US Patent Issued to Industrial Pharmaceutical Resources on April 7 for "Rotary tablet press with removable turret module" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,735, issued on April 7, was assigned to Industrial Pharmaceutical Resources Inc. (Bartlett, Ill.).

"Rotary tablet press with removable turret module" was invented by Joseph I. Dougherty Jr. (Glen Ellyn, Ill.) and Yan Chen (Aurora, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotary tablet press comprises a machine frame comprising a press housing and a compression assembly in the press housing including pressure roll assemblies. A connection base extends outwardly from the press housing. A detachable turret module is removably mountable to the base assembly comprising a module base supporting a turret housing. A turret assembly is rotatably...