Patent · US Expired

Method for ink-jet printing on uncoated tablets or uncoated tablet cores

US4548825A · kind A · utility

108Cited by

18References

15Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH · DE

Inventors

Gunther Voss · Dießen am Ammersee, DE
Peter Gruber · Bottmingen, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 3, 1983
Grant date	Oct 22, 1985
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 3, 2003

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61J2205/20
WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

This invention is directed to a method for the non-contact application of letters or symbols to the exterior surfaces of uncoated tablets or uncoated tablet cores, which comprises dotting color solution or suspension by means of an ink-jet printer in specific quantity in the form of discrete droplets of specific volume onto the exterior surfaces of the uncoated tablets or uncoated tablet cores.

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