Patent ID: 6655112
Filing Date: 2003-12-02
Classification: B65B,B65D,Y10T

Abstract:
Process for manufacturing a primary packaging unit for administration forms in a form of a film or wafer for oral application with a section of an upper web of packaging material and of a lower web of packaging material with a plurality of dosage units of an administration form being sealed in flat compartments and perforations being provided between the compartments comprising the steps of:providing the administration form in a laminate comprising the administration form and a carrier sheet, said laminate being present as a web; punching dosage units out of the administration form of said laminate while the carrier sheet is not punched through; advancing the punched out laminate and diverting the carrier sheet in such a way that the dosage units become detached from the carrier sheet which includes a portion thereof backing said dosage units prior to detachment therefrom; leading said dosage units between upper and lower packaging material webs; sealing the upper and lower packaging material webs to each other in sections to form seals in such a way that compartments comprising dosage units are formed; and perforating said upper and lower packaging material between said compartments.