Apparatus for making tablets

Claim 1

IN A TABLETING MACHINE FOR MAKING SMALL TABLETS, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING: A TABLE HAVING A GROUP OF OPENINGS THERETHROUGH AND MEANS FOR MOVING SAID TABLE BETWEEN A FILLING STATION AND A COMPRESSION STATION, SAID GROUP OF SAID OPENINGS COMPRISING A MULTITUDE OF OPENINGS WHOSE WIDTH IS NOT SUBSTANTIALLY IN EXCESS OF .080 INCH; A MOVABLE UPPER COMPRESSION MEMBER ENGAGEABLE WITH THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID TABLE FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY CLOSING THE UPPER ENDS OF ALL OF SAID OPENINGS OF SAID GROUP; MEANS FOR HOLDING SAID UPPER COMPRESSION MEMBER AWAY FROM SAID TABLE WHEN SAME IS IN THE REGION OF SAID FILLING STATION AND MEANS FOR URGING SAID UPPER COMPRESSION MEMBER DOWNWARDLY AND TIGHTLY AGAINST SAID TABLE WHEN SAME IS IN THE REGION OF SAID COMPRESSION STATION; A SINGLE PUNCH DRIVER FOR SAID GROUP OF OPENINGS AND MEANS MOUNTING SAME FOR MOVEMENT WITH SAID TABLE; A PLURALITY OF PUNCHES EACH ENTERING INTO ONE OF SAID TABLE OPENINGS FROM BELOW AND MEANS BY WHICH MOVEMENT OF SAID PUNCH DRIVER EFFECTS SIMULTANEOUS MOVEMENT OF SAID PLURALITY OF PUNCHES; LOWER MEANS FOR EFFECTING RETRACTION OF SAID PUNCHES AT SAID FILLING STATION AND URGING SAID PUNCHES UPWARDLY TOWARD SAID UPPER COMPRESSION MEMBER IN THE REGION OF SAID COMPRESSION STATION; SAID HOLDING MEANS RAISING THE UPPER COMPRESSION MEMBER ON COMPLETION OF COMPRESSION OF THE TABLETS BY THE PUNCHES; WHEREBY SAID OPENINGS MAY BE FILLED WITH POWDER IN SAID FILLING STATION AND COMPRESSED INTO PELLETS OF PREDETERMINED SIZE AND DENSITY IN SAID COMPRESSION STATION.