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US 6,797,201 B2Granted
Multicolor gelatin ribbons and manufacture of soft gelatin products
AssigneeProcaps SA
InventorJuan Pablo Manotas Dugand
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AssigneeProcaps SA
InventorJuan Pablo Manotas Dugand
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The invention provides a new method and apparatus for making multicolor gelatin ribbons and softgel capsules is provided which uses a modification of the gelatin spreader boxes by incorporating especially designed pipelines that are bifurcated with a tee. The present invention also relates to an apparatus for providing decorative coloring effects such as stripes of desired colors on softgel gelatin products comprising: (a) a second gelatin spreader box, with four sides and a bottom, that can be mounted on the outside of a first gelatin spreader box in any convenient manner; (b) at least one orifice in the second spreader box for the dispensing of decorative gelatin; (c) means to adjust the size of said at least one orifice; (d) a main conduit, with at least one opening within said spreader box, providing passage for said decorative gelatin into said box; an into at least one orifice (e) a means to couple said main conduit with said an external source of decorative gelatin; and (f) a means to maintain the temperature of said decorative gelatin within a desired range of temperature; wherein said at least one orifice is constructed to dispense said decorative gelatin onto a base gelatin flowing from said first gelatin spreader box onto a casting drum surface.
A dispensing system including a first box for receiving and storing gelatin of one color, said first box having an unobstructed discharge opening at the bottom thereof for spreading a layer of said one color gelatin, a second box mounted on the rear of said first box for receiving, storing and dispensing a gelatin of a second color, said second box having a plurality of spaced discharge openings extending across a width thereof whereby a plurality of spaced second color lines are dispensed onto said first color layer thereby forming a striped ribbon.
A method of forming a striped gelatinous ribbon including the steps of discharging material and forming a layer of one color, and discharging a second material of a different color into a series of spaced lines onto said layer wherein said layer is formed by providing a box for receiving and storing said material and dispensing material from the bottom thereof, and wherein said series of spaced lines are formed by providing a second box mounted on said first box with a plurality of spaced openings and discharging material therethrough onto said layer.
An apparatus for providing decorative coloring effects such as stripes of desired colors on softgel gelatin products comprising:
A system for the production of softgel products having decorative colored patterns comprising at least one box gate apparatus comprising:
A method to produce gelatin products of a base color with decorative differently colored patterns comprising the use of a box gate apparatus to flow decorative colored gelatin patterns into contact with a base gelatin ribbon wherein said box gate apparatus comprises:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.