Device for use in fluidized bed techniques and its method of use

Patent 4535006 Issued on August 13, 1985. Estimated Expiration Date:

October 11, 2003. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

Abstract Claims Description Full Text

Patent References

2458674

3241520

Automatic feed fluidized bed system
Patent #: 3951099
Issued on: 04/20/1976
Inventor: Minckler

Apparatus for coating incandescent lamp bulbs
Patent #: 3961600
Issued on: 06/08/1976
Inventor: Homer , et al.

Electrostatic fluidized bed build control
Patent #: 4008685
Issued on: 02/22/1977
Inventor: Pierce

Apparatus for spray coating discrete particles
Patent #: 4117801
Issued on: 10/03/1978
Inventor: Dannelly , et al.

Adhesive dispensing system Patent #: 4406247
Issued on: 09/27/1983
Inventor: Baughman , et al.

Inventors

Assignee

Glatt GmbH

Application

No. 06/540966 filed on 10/11/1983

US Classes:

427/213, Fluidized bed utilized118/688, Responsive to condition of coating material118/691, Photoelectric sensor118/694, Level of supply118/712, WITH INDICATING, TESTING, INSPECTING, OR MEASURING MEANS427/185Fluidized bed utilized

Examiners

Primary: Beck, Shrive

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Fleit, Jacobson, Cohn & Price

International Classes

A61J 3/00 (20060101)
B01J 2/00 (20060101)
B01J 2/16 (20060101)
B01J 8/38 (20060101)
B01J 8/24 (20060101)
B05C 19/00 (20060101)
B05C 19/02 (20060101)
F26B 3/092 (20060101)
F26B 3/02 (20060101)

Foreign Application Priority Data

1982-10-08 DE

Abstract

A device for use in fluidized bed techniques, particularly for coating tablets or the like, which comprises a container for use as a processing zone for the material to be processed, a sensor device or the like for monitoring the upper end area of the processing zone, and apparatus for moving the material through the processing zone.