Abstract: According to this invention a composite razor handle having a rigid inner core of thermoplastic material and a moldable flexible resilient covering layer is provided. This flexible convering layer because of its flexibility, compressibility and initial deformability provides a comfortable secure surface for the razor user. The handle of this invention, due to its bicomponent nature, provides a limit for compressibility as well as the compressive resilience desirable by many users.

Abstract: According to this invention various hygroscopic malflavored drugs can be proceeded by a unique wet granulation process wherein a slurry of the drug in water is dried in combination with colloidal silicon dioxide and, in a particularly preferred embodiment microcrystalline cellulose with the colloidal silicon dioxide absorbing onto the drug particles.The result is a protective coating of silicon dioxide which masks unpleasant taste and odor and also reduces the adhesive of the granulation onto the punch faces used in the manufacture of the granules. By adsorbing silicon dioxide on the particulate surface of the malflavored hygroscopic drug, the drug becomes not only easier to handle but the unpleasant tastes and/or odors are masked making the fiinal product more susceptible to proper patient compliance.

Abstract: The invention refers to a process for obtaining a melt of destruction starch containing a finite amount of electrolytes comprising:A. providing a starch material containing free electrolytes and/or bound phosphate salts,B. removing partially or wholly the free electrolytes and/or the metallic cations from the phosphate groups of the starch,C. optionally replacing a part or all of the free H.sup.+ -ions of the free phosphate groups with metallic monovalent and/or polyvalent cations,D. conditioning the obtained starch material to a water content of 10 to 25% by weight calculated on the basis of starch and water,E. heating said starch/water composition at elevated pressure to a temperature sufficient to essentially destructure the starch while maintaining said water content until a melt of destructurized starch is formed.The invention further refers to the process ofF. cooling said melt (as obtained under E.

Abstract: A hard shell tamper-proof capsule having cylindrical, telescopically joinable, coaxial cap and body parts each having a side wall, an open end and a closed end, the cap and body being adapted to be mutually joined; characterized in that the body closed end has either a generally hemispheroidal, a pyramidical, a conical or a flat outside surface, and that the body side wall is totally enclosed within the cap side wall thereby exposing only the outside surface of the body closed end for gripping, which impedes separation of and tampering with the joined capsule.For additional security the tamper-proof capsule may be provided with locking means of circumferentially extending ridges or grooves.For further security the tamper-proof capsule may be provided with sealing means such as hot water, steam, or hot solutions or emulsions.

Abstract: According to this invention a means of staking is provided in which a portion of the stake near the bottom is subjected to shearing and cold-forming to form a skirt. The skirt provides a locking assembly for the component parts of the razor head without chamfering the area around the receiving orifices. The locking is also done without the possibility of bending, deforming or shattering the individual stakes themselves.

Abstract: A dosing disc capsule machine has a tamping pin carried in a mounting block for extending into openings in a dosing disc to compact powder in the openings to form a plug. The plug is then transferred into a capsule body by an ejection pin. In accordance with the invention, a load cell is positioned above the tamping pin in the mounting block for measuring the compressive force exerted on the powder by the tamping pin. The load cell occupies the space normally occupied by the overload spring in such dosing disc capsule machines. Thus, modification of the tamping pin is not necessary, and the simple substitution of parts makes it possible to interchange the instrumentation from one machine to another. Further, the modifications are minor and do not affect the normal operation of the machine.

Abstract: A feeding apparatus for feeding a material from a material supply to a further apparatus, particularly a packaging apparatus. The apparatus comprises a storage buffer for storing an amount of the material, a first feed arrangement for feeding the material from the material supply to the storage buffer, and a second feed arrangement for feeding the material from the storage buffer to the further apparatus. The storage buffer comprises a plurality of movable rollers and a plurality of fixed rollers disposed above the movable rollers. The material is wound alternately between the fixed and movable rollers. The movable rollers are movable toward the fixed rollers by the tension in the material, and are movable away from the fixed rollers under the influence of gravity. This enables the material to be fed continuously to the further apparatus during an interruption of the material supply.

Abstract: According to this invention a flexible razor head is provided which features a flexible cap and blade support portion with the blade support portion featuring a segmented guard bar with the spaces separating the segment correlating to the spaces or areas of reduced thickness in the cap. Corrugations present in the blade support portions enable the blade support portion to lengthen in response to shaving forces.

Abstract: According to this invention a lubricating strip comprising a honeycomb structure of polystyrene and a water soluble leachable shaving aid of high molecular weight polyethylene oxide is molded in situ on a razor cap made of thermoplastic material which has been previously injection molded.

Abstract: The oxidation--and color-stability of certain ace inhibitors is optimized when they are formulated with a stabilizer and at least one lubricant and/or excipient.

Abstract: Drug delivery systems which exhibit sustained release properties when administered are produced using a "dual control" system which employs polymeric agents in core and membrane portions.

Abstract: Sustained release solid dosage forms--i.e., tablets, pellets, granules, and powders--can be made using a combination of polymeric and ionic particulate materials to modify release profiles, permeability and processability.

Abstract: Apparatus for measuring the hardness of capsule plugs, granules and pellets, in which a power stand (11) has a base (12) and gear motor (15) for driving a replaceable probe (25) toward a test subject supported on the base. A test subject holder (27) is placed on the base for holding the test subject, and comprises spaced apart first and second support plates (28, 30) fixed relative to one another with a third support plate (29) movable therebetween to define a space variable between zero and a predetermined maximum. Accordingly, a test subject may be held on the support for testing in a selected one of a variety of modes, including crushing, bending and cutting, depending on the spacing of the plates and the probe selected.

Abstract: According to this invention a razor is provided which features a choice between pivoting and non pivoting cartridge action due to the presence of a locking yoke which slides around a portion of the cam follower to butt against the V edges of the cartridge cam. The yoke can be manually operated and released but is always disengaged during cartridge attachment and removal.

Abstract: The cyclization and hydrolysis of certain ACE inhibitors is minimized when they are formulated with a stabilizer and at least one lubricant and/or excipient.