University of Reading | Archive and Museum Database

Object number
2009/86/3
Title
Alfa-Laval bucket milker,
Creator
Alfa-Laval Company Ltd (Manufacturer)
Description
A milk claw from an Alfa-Laval Company Ltd. bucket type milking machine. Belonged to a part time farmer in Buxton, Derbyshire, 1950?1990.
This is the milk claw from an Alfa-Laval Company Ltd. bucket type milking machine. It is made of brass and rubber. The claw connects the short milk and pulse tubes to the long milk and pulse tubes of the milking machine. This claw, along with other parts from the Alfa-Laval bucket milker, belonged to the donor?s father-in-law, a part time farmer in Buxton, Derbyshire, 1950?1990.
Physical description
A pulsator (2009/86/1), operating cover (2009/86/2), milk claw (2009/86/3), and four teat cups ((2009/86/4-7) from an Alfa-Laval bucket-type milker. Pulsator of bakelite and brass; operating cover of brass, copper, and rubber; milk claw of brass and rubber; teats of brass and copper.
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – ‘Description: A pulsator (/1), operating cover (/2), milk claw (/3), and four teat cups (/4–7) from an ‘Alfa-Laval’ bucket type milker. Pulsator of Bakelite and brass; operating cover of brass, copper and rubber; milk claw of brass 7 rubber; teats of brass & copper. // Dimensions: Pulsator: Max length 8.5cm; Max height 5.5cm; Max width 6 cm / Operating cover: Diameter 19.5cm; Max depth 23cm; Max height 14cm / Claw: 11 x 9 x 5cm / Each teat: 18 x 6.5cm; Diameter 5.5cm. // Associated information: Belonged to donor’s father-in-law, William Clayton, of Buxton, Derbyshire, who was a ‘part-time farmer’, 1950–1990 // References: See MERL TR AF P2/A20 & TR ALF P2/A4'
Production place
Cwmbran
Production date
1950 - 1959
Production period
1950s
Object name
Milking machine
Material
Metal, brass, Metal, copper, Plastic, phenolic, Rubber
Dimensions
- Length 85 mm
- Height 55 mm
- Width 60 mm
- Diameter 195 mm
- Depth 230 mm
- Height 140 mm
- Length 110 mm
- Depth 90 mm
- Height 50 mm
- Height 180 mm
- Depth 65 mm
- Diameter 55 mm
Associated subject
LIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT : milking
Cow
External document
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