Esch - Dodgeville WI, US
James D. Siddell - Waunakee WI, US
David A. Reid - Hazel Green WI, US
Parimal G. Rajkondawar - Madison WI, US

International Classification:

A01J 5/003
A01J 5/007
A01K 29/00

US Classification:

119 1404, 119524, 119843, 119 1408

Abstract:

In certain embodiments, a system includes a first wall positioned substantially parallel to a second wall, a first end of the first wall and a first end of the second wall defining an entrance to a milking platform entrance lane having a width in the range of thirty inches to thirty-six inches. The system further includes a flare wall having a first end coupled to a second end of the second wall, the flare wall extending outwardly from the second wall at an angle in the range of thirty-five degrees to forty-five degrees with respect to the second wall. A second end of the flare wall and a second end of the first wall define an exit from the milking platform entrance lane having a width in the range of forty inches to fifty-four inches.

US Patent:

20160192612, Jul 7, 2016

Filed:

Mar 14, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/068842

Inventors:

- Houston TX, US
James D. Siddell - Waunakee WI, US

International Classification:

A01K 1/00
A01K 1/12

Abstract:

A crowd gate control system includes a holding pen for dairy livestock, wherein the holding pen is adjacent to an entrance to a milking parlor. The system further includes a crowd gate positioned at a side of the holding pen. The crowd gate moves in relation to the entrance to the milking parlor. A controller is initiates a first mode of operation of the crowd gate prior to the crowd gate reaching the entrance to the milking parlor. The first mode of operation is a pre-forward reverse step. The crowd gate moves away from the entrance to the milking parlor prior to initiating movement towards the entrance.

US Patent:

20150083047, Mar 26, 2015

Filed:

Dec 5, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/561610

Inventors:

- Houston TX, US
James D. Siddell - Waunakee WI, US

International Classification:

A01K 1/00
A01K 1/12

US Classification:

119 1403, 119524

Abstract:

A method for controlling a crowd gate comprises operating a milking parlor for a plurality of dairy livestock. The milking parlor comprises an entrance located adjacent to a holding pen, and a crowd gate that forms a side of the holding pen and moves toward and away from the entrance to the milking parlor. The method further comprises determining that dairy livestock should enter the milking parlor, and operating the crowd gate in response to determining that dairy livestock should enter the milking parlor. Operating the crowd gate comprises moving the crowd gate away from the entrance to the milking parlor prior to initiating movement towards the entrance, pausing the movement of the crowd gate, and moving the crowd gate towards the entrance of the milking parlor.