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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 28, 1997
Yoshihiro Furuya, Osaka, JP;
Takao Enomoto, Neyagawa, JP;
Koji Sato, Kawanishi, JP;
Taiichi Mizuta, Takarazuka, JP;
Shionogi & Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A band seal is formed between a body and a cap of a capsule by fitting the cap on the body, and applying a gelatin-base sealant at least one time in the form of a band spanning the cap and the body. Band sealing is carried out by at least one of the following steps (A) to (E): the step (A) of applying the sealant at a temperature of 30-40.degree. C. at least when the sealant is first applied, the step (B) of applying the sealant at a viscosity of 50-200 centipoises at 50.degree. C. at least when the sealant is first applied, the step (C) of after the sealant is applied, blowing cold air at a temperature of up to 10.degree. C. to the band seal to cool the band seal below 10.degree. C., the step (D) of reducing the joint distance between the body and the cap shorter than the standard capsule length, and the step (E) of applying the sealant to only an edge adjacent portion of the cap surface when the sealant is first applied. The invention prevents bubbles from generating in the band seal.