Improvements in Medicinal Capsules.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Aug., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 22nd June, 1891-Accepted, 25th July, 1891
TROYIDIONAL DOITICATION.
Improvements in Medicinal Capsules.
We, WILLIAM OPPENHEIMER, GEORGE OPPENHEIMER, and JOSEPH
HERRLICH, trading as Oppenheimer Brothers & Co., at 1 and 3 Sun Street,
Finsbury, London, E.C., Merchants do hereby declare the nature of our said
invention to be as follows:-
The object of our invention is to effect improvements in the form of medicinal
capsules, for the purpose of rendering the act of taking medicine by such means
less objectionable than hitherto.
Instead of forming the capsules globular, cylindrical, or of other ordinary forms,
we manufacture our improved capsules in the form of two shallow spherical
segments united together."
The solvent material forming the outer casing of our improved capsules, may
consist of gelatine, gum, or any other suitable substance, to which may be added
suitable flavoring for imparting an agreeable taste to the mouth on their passage to
the throat. Obnoxious drugs may thus be passed into the stomach without leaving
an obnoxious taste in the mouth.
Our improved capsules may be filled with any suitable medicine, either in a dry
or liquid state.
The flattened shape of the improved capsule renders it better adapted to the
passage of the gullet, and more convenient for swallowing by the patient than those
of ordinary form and manufacture.
In filling our improved capsules the contents are not compressed, and therefore
the drug cannot fail to be dissolved in the stomach.
The drugs enclosed in the capsules are completely isolated from the air, and
therefore their therapeutic value is not affected by atmospheric influence.
Dated 21st August 1890.
GEO.
DOWNING,
8, Quality Court, London, W.C., Agent for Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Medicinal Capsules.
We, WILLIAM OPPENHEIMER, GEORGE OPPENHEIMER, and JOSEPH
HERRLICH, trading as Oppenheimer Brothers & Co., at 1 and 3 Sun Street,
Finsbury, London E.C., Merchants, do hereby declare the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The object of our invention is to effect improvements in the form of medicinal
capsules, for the purpose of rendering the act of taking medicine by such means
less objectionable than hitherto.
Instead of forming the capsules, globular, cylindrical, or of other ordinary forms,
we manufacture our improved capsules in the form of two shallow spherical
segments united together."
And in order that our said invention may be particularly described and
ascertained, reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings;
Fig. 1 being a plan view; Fig. 2 a side view, and Fig. 3 a section of one of the
capsules.
a a are the two outer cases, which may consist of gelatine, gum, or any other
suitable substance, the edges of the cases at bare united together by pressure, or

page_text: by a soluble substance which quickly dissolves in the stomach. The two portions a a
of the outer case are thus speedily separated, and the medicine or drugs c, contained
therein, are thus set free to operate in the stomach in the required manner.
Suitable flavoring may be added to the cases a a, externally, for imparting an
agreeable taste to the mouth, on their passage to the throat. Obnoxious drugs
may thus be passed into the stomach without leaving an obnoxious taste in the
mouth.
Our improved capsules are manufactured of the before mentioned materials or
substances by their being compressed in a cold state into dies or moulds and by this
mode of manufacture the capsules are produced with such a high gloss upon them
both externally and internally, that the objectionable process of varnishing the
outer surface is entirely unnecessary. While being made they may be filled with
any suitable medicine either in a dry or liquid state.
The flattened shape of the improved capsule renders it better adapted to the
passage of the gullet, and more convenient for swallowing by the patient, than
those of ordinary form and manufacture.
In filling our improved capsules the contents are but slightly compressed, and
therefore the drug cannot fail to be dissolved in the stomach.
The drugs enclosed in the capsules are completely isolated from the air, and
therefore their therapeutic value is not affected by atmospheric influence.
Our experience in the manufacture of medicine in various forms, has proved to
us that the "jujube" is the best form for administering the same; and, by means
of the improvements herein before described the desired effect is produced with
much greater celerity than heretofore.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. The improved form of capsule, substantially as herein before described and
illustrated by the drawings.
2. The improved capsule, consisting of two soluble dished segmental cases for
containing the medicine, united together by pressure or otherwise, substantially as
herein before described and illustrated by the drawings.
3. The improvements in medicinal capsules, substantially as herein before
described and illustrated by the drawings.
Dated 19th June 1891.
GEO.
DOWNING,
8, Quality Court, London, W.C., Agent.