Inventors:
Jeffrey D. Brehant - Lititz PA
Linn C. Hoover - Webster NY
Thomas Kucharski - Belle Mead NJ
Thomas C. Reiter - Hilton NY
David J. Revelle - Rochester NY
Daniel A. Slater - Rochester NY
Luis R. Torres - Lancaster PA
Patrick Vo - Basking Ridge NJ
Assignee:
Bayer Corporation - Morristown NJ
International Classification:
A23G 300
Abstract:
A process and apparatus for the gelatin coating of medicaments which includes a continuous conveyer system to advance a plurality of pallets through a loading station, at least one dipping station, at least one dryer station, a reorientation station and an unloading station. Medicaments to be coated are loaded into pallets at the loading station and advanced to the first dipping station where a vacuum is applied to secure the medicament to the pallet. The pallet is inverted and a first portion of each of the medicaments is dipped into a coating mixture. The pallet is then returned to its upright position, the vacuum is removed and the coating is dried. The medicaments are then transferred from the first pallet to a second pallet by a reorientation mechanism. The second pallet is then advanced to a second dipping station which operates in the same manner as the first dipping station. The second pallet is advanced through the dryer station and the fully coated medicaments are ejected from the pallet into a container.