Tablet binding compositions
AssigneeChemLink Laboratories, LLC
InventorRyan Giffin Moore
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Abstract
Provided are tablet binding compositions for binding cleaning and/or disinfecting formulation components into tablets. The tablet binding compositions are suitable replacements for traditional tablet binder compounds, such as boric acid or zeolites. The tablet binding compositions provided herein can produce tablets of increased hardness at lower compression forces and, when dissolved, yield solutions of increased clarity compared to some traditional binder compounds. Also provided are processes for preparing the tablet binding compositions and methods for formation of tablets containing the tablet binding compositions.
Claims20
A method of producing a tablet containing a component, comprising:
- combining the component with a tablet binder composition that comprises:
- an acetate salt having a particle size greater than 200 μm in an amount from 15% to about 85% by weight of the composition;
- and
- a C6 saccharide derivative sequestrant having a particle size greater than 200 μm in an amount from about 15% to about 85% by weight of the composition, wherein the C6 saccharide derivative sequestrant is an amino hexose, a hexitol, an aldonic acid, an aldonic acid lactone, a hexose-delta-lactone, or a saccharic acid or a salt of any of these compounds or a combination thereof,
- wherein:
- the ratio of the acetate salt to the C6 saccharide derivative sequestrant is in the range of about 5:1 to about 1:5;
- and
- the composition binds together ingredients in a tablet after application of a compression force;
- mixing the tablet binder composition and the component to produce a uniform mix;
- depositing the uniform mix into a press mold;
- and
- applying a compression force to compress the mix to produce a tablet.
A tablet binding composition, comprising:
- an acetate salt having a particle size greater than 250 μm in an amount from 15% to about 85% by weight of the composition;
- and
- a C6 saccharide derivative sequestrant having a particle size greater than 250 μm in an amount from about 15% to about 85% by weight of the composition,
- wherein:
- the C6 saccharide derivative sequestrant is an anhydrous crystalline or anhydrous powder form;
- the acetate salt is an anhydrous crystalline or anhydrous powder form;
- the C6 saccharide derivative sequestrant is an amino hexose, a hexitol, an aldonic acid, an aldonic acid lactone, a hexose-delta-lactone, or a saccharic acid or a salt of any of these compounds or a combination thereof;
- and
- the ratio of the acetate salt to the C6 saccharide derivative sequestrant is in the range of about 5:1 to about 1:5.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.