US 6,274,727 B1Granted

Method for producing shaped and unshaped polyol masses

AssigneeMerck Patent GmbH

InventorsKarin Maul, Eugen Schwarz

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Abstract

The invention relates to a composition, comprising one or more polyols, which has prolonged deformability and can be processed to give tablets, compacts or boiled sweets having improved properties.

Claims16

Dependent claims

A composition for the production of tablets, compacts or boiled sweets, comprising a mixture obtained by co-spraying at least two polyols, and optionally carbohydrates from the group consisting of starch and cellulose, extruding the compostion and optionally shaping the extruded composition.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 09/308,135Filed 14 May 1999
Priority: DE 196 47 28215 Nov 1996
Granted: 14 Aug 2001
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

A23G 3/42
Characterised by the composition containing organic or inorganic compounds: characterised by the carbohydrates used, e.g. polysaccharides
A23G 3/0242
Shaping of liquid, paste, powder; Manufacture of moulded articles, e.g. modelling, moulding, calendering: apparatus in which the material is…
A23G 3/38
Characterised by the composition containing organic or inorganic compounds: sucrose-free products
A61K 9/2018
Organic compounds, e.g. phospholipids, fats: sugars, or sugar alcohols, e.g. lactose, mannitol; Derivatives thereof, e.g. polysorbates

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Abstract

The invention relates to a composition, comprising one or more polyols, which has prolonged deformability and can be processed to give tablets, compacts or boiled sweets having improved properties.

Facts

Application

09/308,135Filed 14 May 1999

Priority

DE 196 47 28215 Nov 1996

Granted

14 Aug 2001

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

A23G 3/42
Characterised by the composition containing organic or inorganic compounds: characterised by the carbohydrates used, e.g. polysaccharides
A23G 3/0242
Shaping of liquid, paste, powder; Manufacture of moulded articles, e.g. modelling, moulding, calendering: apparatus in which the material is…
A23G 3/38
Characterised by the composition containing organic or inorganic compounds: sucrose-free products
A61K 9/2018
Organic compounds, e.g. phospholipids, fats: sugars, or sugar alcohols, e.g. lactose, mannitol; Derivatives thereof, e.g. polysorbates