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An apparatus and method for manufacturing soft capsules wherein a filling material, such as liquid medicine, is encapsulated by two gelatin sheets. The soft capsule manufacturing apparatus includes a pair of die rolls that are close to and confront each other, each die roll having capsule pockets in a plurality of rows, and a nozzle segment having an inverse projection for supplying a filling material. The inverse projection has curved faces that are positioned in opposing relation with each other at right and left sides about the lower end central portion thereof the curved faces have nozzle holes. The inverse projection confronts a curved recess that is surrounded by curved peripheral surfaces of the die rolls at the upper sides thereof. The gelatin sheets are supplied between the die rolls from the upper portion thereof to receive the filling material therein corresponding to the capsule pockets of each die roll to manufacture soft capsules. The nozzle holes are arranged on the curved faces in a plurality of rows corresponding to the capsule pockets provided on the die rolls in a plurality of rows. With this arrangement, when the pump is actuated one time, the filling material is supplied from the nozzle holes arranged in a plurality of rows to the capsule pockets arranged in a plurality of rows, leading to an increase in the production of capsules.
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