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Tablet coating apparatus

US4676187A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 22, 1986
Grant dateJun 30, 1987
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Expiry dateJan 22, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB05C3/08
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Apparatus for coating pharmaceutical tablets in which a drum having a perforated periphery is provided with an adjustable insert which divides the drum into an inactive zone and a coating zone, thus permitting a relatively small quantity of tablets to be coated under conditions equivalent to those used for coating a bed of particles in a completely loaded drum.

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