Takeda Chemical Industries, Inc.

Freund Industrial Co., Ltd.

Masakazu Gotou

Shimesu Motoyama

Takamoto Makino

Hiromu Shirakawa

Yutaka Sakuma

Katsuaki Miyata

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.

Coating apparatus

An apparatus for coating pharmaceutical tablets or the like with other material such as sugar or the like. The apparatus includes a cylindrical rotary drum 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 drum is covered by a baffle plate. The leading edge of the baffle plate is in contact with the inner surface of the drum, and the trailing edge of the baffle plate forms a ventilating opening through which the hot gas flows. The side edges of the baffle plate is provided with side plates. The ventilating opening is provided with a ventilating plate.

Tablet coating apparatus

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Tokyo, Japan

Masakazu Gotou