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Stable fat-soluble vitamin-containing composition

Assignee: Nopco Chemical Co
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Filing: 1953-02-19
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Granted: 1957-01-15
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Expires: 1973-02-19
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Hochberg Melvin
  • 👤 Melvin J Macmillan

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-23 22:14
CPC Classifications
A; A23; A23K; A23K20/00; A23K20/10; A23K20/174

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 208 words
A HIGHLY STABLE FAT-SOLUBLE-VITAMIN-CONTAINING COMPOSITION OF MATTER WHEREIN THE FAT-SOLUBLE VITAMIN CONTENT IS AVAILABLE BIOLOGICALLY, SAID COMPOSITION OF MATTER COMPRISING A MULTIPLICITY OF SMALL, SUBSTANTIALLY SOLID SPHEROIDAL PARTICLES CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF (A) NORMALLY SOLID WAX-LIKE MATERIAL HAVING A MELTING POINT OF AT LEAST 45*C., (B) FAT-SOLUBLE-VITAMIN-CONTAINING MATERIAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF FAT-SOLUBLE-VITAMINA-CONTAINING MATERIAL AND FAT-SOLUBLE-VITAMIN-D-CONTAINING MATERIAL, (C) AN EDIBLE SURFACE-ACTIVE MATERIAL, AND (D) AN EDIBLE ANTIOXIDANT, SAID SUBSTANCES (A), (B), (C) AND (D) BEING INTIMATELY COMBINED WITH EACH OTHER, SAID COMPOSITION HAVING BEEN PRODUCED BY FORMING (A), (B), (C) AND (D) INTO A SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM MOLTEN MASS, THERAFTER FORMING VERY SMALL FLUID DROPLETS FROM THE MOLTEN MASS AND PROJECTING THE VERY SMALL DROPLETS THROUTH THE AIR UNTIL THEY ARE SUBSTANTIALLY SOLIDIFIED, SAID SPHEROIDAL PRARTICLES HAVING (A), (B), (C) AND (D) IN SUBSTANTIALLY SOLID SOLUTION, THE QUANTITY BY WEIGHT OF (A) IN SAID SPEROIDAL PARTICLES BEING BETWEEN ABOUT 15% AND 70% OF THE COMBINED WEIGHTS OF (A), (B), (C), AND (D), AND THE QUANTITY BY WEIGHT OF (C) BEING BETWEEN ABOUT 0.5% AND 40% OF THE COMBINED WEIGHTS OF (A), (B), (C), AND (D), AND SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF SAID SPHEROIDAL PARTICLES BEING PASSABLE THROUGH A 10 MESH SCREEN AND BEING RETAIN ABLE ON A 100 MESH SCREEN.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 208 words
A HIGHLY STABLE FAT-SOLUBLE-VITAMIN-CONTAINING COMPOSITION OF MATTER WHEREIN THE FAT-SOLUBLE VITAMIN CONTENT IS AVAILABLE BIOLOGICALLY, SAID COMPOSITION OF MATTER COMPRISING A MULTIPLICITY OF SMALL, SUBSTANTIALLY SOLID SPHEROIDAL PARTICLES CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF (A) NORMALLY SOLID WAX-LIKE MATERIAL HAVING A MELTING POINT OF AT LEAST 45*C., (B) FAT-SOLUBLE-VITAMIN-CONTAINING MATERIAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF FAT-SOLUBLE-VITAMINA-CONTAINING MATERIAL AND FAT-SOLUBLE-VITAMIN-D-CONTAINING MATERIAL, (C) AN EDIBLE SURFACE-ACTIVE MATERIAL, AND (D) AN EDIBLE ANTIOXIDANT, SAID SUBSTANCES (A), (B), (C) AND (D) BEING INTIMATELY COMBINED WITH EACH OTHER, SAID COMPOSITION HAVING BEEN PRODUCED BY FORMING (A), (B), (C) AND (D) INTO A SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM MOLTEN MASS, THERAFTER FORMING VERY SMALL FLUID DROPLETS FROM THE MOLTEN MASS AND PROJECTING THE VERY SMALL DROPLETS THROUTH THE AIR UNTIL THEY ARE SUBSTANTIALLY SOLIDIFIED, SAID SPHEROIDAL PRARTICLES HAVING (A), (B), (C) AND (D) IN SUBSTANTIALLY SOLID SOLUTION, THE QUANTITY BY WEIGHT OF (A) IN SAID SPEROIDAL PARTICLES BEING BETWEEN ABOUT 15% AND 70% OF THE COMBINED WEIGHTS OF (A), (B), (C), AND (D), AND THE QUANTITY BY WEIGHT OF (C) BEING BETWEEN ABOUT 0.5% AND 40% OF THE COMBINED WEIGHTS OF (A), (B), (C), AND (D), AND SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF SAID SPHEROIDAL PARTICLES BEING PASSABLE THROUGH A 10 MESH SCREEN AND BEING RETAIN ABLE ON A 100 MESH SCREEN.

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