A - Human Necessities – 61 – J
Patent
A - Human Necessities
61
J
167/154, 18/48
A61J 3/07 (2006.01) A61J 3/08 (2006.01) A61K 9/44 (2006.01) B29C 43/22 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2008535
A softgel having a texture on at least a portion of its surface and a process and apparatus for the manufacture thereof. The process for manufacturing the textured softgel includes forming a flowable gelatin mass, providing a rotary drum having an outer surface, controllably directing a flowable gelatin mass to the outer surface of the drum, forming a gelatin ribbon of substantially uniform thickness on the outer surface of the drum, the gelatin ribbon being initially in a relatively softer and moldable state immediately following the directing step, providing a roller of reduced diameter with a textured surface closely adjacent to the outer surface of the drum, passing the ribbon while in the relatively softer and moldable state between the drum surface and the textured surface while applying sufficient pressure to the roller in the direction towards the drum to cause the textured surface to impart a matching texture on the other surface of the ribbon, providing a second gelatin ribbon, forming a plurality of filled softgels from the gelatin ribbons the matching texture defining the outer surface of at least of a portion of each of the softgels.
Gel mou texturé sur au moins une partie de sa surface; processus et appareil de fabrication de ce dernier. Le processus de fabrication du gel mou texturé comprend les étapes suivantes : former une masse gélatineuse fluide; fournir un cylindre rotatif ayant une surface externe; orienter de façon contrôlée une masse gélatineuse fluide sur la surface externe du cylindre; former un ruban gélatineux d'épaisseur essentiellement uniforme sur la surface externe du cylindre, le ruban gélatineux étant initialement dans un état relativement plus mou et moulable immédiatement après l'étape d'orientation; fournir un rouleau à diamètre réduit dont la surface est texturée et très près de la surface externe du cylindre; faire passer le ruban, encore dans un état relativement mou et moulable, entre la surface du cylindre et la surface texturée tout en appliquant une pression suffisante sur le rouleau, en direction du cylindre, afin d'amener la surface texturée à imprimer une texture correspondante sur l'autre surface du ruban; obtenir un second ruban gélatineux; former une série de gels mous remplis à partir des rubans gélatineux, la texture correspondante définissant la surface externe d'au moins une partie de chacun des gels mous.
Bezaire Ovila
Mendelin Edward Antonio
Morissette Robert
Ratko Michael
Tedder Daniel A.
R.p. Scherer Corporation
Smart & Biggar
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