Tablet coating apparatus
US4217851A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 27, 1979 |
| Grant date | Aug 19, 1980 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 27, 1999 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S118/05
- WIPO fieldFood chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Apparatus useful for spray coating discrete particles, such as pharmaceutical tablets, with liquid coating compositions which are essentially free of organic solvents, the apparatus having at least three spaced spray nozzles mounted on a spray manifold having a conical surface design which is located within a vertically disposed two-zone coating chamber, having a gas inlet at the chamber base adapted to project the particles to be coated through a coating zone for recirculation through a drying zone.
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