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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2009
Applicant:
Michel Simon Waldron, Calmore, GB;
Inventor:
Michel Simon Waldron, Calmore, GB;
Assignee:
GEA Pharma Systems Limited, Eastleigh, Hampshire, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61J 3/00 (2006.01); B01J 2/14 (2006.01); B01J 2/00 (2006.01); A23P 20/15 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61J 3/005 (2013.01); A23P 20/15 (2016.08); B01J 2/006 (2013.01); B01J 2/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
The drum coater comprises a substantially cylindrical drum () with a peripheral wall and a substantially horizontal axis of rotation. The method comprises providing a coating zone within the drum, feeding tablets into the drum, spinning the drum containing the tablets at a rotational speed such that a substantially annular bed of tablets is created, providing means for creating a cascade () of tablets at least in a part of the coating zone and spraying the tablets in the coating zone.