A tablet or pill ejector is disclosed consisting of at least three detachably secured sections in the general shape of a pen. The front end of the device is provided with a hole communicating with axially aligned bores formed longitudinally in the sections and through which a pill may be ejected quickly. An ejector rod is provided in the bores adapted to move from a cocked position to a released position wherein it passes instantly through a pill retaining member located in the front section of ...

A digitizing tablet is realized by maintaining first and second sheets of insulating material in a spaced apart position by sealing them together and filling the resulting pocket with air or fluid under pressure. Coordinates for the position of a stylus on the face of one of the sheets are obtained with electrical conductors defined on the inner faces of the two sheets. Access for energization and output is obtained at the edges.

A process for producing detergent tablets from free flowing spray dried base builder beads comprising inorganic detergent builders. The builder beads comprise alkali metal phosphate, alkali metal silicate and water. The alkali metal phosphate, component includes a hydrated and an anhydrous portion. Relatively large amounts of liquid or liquifiable detergent ingredients such as surface active agents etc. can be applied to the base beads after spray drying, without destroying their free flowing pr...

A seed tablet comprised of one or more seeds encased in a mixture of vermiculite and a dextrin binder having a pH value of about 3. In forming the tablet the binder material is cooked with water and the resulting solution is thoroughly mixed with the dry vermiculite with the vermiculite-binder-water ratio in the mix being about 20-1-3. The tablets are then formed by placing a seed or seeds within the mixture in a die and compressing it into a rigid cylindrical tablet with a compression ratio of ...

A very rapid four station rotary tablet press which has pressure rollers cantileverly mounted in pivoted doors so that the dies and upper and lower punches can be easily installed, removed and serviced. The upper pressure rolls are adjustable vertically and the lower pressure rolls are air supported providing a safety interlock so as to prevent jamming and breaking in the machine. Induced die feeders are provided for each of the pressure roller stations so as to feed material into the dies and m...

A tablet dispenser is formed of a housing including a body having a dispensing opening therein and a cover pivotally connected with the body and carrying an ejector tab aligned with the dispensing opening, and a tablet package including a plurality of tablets at least partially enclosed by a frangible material is disposed in the body. A tablet to be dispensed is moved between the ejector tab and the dispensing opening; and, in order to dispense the tablet, a user need only squeeze the housing to...

The disclosure is directed to formulations for tablets which are to be deeply grooved to facilitate breaking into predetermined portions by the user. A critical tablet weight for deeply grooved tablets is disclosed.

The disclosure is directed to formulations for tablets which are to be deeply grooved to facilitate breaking into predetermined portions by the user. A critical tablet weight for deeply grooved tablets is disclosed.

The invention is a tablet crusher including a linkage that is operable to bring to bear a force on a platen so as to urge it against an anvil, wherein platen and anvil are shaped so as to bring about a crushing force upon a tablet disposed therebetween. The device comprises: (1) a base; (2) a fulcrum member integrally and immovably fixed to the base; (3) an anvil integrally fixed to the base, the anvil having a concave crushing face; (4) a movable handle pivotally coupled to the fulcrum member a...

The invention is a tablet crusher including a linkage that is operable to bring to bear a force on a platen so as to urge it against an anvil, wherein platen and anvil are shaped so as to bring about a crushing force upon a tablet disposed therebetween. The device comprises: (1) a base; (2) an anvil integrally fixed to the base, the anvil having a concave crushing face; (3) a platen having a convex crushing face, coupled at a pivot to the base so as to be moveable against the anvil; (4) a screw ...