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US 12,636,229 B2Granted
Manufacturing device for gelatin capsule
OwnerSoo-Yeong Junginventor
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Abstract
Provided is a manufacturing device for a gelatin capsule structured to include a pair of medicinal solution supply units configured to supply medicinal solutions being filled in the capsule while adopting most of structures of an existing manufacturing device for a soft capsule. The device is capable of manufacturing capsules where one capsule is charged with medicinal solutions different from each other, or is capable of increasing productivity compared to the existing manufacturing device.
Claims2
A manufacturing device for a gelatin capsule, the device comprising:
- a sheet manufacturing unit configured to manufacture a thin film-shaped sheet;
- a capsule manufacturing unit comprising a pair of manufacturing rolls configured to manufacture a capsule with the sheet manufactured by the sheet manufacturing unit;
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- medicinal solution supply units configured to supply a medicinal solution to an inside of the sheet being turned into a capsule, wherein
- the medicinal solution supply units are installed in a pair, and wherein the medicinal solution supplied from one medicinal solution supply unit and the medicinal solution supplied from the other medicinal solution supply unit are either the same or different from each other,
- wherein a cavity formed on a surface of each of the manufacturing rolls of the capsule manufacturing unit is configured such that an inner space thereof is divided into a first space and a second space,
- wherein the medicinal solution discharged from one medicinal solution supply unit of the pair of medicinal solution supply units is injected into the first space, and the medicinal solution discharged from the other medicinal solution supply unit is injected into the second space,
- wherein the capsule manufacturing unit comprises:
- a wedge configured to inject the medicinal solution supplied thereto into the capsule, and
- a distribution plate installed on a top portion of the wedge and configured to receive the medicinal solution from the pair of medicinal solution supply units,
- wherein the distribution plate is formed with injection holes through which the medicinal solution is supplied to the wedge, the injection holes being arranged in two rows on each of the left and right sides of the distribution plate, wherein the number of the injection holes arranged in two rows on each of the left and right sides of the distribution plate is the same as that of medicinal solution supply nozzles formed on one side of each of the pair of medicinal solution supply units, and
- the wedge is formed with discharge holes each of which is in communication with a corresponding injection hole and configured to inject the medicinal solution into the capsule being formed in a capsule manufacturing process,
- wherein a discharge hole in communication with a medicinal solution supply nozzle formed on one side of one medicinal solution supply unit and a discharge hole in communication with a medicinal solution supply nozzle formed on one side of the other medicinal solution supply unit, as a unit, are arranged corresponding to the first space and the second space, respectively, of the cavity.
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