Patents by Inventor Gerrit J. Diepering

Gerrit J. Diepering has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Tablet coating apparatus with unloader
    Patent number: 3937176
    Abstract: Tablet coating and polishing apparatus comprising a conventional rotatable pan with a gravity discharge unloader chute connected for rotation therewith. The unloader chute has an inlet associated with the interior of the pan and an outlet exterior of the pan with a substantially truncated conical surface extending therebetween and having a progressively increasing width toward said outlet for gravity unloading of tablets from the pan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1975
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1976
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: David W. Nicholson, Gerrit J. Diepering