# US 11,896,553 B2 · Continuous skin packaging and coating apparatus and coating method for tablets

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- Number: US 11,896,553 B2
- Document ID: US11896553B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/053,759
- Filed: 2019-06-20
- Published: 2021-07-15
- Granted: 2024-02-13
- Earliest claimed: 2018-07-10
- Assignees: Shanghai Modern Pharmaceutical Engineering Research Center Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Shanghai Modern Pharmaceutical Engineering Research Center Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Huimin Hou; Chunping Yuan; Huiping Zhang; Chunlin Luo; Mingying Qian; Zhengfang Wang; Yunmei Ren
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11896553B2

## CPC

- A61J 3/005: {Coating of tablets or the like (coating of sweetmeats or confectionery A23G3/20; coating of granules in general B01J2/006)}
- B65B 9/04: one or both webs being formed with pockets for the reception of the articles, or of the quantities of material
- B65B 9/045: {for single articles, e.g. tablets}
- B65B 11/52: one sheet being rendered plastic, e.g. by heating, and forced by fluid pressure, e.g. vacuum, into engagement with the other sheet and contents, e.g. skin- {, blister-, or bubble-} packaging
- B65B 41/16: by rollers
- B65B 51/16: by rotary members
- A61J 2200/42: Heating means
- B65B 2051/105: {Heat seal temperature control}
- Y02P 70/10: Greenhouse gas [GHG] capture, material saving, heat recovery or other energy efficient measures, e.g. motor control, characterised by manufacturing processes, e.g. for rolling metal or metal working
- A61J: CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
- B65B: MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING (bundling and pressing devices for cigars A24C1/44; devices for tensioning and securing binders adapted to be supported by the article or articles to be bound B25B25/00; applying closure members to bottles, jars or similar containers B67B1/00-B67B6/00; concurrent cleaning, filling and closing of bottles B67C7/00; emptying bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels or similar containers B67C9/00)
- Y02P: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS

## Abstract

A continuous skin packaging and coating apparatus and a coating method for tablets. The continuous skin packaging and coating apparatus comprises a lower coating film unreeling roller, a waste edge reeling roller, an upper coating film unreeling roller, a lower coating film heating component, an upper coating film heating component, a first mold provided with a first tablet placing hole, a second mold provided with a second tablet placing hole, a heat-sealing plate, a cutting component, a blank tablet implanting component, and an operating mesa. The lower coating film unreeling roller and the waste edge reeling roller are provided on either side of the operating mesa. The lower coating film heating component, the blank tablet implanting component, the upper coating film unreeling roller, the upper coating film heating component, the heat-sealing plate, and the cutting component are sequentially provided above the operating mesa. The first mold is provided under the operating mesa below the blank tablet implanting component. The second mold is provided under the operating mesa below the heat-sealing plate. The upper coating film heating component is provided below the upper coating film unreeling roller.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A continuous skin packaging and coating apparatus for tablets, comprising a lower coating film unreeling roller, an upper and lower composite coating film scrap edge reeling roller, an upper coating film unreeling roller, a lower coating film heating component, an upper coating film heating component, a first mold provided with a first tablet placing hole, a second mold provided with a second tablet placing hole, a heat-sealing plate, a cutting component, a tablet core implanting component, and an operating platform; wherein the lower coating film unreeling roller and the upper and lower composite coating film scrap edge reeling roller are provided on both sides of the operating platform, respectively;
wherein the lower coating film heating component, the tablet core implanting component, the upper coating film unreeling roller, the upper coating film heating component, the heat-sealing plate, and the cutting component are sequentially provided above the operating platform, the first mold is provided under the operating platform below the tablet core implanting component, the second mold is provided under the operating platform below the heat-sealing plate, and the upper coating film heating component is provided below the upper coating film unreeling roller; and wherein a tablet pushing component provided on the other side of the cutting component comprises a tablet pushing rod and a tablet pushing plate provided at a lower portion of the tablet pushing rod, and the tablet pushing component is provided with a power mechanism.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The continuous skin packaging and coating apparatus for tablets according to claim 1, wherein the lower coating film heating component comprises an upper heating plate and a lower heating plate, and a lower coating film channel is provided between the upper heating plate and the lower heating plate,
the upper coating film heating component comprises a left heating plate and a right heating plate, and an upper coating film channel is provided between the left heating plate and the right heating plate.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The continuous skin packaging and coating apparatus for tablets according to claim 1, further comprising a coated tablet collecting device provided under the operating platform below the tablet pushing component.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The continuous skin packaging and coating apparatus for tablets according to claim 3, further comprising an adhesive coating device provided between the first mold and the upper coating film unreeling roller, wherein the adhesive coating device is provided with a coating brush, and a lower end of the coating brush is in contact with the lower coating film.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The continuous skin packaging and coating apparatus for tablets according to claim 4, wherein the first mold, the second mold, and the tablet core implanting component are each provided with a power mechanism.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The continuous skin packaging and coating apparatus for tablets according to claim 5, further comprising a controller, a first position sensor, a second position sensor, a third position sensor, and a fourth position sensor;
wherein the first position sensor is provided at the first mold and is electrically connected to the controller;
the second position sensor is provided at the second mold and is electrically connected to the controller;
the third position sensor is provided at the cutting component and is electrically connected to the controller;
the fourth position sensor is provided at the tablet pushing component and is electrically connected to the controller;
the upper and lower composite coating film scrap edge reeling roller, the upper coating film unreeling roller, the lower coating film heating component, the upper coating film heating component, and the heat-sealing plate are electrically connected to the controller, respectively, the power mechanisms of the first mold, the second mold, the tablet core implanting component, and the tablet pushing component are electrically connected to the controller, respectively, and the adhesive coating device is electrically connected to the controller.

### Claim 7

A continuous skin packaging and coating method for tablets, comprising the following steps:
(1) starting a lower coating film unreeling roller, a upper and lower composite coating film scrap edge reeling roller, and an upper coating film unreeling roller, passing a lower coating film sequentially through a channel between an upper heating plate and a lower heating plate of a lower coating film heating component, a tablet core implanting component, a first mold provided with a first tablet placing hole, a second mold provided with a second tablet placing hole, and a cutting component, passing an upper coating film sequentially through an upper coating film channel between a left heating plate and a right heating plate of an upper coating film heating component, a heat-sealing plate, the second mold, the cutting component, and a tablet pushing component;
(2) when the lower coating film moves to a station (a), passing the lower coating film through the lower coating film heating component while being heated and softened by the upper heating plate and the lower heating plate, and implanting a tablet core into the first tablet placing hole of the first mold via a vacuum tube of the tablet core implanting component, thus obtaining a half-finished skin packaged and coated tablet;
(3) moving the first mold downwards, and continuing to move the half-finished skin packaged and coated tablet rightwards;
(4) when the half-finished skin packaged and coated tablet moves rightwards to a station (d), entering, by the half-finished skin packaged and coated tablet, into the second tablet placing hole of the second mold, coating the upper coating film that is heated and softened by the upper coating film heating component on the upper surface of the half-finished skin packaged and coated tablet, and moving the second mold upwards to press a heat-sealing plate, compounding the tablet core with the upper coating film in the tablet placing hole of the bottom surface of the heat-sealing plate;
(5) moving the second mold downwards to obtain a coated tablet, and moving the coated tablets to a station (e); and
(6) starting the cutting component to cut the coated tablet from the heat-sealed upper and lower coating films, and then moving the coated tablet to a station (f), pushing the coated tablet into a collecting device by the tablet pushing component, obtaining a product, and reeling scrap edges by the upper and lower composite coating film scrap edge reeling roller.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The method according to claim 7, wherein between step (3) and step (4), the method further comprises a process of coating an adhesive on the lower coating film by an adhesive coating device.