Apparatus for holding solid compact medicaments during coating processing

Apparatus for holding a solid compact medicament to be coated comprising:

• a first member comprising a surface having first and second opposite sides and at least one throughole in said surface, said at least one throughole having an interior wall, a portion of said interior wall extending beyond the surface on at least one side of said first member forming a first gripping jaw portion;
• a second member comprising a surface having third and fourth sides and at least one throughole, said at least one throughole of said second member having an interior wall, a portion of said interior wall extending beyond the surface on at least one side of said second member forming a second gripping jaw portion;
• wherein said first and second gripping jaw portions being disposed in the throughole of the other for cooperative movement therein together defining a gripping jaw;
• and,
• means for moving at least one of said gripping jaw portions within the throughole of the other for engaging and subsequently releasing a solid compact medicament.

An apparatus for holding a solid compact medicament to be coated comprising:

• a first member having a first notch, a first chamber adjacent said first notch, and a lower surface, said first notch having a portion extending beyond said lower surface of said first member;
• a second member having a second notch, a second chamber adjacent said second notch, and an upper surface, said second notch having a portion extending beyond said upper surface of said second member;
• the first and second members being arranged in opposition with said portion of the first notch being movable within the second chamber;
• the portion of the second notch being movable within the first chamber and the portions forming opposed notches so that said opposed notches can move cooperatively within said chambers;
• said opposed notches being movable between a first position and a second position cooperatively with the movement of the first and second members, the opposed notches in said first position being spaced apart defining an open gripping jaw for receiving and subsequently releasing a solid compact medicament, said gripping jaw having a longitudinal axis, and in the second position said opposed notches being at least partially closed for engaging a circumferential portion of said solid compact medicament;
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• a spring member connected to the first and second members such that said spring member biases the first and second members in the second closed position.