Abstract: Provided is a capsule filling apparatus including: a conveyance body 10 configured to convey a capsule body 30; and a filling unit 20 configured to fill a filling material in the capsule body 30 conveyed to a filling position P, in which the filling unit 20 includes a hopper 21, a holding chamber 22c, an auger 23, and a paddle 24, the auger 23 is rotationally driven around a first rotation shaft 23a extending in a vertical direction in a hopper 21, the paddle 24 is rotationally driven around a second rotation shaft such that a push-in blade 24b slides along an upper surface 11 of the conveyance body 10 in the holding chamber 22c, and the first rotation shaft 23a and the second rotation shaft are arranged such that axes of the first rotation axis and the second rotation axis coincide with each other.

Abstract: A multilayered enteric hard capsule consisting of a first layer having no enteric properties and a second layer of a hard capsule having enteric properties is provided. The multilayered enteric hard capsule comprising a cap portion and a body portion, the cap portion and the body portion each consisting of a capsule shell comprising at least a first layer and a second layer in whole or in part, wherein the first layer contains a water-soluble base, the second layer contains an enteric polymer, and the second layer coats an outside of the first layer in whole or in part.

Abstract: A capsule marking device 1 includes: a conveying unit 2 that conveys a capsule C along a conveyance path 2a; a first imaging unit 30 that captures an image of the capsule C being conveyed, to obtain first imaging data; a marking unit 40 that performs marking on the capsule C being conveyed; and a control unit that sets a marking region on the capsule C on the basis of the first imaging data, and forms a marking pattern in the marking region by controlling the operation of the marking unit 40. The capsule marking device 1 further includes a separating unit 60 that selectively separates the capsule C being conveyed from the conveyance path 2a, and the control unit controls the operation of the separating unit 60 to separate the capsule C having a seam with a size equal to or larger than a predetermined reference size in the marking region in the first imaging data without forming a marking pattern.

Abstract: A marking inspection device 100 for transparent edible objects includes: a conveying unit 2 that conveys, along a linear conveyance path 2a, a transparent edible object C on which a marking pattern has been formed; an inspecting imaging unit 30 that captures an image of the transparent edible object C being conveyed on the conveyance path 2a, and obtains inspecting imaging data; and a control unit that determines quality of the marking pattern, on the basis of the inspecting imaging data 30. In the marking inspection device 100, the inspecting imaging unit 30 includes: a camera 31 disposed so that the imaging direction is orthogonal to the conveyance path 2a; a reflective illuminating unit 32 disposed on a same side of the conveyance path 2a as the camera 31; and a transmissive illuminating unit 33 disposed on an opposite side of the conveyance path 2a from the camera 31.

Abstract: To provide a hard capsule composed of a hard capsule film that can be molded by a cold gelation method and has enteric properties.

Abstract: A capsule mass measuring device includes conveyer roller and measurement device having measurement plate. Conveyer roller is provided with protrusions and accommodation parts formed between adjacent protrusions, and each of which accommodating the capsule such that a longitudinal direction of the capsule is arranged along rotation axis. Measurement plate is provided with groove part and the measurement plate is arranged such that the capsule in accommodation part is supplied to groove part, by a rotation of the conveyer roller, during a period after the capsule passes through the lowest point until rotating 45 degrees, and the capsule of which the mass has been measured is discharged from measurement plate by contacting one of protrusions, which is defined as one protrusion, due to the rotation of conveyer roller.

Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is providing a hard capsule made of a hard capsule film having enteric properties that can be molded by a cold gel method. An enteric hard capsule comprises a film containing a first component and a second component, and further containing at least one component selected from the group consisting of a third component, a fourth component, and a fifth component, wherein the first component is a nonionic water-soluble cellulose compound having a viscosity value within a range of from 100 mPa·s to 100,000 mPa·s, the second component is an enteric methacrylic acid copolymer, the third component is an enteric cellulose compound, wherein the fourth component is a water-insoluble (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester copolymer, and the fifth component is at least one kind selected from the group consisting of polyvinyl alcohol, a plasticizer, and a surfactant.

Abstract: A viscous liquid supply apparatus includes a storage tank (10) that stores viscous liquid, and a pump (14) that supplies the viscous liquid stored in the storage tank to a use point, wherein the viscous liquid supply apparatus is configured with a viscometer (20) that measures a viscosity of the viscous liquid stored in the storage tank, and a replenishment device (30) that supplies replenishment liquid to the storage tank based on the viscosity measured with the viscometer. The viscometer (20) is a rotary type viscometer that has a rotor (23) in a cylindrical shape wherein the rotor is immersed in the viscous liquid and rotates therein, and the rotor is configured with a stirring blade that agitates the viscous liquid inside the storage tank (10).

Abstract: There is provided a method by which microtags can be attached to a product at a product processing facility other than the manufacturer such as a dispensing pharmacy. Also, it is an object to attach microtags to a hard capsule in a simple manner. There is provided a band seal preparation liquid for sealing a hard capsule, the band seal preparation liquid containing microtags that enable a product to be identified.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to improve the hardness of the capsule film of a hard capsule. The present invention improves the hardness of the capsule film of a hard capsule by adding a starch decomposition product, and/or at least one clay mineral selected from the group consisting of talc, bentonite, and kaolin, to a hard capsule film.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a hard capsule improved in deposition of a gelling aid on a hard capsule film. The gelling aid deposition is inhibited by adding a non-reducing disaccharide or a non-reducing disaccharide alcohol to the hard capsule film.

Abstract: Provided is a device (1) for drying a columnar structure (30) supported upright on a supporting surface (2a), wherein a feeding part (5a) for feeding drying gas toward the supporting surface (2a) and a discharge part (6b) for discharging the fed drying gas are both provided in an opposing surface (6a) facing the supporting surface (2a). A plurality of feeding parts (5a) and a plurality of discharge parts (6b) are preferably provided, and the plurality of discharge parts (6b) are preferably symmetrically disposed around one feeding part (5a).

Abstract: The strength of a capsule film for a hard capsule is improved by the addition of a layered clay mineral bound to dipolar molecules to at least one base selected from the group consisting of polyvinyl alcohols and polyvinyl alcohol copolymers.

Abstract: The strength of a capsule film for a hard capsule is improved by the addition of silica particles with an average particle size of 0.01 ?m or more and 10 ?m or less to at least one base selected from the group consisting of polyvinyl alcohols and polyvinyl alcohol copolymers.

Abstract: An aligning and conveying apparatus includes a rotating disk having a bottom wall, a first ring having a first circumferential wall, a second ring having a second circumferential wall. First and second conveying parts are respectively provided in upper parts of the first and second circumferential walls. In the rotating disk and the first ring, the bottom wall is positioned lower than the first conveying part to form a retaining space for retaining preparations inside the first ring. The respective rotational axes are relatively inclined such that the preparations move from the bottom wall to the first conveying part at a first delivery position. In the first and second rings, the first conveying part is positioned lower than the second conveying part, and the respective rotational axes are relatively inclined such that the preparations move from the first conveying part to the second conveying part at a second delivery position.

Abstract: To provide a hard capsule composed of a hard capsule film that can be molded by a cold gelation method and has enteric properties.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to improve the hardness of the capsule film of a hard capsule. The present invention improves the hardness of the capsule film of a hard capsule by adding a starch decomposition product, and/or at least one clay mineral selected from the group consisting of talc, bentonite, and kaolin, to a hard capsule film.

Abstract: Provided is a pharmaceutical formulation transporting device capable of easily ensuring a large exposed area of a solid pharmaceutical formulation during transport. A pharmaceutical formulation transporting device 10 comprises a first pulley 11, a second pulley 12, and a plurality of endless transport belts 13, 14 wound around the first pulley 11 and the second pulley 12, wherein the plurality of transport belts 13, 14 are disposed so as to be capable of holding a solid pharmaceutical formulation between respective first side surfaces.

Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is providing a hard capsule made of a hard capsule film having enteric properties that can be molded by a cold gel method. An enteric hard capsule comprises a film containing a first component and a second component, and further containing at least one component selected from the group consisting of a third component, a fourth component, and a fifth component, wherein the first component is a nonionic water-soluble cellulose compound having a viscosity value within a range of from 100 mPa·s to 100,000 mPa·s, the second component is an enteric methacrylic acid copolymer, the third component is an enteric cellulose compound, wherein the fourth component is a water-insoluble (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester copolymer, and the fifth component is at least one kind selected from the group consisting of polyvinyl alcohol, a plasticizer, and a surfactant.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a hard capsule improved in deposition of a gelling aid on a hard capsule film. The gelling aid deposition is inhibited by adding a non-reducing disaccharide or a non-reducing disaccharide alcohol to the hard capsule film.