Appeal No. 1996-3860
Application 08/312,819
APPENDIX
A method for covering a caplet with hard-shell gelatin capsule halves to
produce a simulated capsule-like medicament comprising:
providing a first holding means and a second holding means for said caplet;
inserting a first end of said caplet into said first caplet holding means while
leaving a second end of said caplet exposed;
placing a hard-shell gelatin capsule half on said second exposed end of said
caplet;
dipping said hard-shell capsule convered second exposed end of said caplet
into a hot water bath to plasticize said hard-shell capsule half;
permitting said plasticized hard-shell capsule half to dry to form a shrink-
wrapped hard-shell covered second end;
displacing said caplet from said first holding means;
inserting said hard-shell capsule covered second end of said caplet into said
second caplet holding means while leaving said first end of said caplet
exposed;
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