Global Patent Index - EP 1140479 B1

EP 1140479 B1 20030402 - APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MOULDED PRODUCTS

Title (en)

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MOULDED PRODUCTS

Title (de)

GERÄT UND VERFAHREN ZUM HERSTELLEN GEFORMTER GEGENSTÄNDE

Title (fr)

APPAREIL ET PROCEDE DE FABRICATION D'ARTICLES MOULES

Publication

EP 1140479 B1 20030402 (EN)

Application

EP 99972151 A 19991118

Priority

  • GB 9903853 W 19991118
  • GB 9825309 A 19981118
  • GB 9908440 A 19990413

Abstract (en)

[origin: GB2343862A] A part 2;3 for use in a moulding apparatus, for example in a tablet press, comprises a shaped member 18;21 which comprises zirconia. The part 2 may be a punch, which may incorporate in the shaped member 18 comprising zirconia a patterned surface for forming a complementary patterned surface on articles moulded in the moulding apparatus. The part is resistant to wear and enables well-defined embossed or impressed regions to be formed reproducibly on moulded articles. In another aspect of the invention a method of making a moulded article which is administrable to a human or animal, comprises introducing a zirconium containing compound into a mould with the material to be moulded.

IPC 1-7

B30B 11/08; B30B 15/06; B30B 15/00

IPC 8 full level

A61J 3/10 (2006.01); A61K 9/20 (2006.01); A61K 47/02 (2006.01); B30B 11/02 (2006.01); B30B 11/08 (2006.01); B30B 15/00 (2006.01); B30B 15/06 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B30B 11/08 (2013.01); B30B 15/0011 (2013.01); B30B 15/065 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 0029205 A1 20000525; AT E236009 T1 20030415; DE 69906577 D1 20030508; EP 1140479 A1 20011010; EP 1140479 B1 20030402; GB 2343862 A 20000524; GB 9927318 D0 20000112; JP 2002529255 A 20020910

DOCDB simple family (application)

GB 9903853 W 19991118; AT 99972151 T 19991118; DE 69906577 T 19991118; EP 99972151 A 19991118; GB 9927318 A 19991118; JP 2000582225 A 19991118