Appeal No. 1996-3860
Application 08/312,819
placing a hard-shell gelatin capsule half on said first exposed end of said caplet;
dipping said hard-shell capsule covered first 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 first end, said shrink-wrapped hard-shell gelatin
capsule half coverings on said first and second ends substantially covering
said caplet;
displacing said caplet from said second holding means.
A method of manufacturing a capsule-shaped medicament comprising:
placing a first hard-shell gelatin capsule half on a first end of a solid caplet having a
first and a second end, plasticizing said first hard-shell capsule half by exposing sad first
hard-sell capsule half to moisture, and shrink-wrapping said first hard-shell gelatin capsule
half on said first end; and
placing a second hard-shell gelatin capsule half on said second end of said caplet,
plasticizing said second hard-sell capsule half by exposing said second hard-shell capsule
half to moisture, and shrink-wrapping said second hard-shell gelatin capsule half on said
second end.
A method of manufacturing a gelatin covered caplet comprising:
plasticizing a first and second hard-sell gelatin capsule shell half and positioning said first
and second plasticized shell halves on opposite ends of a solid caplet; and
drying said plasticized shell halves once on said caplet to shrink said gelatin shell
halves onto said caplet.
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