Coating apparatus

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1986-12-23

1989-01-24

McIntosh, John

Coating apparatus

Edible base or coating type

Tumbling particulate work

118 20, B05C 500

Patent

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047994495

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for coating pharmaceutical tablets or the like with other material such as sugar or the like. The apparatus includes a cylindrical rotary coating pan in which the tablets are charged and tumbled, and at least one perforated area for ventilating hot gas or the like so as to dry the sugar coated on the tablets. The perforated area of the coating pan is covered by each of baffle members. The baffle members being hollow are provided at positions to cover ventilating areas in the the coating pan, formed to be at least partially increased in width from the leading edge to the trailing edge relative to the rotational direction of the coating pan, and each have a ventilating opening communicated with the ventilating areas. Each of baffle members is formed of a hollow tube polygonal or cylindrical in cross section. A ventilating member for preventing a raw material to be coated from leaking is provided at the ventilating opening of the baffle member.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4640218 (1987-02-01), Motoyama et al.

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