Chewable tablets prepared by incorporating a sugar alcohol with a dissolution endotherm of 20 calories or more per gram of a gastrointestinally active ingredient such as a mucous membrane repairing agent or an antacid are provided. The chewable tablets enable the gastrointestinally active ingredient to be orally administered with ease, without water and free from displeasing intrabuccal sensations characteristic of a gastrointestinally active ingredient.

A tablet composition containing N-(trans-4-isopropylcydohexanecarbonyl)-D-phenylalanine and low substituted hydroxypropylcellulose is disclosed. This tablet composition is rapidly disintegrated in the stomach after the administration and absorbed without being influenced by meals to inhibit the rise of the blood sugar levels of diabetics after meals.

A tablet dispenser having a housing with a cover and base part that can be placed therein, and having an axially movable sliding part that is set through the housing, which dispenses one individual tablet respectively from a heap of tablets upon actuation by finger pressure on a button. The opening of a seal is avoided, and, after the removal of the individual tablet, the dispenser can be hermetically closed again without difficulty and without the contamination of further tablets. Specifically,...

A tablet, which readily disintegrates in gastric fluid to give aspirin crystals coated with a polymeric film preventing the aspirin crystals from contacting the stomach wall but not preventing access of gastric fluid to the aspirin contained within the polymer film, which consists of a plurality of aspirin crystals 20-60 mesh in size coated with about 3-10% by weight of a polymeric mixture comprising from about 1.5 to about 15 parts by weight ethylcellulose and about one part by weight hydroxypr...

A tablet press with a mould table and with multi-part rams whose movable ram parts slide along a stationary ram part having an internal hollow space connectable periodically to a suction device which removes, by suction mouldable material, dust which has penetrated in the interior of the movable ram, thus preventing the ram from being blocked with multiple material dust and making frequent cleaning and servicing of rams necessary.

A step tablet with which an amount of exposure or degree of exhaustion of a developing solution can very readily been determined. The step chart is composed of a number of rectangular patches of photosensitive material, arranged in an order of sensitivity. The steps are each marked with two indicia, one having an optical density corresponding, upon development, of a step of minimum optical density, while the other corresponds to a step of maximum optical density.

A detergent tablet comprising (a) a compressed solid body portion having at least one mold in said compressed solid body portion; (b) a non-compressed, gelatinous portion mounted in said at least one mold of said compressed solid body portion, said gelatinous portion comprising a thickening system and at least one detergent active; and wherein said non-compressed, gelatinous portion has either a yield strength of from about 5 to about 80 Pa, or has an average viscosity of from about 100 to about...

Tablets T contained in a feeder vessel 2 are discharged through a feed port 7 by rotating a rotor 8 provided on the bottom of a feeder vessel 2. The bottom of the feeder vessel 2 is upwardly inclined toward the feed port 7 side. The rotor 8 has a disc-like shape and the outer periphery of the rotor 8 is formed with a substantially U-shaped cutout portion 9. The cutout portion 9 and the bottom of the feeder vessel 2 define a retaining portion 10 for retaining only one of the tablets T. Thus, the ...

A medicine tablet is described as a new article of manufacture. The tablet is enrobed in a gelatin coating formed by application of respective layers of elastic gelatin film to opposite sides of the tablet. The applied gelatin layers conform tightly to the tablet surface, bond securely to the tablet, and are sealed together in essentially edge-to-edge manner at a seal line which extends around the tablet at a desired place on the tablet. The gelatin layers can be colored differently from the tab...

A tablet tester has a screw-like vibratory conveyor and isolating unit, a positioning unit having a transport rake and an orientation unit between the two first-mentioned units, which in particular is in the form of a linear vibratory conveyor. A sensor arrangement triggers the transport rake and permits automatic ejection of tablet residues via a fragment trap.