Patents Assigned to TimeCaps Inc.
  • Gelatin capsule manufacturing apparatus
    Patent number: 6402496
    Abstract: A manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing gelatin capsules is disclosed in which two gelatin sheets having preliminarily formed pockets are supplied between a pair of opposing rolls. The pocket are preliminarily sutured together by action of the rolls to form the pocket. A pusher is selectively driven through a hole to drive a weighed amount of capsule content into the pocket after which the die rolls complete the suture to form the pocket containing the capsule content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: Timecaps Inc.
    Inventors: Toshimitsu Ishikawa, Nobuyuki Wada
  • Method of manufacturing gelatin capsule containing powder or time release pellets
    Patent number: 6238616
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for forming gelatin capsules comprising: supplying two gelatin sheets having preformed pockets between die rollers; partially suturing the gelatin sheets together by means of the die rollers to form a pocket; weighing powder or particulate capsule content in a weighing hole aligned with said pocket; utilizing a pusher to push said capsule content through said weighing hole and into the pocket; and completing the suturing of the gelatin sheets by means of the die rollers to envelop said capsule content in said pocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: TimeCaps Inc.
    Inventors: Toshimitsu Ishikawa, Nobuyuki Wada, Stephen Richard Lukas