Abstract: A bottle-opener for a closure for a bottle neck includes a hood 30 equipped with a first hook 38 comprising a contact surface with a lower surface of the closure, and a transmission lever hinged 32 on the hood and provided with a grip section 52 and a working portion 54 suitable for coming to bear against an upper surface of the closure.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a process for preparing fish gelatin capsule comprising the steps of; i) preparing a mixed solution of pectin and glycerin; ii) adding said mixed solution to solubilized fish gelatin solution; iii) adding a small amount of calcium gluconate, sucrose fatty acid esters and glacial acetic acid to said mixture, iv) standing said mixture for adjusting viscosity and v) forming a fish gelatin capsule with obtained fish gelatin mixture, wherein said forming step comprises i) dipping the mold pin into the obtained fish gelatin mixture at the dipping pan, ii) molding the film of the fish gelatin capsule, iii) cooling said film of the fish gelatin capsule using 15˜20° C. cooling air for 5˜10 seconds at the bottom film cooling device, iv) cooling said film of the fish gelatin capsule again using 15˜20° C. cooling air for 100˜120 seconds at the upper film cooling device in order to control the flow of film.

Abstract: A device including a rotating capping head with axial displacement, characterized in that the head is provided with means for screwing a cap on the neck, and means for crimping the cap beneath a crimping ring. The axial displacement includes a first axial displacement of the head activating the screwing means and a second axial displacement of the head activating the crimping means, so as to produce successively, and in one single axial displacement of the head, a screwing step and a crimping step constituting the capping process. The inventive device enables the cap to be screwed and crimped in one single step.

Abstract: The screw capsule includes two parts, a) an insert with a so-called internal head and an internally-threaded skirt a metallic shell, including an external head and an external skirt, the capsule being typically provided with a sealing element, a tamper-protection element and a member for first opening, characterised in that the external skirt includes at least one piece, typically cylindrical, of height, diameter corresponding to the neck for sealing and at least one radially-expanded section, of height, within a circle of diameter D2>D1, such as to form an annular radial cavity. The above offers the advantage that the expanded section particularly facilitates the manipulation of the capsule (1) and the rotation thereof with relation to the neck for opening/closing the container by unscrewing/screwing up the capsule on the neck.

Abstract: The method comprises a) an extrusion stage wherein a extruded tube made of a thermoplastic material is formed by extrusion with the aid of an extrusion die having a diameter D0, a slit width E0 and a section S0; b) a stage wherein the extruded tube is radially expanded in order to form a radially expanded tube having a diameter D2, a thickness E2 and corresponding section of area S1; c) a truncating stage wherein the expanded tube is broken down into tube portions; d) a stage in which the tube portions are formed in such a way that a heat-shrinkable cap is obtained and in which an axial drawing stage is incorporated, between extrusion stage a) and expansion stage b), at the output of the extrusion die, in order to obtain an axially drawn tube having a diameter D1 which is typically smaller than D0 and D2, and a thickness E1 which is typically lower than E0, such that S0/S1 typically ranges between 2 and 10.

Abstract: A closure, embodied to cooperate with a neck of a container, the neck, having a wide mouth on the upper part thereof, an external thread and a tapering piece on the lateral wall, for sealing the closure which includes a) an external body having an external head and skirt, b) an insert, enclosed within the body and fixed thereto, including an internal head and skirt, provided with an internal thread, for cooperation with the external thread of the neck and c) a sealing joint, forming an inset piece, fixed to the insert. The joint has a central piece and a border piece. The insert includes a radial compression element, for the sealing joint against the neck, such that when the bottle closure is screwed to the neck, the border is compressed radially between the insert and the neck.

Abstract: Overcap (1, 11, 12) designed to overcap a neck (80) of a bottle (8) closed by a cork (82) containing a liquid to be packaged (83, 84) includes a rolled skirt (3) and a top (2) fixed to the rolled skirt around a circular junction area (4) common to the skirt and the top. The top is formed from a first strip of material chosen to have a nature and thickness so that it can be deformed, typically by stamping between a punch and a die or by thermoforming, to form a crease-free rim around the top. The rim is formed by the peripheral part of the top axially deformed over a height H between 1 and 5 mm, and the is a rim (20,21) that extends around an arc of a circle ? varying from 45 to 90°.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing hardshell gelatin capsule reducing the static electricity and enhancing the lubrication of film having good film distribution in capsule comprising the steps of: i) preparing an emulsion containing 0.4˜0.8 part by weight of diacetylated monoglycerides, 0.05˜0.1 part by weight of sodium lauryl sulfate, and 0.005˜0.01 part by weight of colloidal silicon dioxide; ii) adding the emulsion to gelatin solution containing 100 part by weight of gelatin; iii) mixing and homogenizing the resulting solution; iv) adjusting viscosity of mixture; v) allowing the obtained product to stand; and vi) forming a hardshell gelatin capsule therefrom.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a process for preparing fish gelatin capsule comprising the steps of; i) preparing a mixed solution of pectin and glycerin; ii) adding said mixed solution to solubilized fish gelatin solution; iii) adding a small amount of calcium gluconate, sucrose fatty acid esters and glacial acetic acid to said mixture, iv) standing said mixture for adjusting viscosity and v) forming a fish gelatin capsule with obtained fish gelatin mixture, wherein said forming step comprises i) dipping the mold pin into the obtained fish gelatin mixture at the dipping pan, ii) molding the film of the fish gelatin capsule, iii) cooling said film of the fish gelatin capsule using 15˜20° C. cooling air for 5˜10 seconds at the bottom film cooling device, iv) cooling said film of the fish gelatin capsule again using 15˜20° C. cooling air for 100˜120 seconds at the upper film cooling device in order to control the flow of film.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a gelatin soft capsule having the properties of removal of oral smell and cleaning of oral cavity, which contains the ingredient for masking an oral smell as an active ingredient. More particularly it relates a gelatin soft capsule comprising core ingredients and shell ingredients, wherein said core ingredients comprise i) 40˜90 wt % of at least one base material selected from safflower seed oil, olive oil and medium chain triglycerides, ii) 1˜40 wt % of natural or artificial flavor for refreshing oral cavity, iii) 0.1˜10 wt % of at least one artificial sweetener selected from saccharine, aspartam and stevioside; and said shell ingredients comprise the gelatin as a base material, glycerin, D-sorbitol, citric acid, surfactant and edible pigment.

Abstract: A method for oral administration of an active principle includes the steps of incorporating an active principle in multilamellar vesicles having a diameter of between 0.1 and 25 &mgr;m, and a lamellar liquid-crystal internal structure formed, from the center to the periphery of the vesicles, of a stack of concentric bilayers based on amphiphilic agents alternating with layers of water, aqueous solution or solution of a polar liquid, and orally administering a composition containing the active principle incorporated within the vesicles.

Abstract: To provide Ubidecarenone compositions being excellent in absorbability into the body, highly stable at low temperatures, keeping clear external appearance, and being liquid at ordinary temperature. Ubidecarenone is dissolved in oils by which the accumulation of fats in the body is low, for example, triglyceride, which contains a short chain fatty acid as constitutive fatty acid, preferably SALATRIM, or diglyceride, for example, a hybrid glyceride composed of a middle chain fatty acid and a long chain fatty acid.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cellulose capsule comprising the steps of: i) preparing a mixed solution of pectin and glycerin, ii) adding said mixed solution to solubilized cellulose aqueous solution, iii) adding a small amount of glacial acetic acid, calcium gluconate, sucrose fatty acid ester to said mixture, and iv) standing by adjusting viscosity and forming a capsule.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a chewable soft gelatin capsule and a soft gelatin capsule of the torsional opening type, the capsule having a shell which includes: (A) gelatin (B) one or more plasticizers selected from among (b1)-(b3) below, in a total amount of 100-600 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of gelatin; (b1) glycerin (b2) a sugar selected from among D-sorbitol, sucrose, mannitol, fructose, sugar alcohol, and isomerized sugar (b3) a glycol selected from propylene glycol and ethylene glycol, and (C) a water-insoluble cellulose.

Abstract: An empty medicinal and food capsule includes a cap member containing a cap circumferential slot disposed on the upper portion and at least one raised member disposed on the inner surface thereof, the cap circumferential slot having a triangular slot formed on the outer surface thereof, and a body member containing a body circumferential slot disposed on the upper portion thereof whereby the cap member and the body member can be slidably locked with each other by slidably locking the cap circumferential slot with the body circumferential slot, at the time, the triangular slot prevents from semi-locking or final locking in a prelocking state, and prevents from separating the cap member form the body member in a final locking state, and the capsule is not deformed.

Abstract: A soft capsular preparation comprising a polyethylene glycol solution of sodium picosulfate. The soft capsular preparation is stable over a prolonged storage time and is convenient to carry around. In addition, an exact dosage of the medicine can be administered.

Abstract: The present invention provides a device for fixedly securing a cap and body of a capsule together to thereby render the capsule tamper evident. In one form of the invention, the capsules are conveyed at spaced intervals along a predetermined path of travel through a treatment zone which is generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the capsule. An elongated bar having a tapered edge and positioned within the treatment zone engages the side of the capsule to produce an indentation in the side of the capsule which increases in depth from the entry and to the exit end of the treatment zone. This indentation around the capsule hermetically seals the cap and body of the capsule together so that the cap and body cannot be separated without destruction of the capsule. In another form of the invention, the bar is increasingly heated along its length so that, in addition to forming an indentation circumferentially around the capsule, simultaneously hermetically seals the capsule cap and body together.

Abstract: Removal and/or clean-up of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) from contaminated surfaces with novel compositions of petroleum distillate and wetting agent mixtures.

Abstract: A medicinal capsule comprising a cap member containing a first circumferential slot formed on the outer surface of the upper portion, at least one raised member formed on the inner surface of the cap, a body member containing a second circumferential slot formed on the outer surface of the upper portion thereof for slidably locking with the first circumferential slot of the cap member during final locking, and at least one connecting member formed on the outer surface of the second circumferential slot of the body member and extending internal to the body member for slidably locking with the raised member of the cap member, the raised member and the connecting member being dimensional relative to each other so as to form a space therebetween whereby when the cap member and body member are preliminarily locked prior to final locking, the capsule is not deformed.