Patent ID: 7955643

Claim:
A method for continuous coating of cores with a dragée-making apparatus comprising at least one rotatably driven drum ( 1 ) in which a product ( 5 ) is coated with one or several coating materials, comprising the steps of dividing the product ( 5 ) to be processed at the inlet side of the drum into individual charges; transporting the individual charges of the product through the drum ( 1 , 91 ) in a cyclical transport mode; subjecting the individual charges of the product to be coated to at least one process step in individual processing chambers ( 7 - 13 ; 72 - 74 ) separated in the axial direction of the drum ( 1 , 91 ), wherein each processing chamber is closed off from one another; and transporting the product ( 5 ) residing in a respective processing chamber ( 7 - 13 ; 72 - 74 ) in the cyclical transport mode from the one processing chamber ( 7 - 13 ; 72 - 74 ) into the additional adjacent processing chamber ( 7 - 13 ; 72 - 74 ) by at least one longitudinal conveyor ( 3 , 76 ) which conveys in the axial direction of the drum ( 1 , 91 ) decoupled from rotary motion of the at least one rotatably driven drum ( 1 , 91 ).