| 摘要 |
An apparatus for and a method of manufacturing soft capsules wherein a filling material such as liquid medicine is encapsulated by two pieces of gelatin sheet are provided. The soft capsule manufacturing apparatus comprises a pair of die rolls that are close to and confront each other, each die role having capsule pockets in a plurality of rows, and a nozzle segment having an inverse mountain-like projection for supplying a filling material, wherein the inverse mountain-like projection has curved faces that are positioned in confronting relation with each other at right and left sides about the lower end central portion thereof, have nozzle holes, wherein the inverse mountain-like projection confronts a curved recess that is surrounded by curved peripheral surfaces of the die rolls at the upper sides thereof, and wherein two 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, and wherein 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 at a time from the nozzle holes arranged in a plurality of rows to the capsule pockets arranged in a plurality of rows, leading to remarkable increase of the production of the capsule pockets.
|
