ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,900, issued on Oct. 6.
"Method and a drum coater for coating small items, such as tablets, and a coating system comprising such drum coaters" was invented by Michel Simon Waldron (Calmore, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is described a drum coater including a substantially cylindrical drum having a peripheral drum wall and a predefined diameter, said drum having a substantially horizontal axis of rotation, a top section and a bottom section being defined above and below, respectively, the axis of rotation, said drum being adapted to contain tablets, a coating zone, one or more spray nozzles directed towards the coat...