Sealing hard-shell gelatin capsules

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR SEALING HARD-SHELL GELATIN CAPSULES, SAID CAPSULES BEING FORMED FROM BODY AND CAP PARTS, EACH OF SAID PARTS HAVING ONE CLOSED END AND ONE OPEN END, THE OPEN END OF SAID CAP PARTS BEING TELESCOPED OVER THE OPEN END OF SAID BODY PARTS, SAID PROCESS COMPRISING CONTACTING SAID CAPSULES WITH A LIQUID MEDIUM AT A TEMPERATURE OF NOT MORE THAN ABOUT 70*C., CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF ABOUT FIVE TO ABOUT FIFTEEN PARTS BY WEIGHT OF AN ALIPHATIC, WATER-SOLUBLE POLYHYDRIC ALCOHOL CONTAINING FROM THREE TO SEVEN CARBON ATOMS, FROM ABOUT TWENTY-FIVE TO ABOUT FORTY-FIVE PARTS BY WEIGHT OF A WATERSOLUBLE ALIPHATIC MONOHYDRIC ALCOHOL CONTAINING FROM TWO TO FOUR CARBON ATOMS AND FROM ABOUT FIFTEEN TO ABOUT FORTY PARTS BY WEIGHT OF WATER, MAINTAINING SAID CAPSULES IN CONTACT WITH SAID LIQUID MEDIUM FOR AT LEAST ABOUT TEN SECONDS TO PRODUCE AT LEAST A FRICTION SEAL BETWEEN THE MUTUAL CONTACTING AREAS OF THE CAPSULE PARTS, THEREAFTER REMOVING SAID CAPSULES FROM CONTACT WITH SAID MEDIUM, AND DRYING THE SEALED CAPSULES.