Abstract 1. IN THE PROCESS OF COATING TABLET CORES OR THE LIKE WITH A COATING COMPRISING PLACING SAID CORES IN A CONTAINER, ROTATING SAID CONTAINER TO MOVE SAID CORES ABOUT, SUPPLYING A SUSPENSION OR SOLUTION OF COATING MATERIAL TO SAID CONTAINER TO COAT SAID CORES AND SUPPLYING A DYRING GAS TO SAID CONTAINER TO DRY THE COATING ON SAID CORES, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES INTRODUCING SAID DRYING GAS INTO THE BODY OF MOVING TABLET CORES BELOW THE LEVEL THEREOF IN SUCH MANNER THAT A SUBSTANTIALLY TABLET-FREE GAS SPACE IS FORMED JUST BEYOND THE POINT OF DISCHARGE OF SAID GAS, SAID GAS BEING DIRECTED IN THE MAIN DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF THE TABLET CORES, SPRAYING OF SAID COATING MATERIAL INTO SAID GAS SPACE TAKING PLACE IN A DIRECTION SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE DIRECTION OF DISCHARGE OF SAID GAS.
IN THE PROCESS OF COATING TABLET CORES OR THE LIKE WITH A COATING COMPRISING PLACING SAID CORES IN A CONTAINER, ROTATING SAID CONTAINER TO MOVE SAID CORES ABOUT, SUPPLYING A SUSPENSION OR SOLUTION OF COATING MATERIAL TO SAID CONTAINER TO COAT SAID CORES AND SUPPLYING A DYRING GAS TO SAID CONTAINER TO DRY THE COATING ON SAID CORES, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES INTRODUCING SAID DRYING GAS INTO THE BODY OF MOVING TABLET CORES BELOW THE LEVEL THEREOF IN SUCH MANNER THAT A SUBSTANTIALLY TABLET-FREE GAS SPACE IS FORMED JUST BEYOND THE POINT OF DISCHARGE OF SAID GAS, SAID GAS BEING DIRECTED IN THE MAIN DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF THE TABLET CORES, SPRAYING OF SAID COATING MATERIAL INTO SAID GAS SPACE TAKING PLACE IN A DIRECTION SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE DIRECTION OF DISCHARGE OF SAID GAS.
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IN THE PROCESS OF COATING TABLET CORES OR THE LIKE WITH A COATING COMPRISING PLACING SAID CORES IN A CONTAINER, ROTATING SAID CONTAINER TO MOVE SAID CORES ABOUT, SUPPLYING A SUSPENSION OR SOLUTION OF COATING MATERIAL TO SAID CONTAINER TO COAT SAID CORES AND SUPPLYING A DYRING GAS TO SAID CONTAINER TO DRY THE COATING ON SAID CORES, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES INTRODUCING SAID DRYING GAS INTO THE BODY OF MOVING TABLET CORES BELOW THE LEVEL THEREOF IN SUCH MANNER THAT A SUBSTANTIALLY TABLET-FREE GAS SPACE IS FORMED JUST BEYOND THE POINT OF DISCHARGE OF SAID GAS, SAID GAS BEING DIRECTED IN THE MAIN DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF THE TABLET CORES, SPRAYING OF SAID COATING MATERIAL INTO SAID GAS SPACE TAKING PLACE IN A DIRECTION SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE DIRECTION OF DISCHARGE OF SAID GAS.