COLOR-CODED FLAVORED DENTIFRICE TOOTHBRUSHING TABLETS

GOMME A MACHER DENTIFRICE A CODES DE COULEUR

English Abstract

TITLE
COLOR-CODED FLAVORED DENTIFRICE
TOOTHBRUSHING TABLETS
APPLICANT
JOHN DUNCAN BLUE
INVENTOR
JOHN DUNCAN BLUE
ABSTRACT
A chewable dentifrice toothbrushing,coated or uncoated,
tablet which coordinates color-coded ingredients with
each color-coded ingredient coordinated with its own
flavor comprising an active ingredient of FLUORIDE and
mixtures thereof with passive ingredients selected from
the group of ingredients comprising and in combination
with abrasive PLAQUE,TARTAR,DETERGENT,SWEETENER,COLOR-
ING,FLAVORING,TABLET FLOW-LUBRICANT,BINDING and COATING
agents.

Claims

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What is claimed is:
(1) A color-coded flavored dentifrice type wherein the said dentif-
rice type is a coated or uncoated tablet comprising,optionally
and in combination;
wherein the said tablet comprises an active ingredient of FLUORIDE
and mixtures thereof with passive ingredients selected from the
group of ingredients comprising abrasive PLAQUE,TARATAR,DETER-
GENT,SWEETENER,COLORING,FLAVORING,tablet FLOW-LUBRICANT,BINDING
and COATING agents;
a said tablet wherein the ingredients are selected from a group of
color-coded ingredients wherein each color-coded ingredient co-
ordinates with its own said tablet flavor;
a said tablet wherein the ingredients are selected from a powder
or a coarse granular size particals;
a said tablet has shapes and dimensions;has a measured TEST streng-
th;has a measured TABLET PRESS strength;is a chewable and is
SUGAR FREE;
a said tablet wherein selected ingredients are PRE color-coded from
the manfacturer which coordinate with its own said tablet color
/flavor-coded ingredients;
a said tablet coating is flavor-coded to coordinate with its own
said tablet flavor/color-coded ingredients;
a said tablet coating is color-coded to coordinate with its own sa-
id tablet color/flavor-coded ingredients;
a said tablet coating is clear(transparent)and said flavor-coded to
coordinate with its own said tablet flavor/color-coded ingred-
ients;
a said tablet wherein the manufacturing comprises a combination of
adding and mixing said ingredients together in sequenced steps;
(2) A dentifrice preparation as claimed in claim 1 wherein the act-
ive FLUORIDE ingredient is selected from the group of SODIUM FLUO-
IDE or SODIUM MONOFLUOROPHOSPHATE in the amount of .05% to .40% by
weight.
(3) A dentifrice preparation as claimed in claim 1 wherein the abr-
asive PLAQUE agents:
(a) comprise CALCIUM CARBONATE between 10% to 70% by weight and SO-
DIUM BICARBONATE between 5% to 50% by weight;
(b) are selected from a powder or a coarse,DIRECT COMPRESSION,


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granular with the micron size of the said granulars ranging between
10 to 500 microns.
(4) A dentifrice preparation as claimed in claim 1 wherein the
TARTAR agents;
(a) comprise TETRASODIUM PYROPHOSPHATE between .5% to 10% by weight
and DISODIUM PYROPHOSPHATE between .5% to 10% by weight;
(b) are selected from a powder or a coarse,DIRECT COMPRESSION,gran-
ular with the micron size of the granulars ranging between 10 to
500 microns.
(5) A dentifrice preparation as claimed in claim 1 wherein the
DETERGENT agent is SODIUM LAURYL SULPHATE between .5% to 10% by
weight.
(6) A dentifrice preparation as claimed in claim 1 wherein the
SWEETENER is selected from the group of SODIUM SACCHARIN between
.01% to 5% by weight or NUTRASWEET between .01% to 5% by weight.
(7) A dentifrice preparation as claimed in claim 1 wherein the
FLAVORING agents:
(a) are selected from a large group ranging from Bubblegum,Spear-
mint,Licorice,Strawberry to Amaretto to Creme de menthe which ran
ge between .01% to 5% by weight;
(b) range from a powder to an oil which may range from an artifical
to a natural or a combination of both mixed together;
(c) are of a selected micro-encapsulated type.
(8) A dentifrice preparation as claimed in claim 1 wherein the
selected coated tablet has the outer shell-barrier coating flavor-
coded to coordinate with its own inner core tablet flavor/color.
(9) A dentifrice preparation as claimed in claim 1 wherein the said
tablet FLOW-LUBRICANT agent is MAGNESIUM STEARATE between .01% to
10% by weight.
(10) A dentifrice preparation as claimed in claim 1 wherein the
COATING agent:
(a) ranges in flavor from the selected group of a wide variety of
flavors such as Bubblegum,Srearmint,Licorice,Strawberry to Amaretto
to Creme de menthe which range between .01% to 5% by weight and
coordinate with its own said inner core flavor;
(b) flavors range from a powder to an oil which may range from an
artifical to a natural flavor or a combination of both blended to-
gether;


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c) is selected from a Cellulose while ranging from water-saliva
soluable to a water-saliva insoluable and ranges between .05% to
15% by weight;
(d) is color-coded to coordinate with its own said tablet core ran-
ging from a spectrum of primary colors from white to black while
ranging from a dye to a lake;
(e) is ETHYLCELLULOSE between .05% to 20% by weight,
(f) is selected from the group of H.P.M.C. - HYDROXYPROPYL METHYLCEL-
LULOSE between .05% to 10% by weight or H.P.C.-HYDROXYPROPYL CELLU-
LOSE between .05% to 10% by weight;
(g) is clear (transparent) and has NO color;
(h) is clear (transparent) and said coating is flavor-coded to coo-
rdinate with its own said tablet flavor/color-coded ingredients;
(i) is CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE between .05% to 10% by weight;
(j) is applied to the said tablet either by the PAN or by the AIR
method;
(k) amount,by weight of the said tablet,ranges between .10% to 15%
which hardens the said tablet for shipping and handling;extends the
shelf life;limits the migration and penitration of moisture;prohib-
its bacteria growth;helps prevent discoloring;breakdown of the said
tablet core ingredients;prevents tampering and most importantly he-
lps prevent the migration of FLAVOR from the inner core of the said
tablet ingredients;
(1) increases the TEST K.P. (KILO PRESSURE) of the said tablet to
1 to 15 K.P.'s while remaining a said chewable tablet;
(m) ranges from a 2 part-stage to a 1 part-stage film coating sys-
tem which combines a polymer,a plasticizer and a pigment which uses
distilled water and the dry coating pan with mixing baffles and sp-
ray method for the coating of the said tablet;
(11) A dentifrice preparation as claimed in claim 1 wherein the co-
ating nor the inner said tablet core ingredients together as one
have NO color at all but instead remain a clear coated said tablet
with a natural or white said tablet with coordinating flavor in its
own said tablet mixture.
(12) A dentifrice preparation as claimed in claim 1 wherein the
COLORING agent;
(a) includes coloring ranging from a dye to a lake comprising a sp-
ectrum of primary colors from a white to a black which are selected


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rom insoluable to soluable in water-saliva and are selected from a
base ranging from a non-oil to an oil while the inner core of the
said tablet color coordinates with the color of its own coating;
(b) ranges between .001% to 3% by weight while ranging from a food
coloring grade from F.D.&C. #1 thru #50.
(13) A dentifrice preparation as claimed in claim 1 wherein the sa
id tablet has a diameter of between 1/8"(inch) to 1",a thickness or
height of between 1/16"(inch) to 1/2" and a size-volume of between
100mg.(milligrams) to 1000 mg.by weight while ranging in exterior
profile shape of any desire,but not limited to,from a group select-
ed of a heart,star,animals,insects,a tooth,parts of the human body
or a fruit such as an apple.
(14) A dentifrice preparation as claimed in claim 1 wherein the
BINDING agent(s):
(a) is selected from a group comprising one or more of a cellulose
group ranging between 10% to 70% by weight which may be selected
from a powder to a coarse granular with a micron size between 10 to
500 microns;
(b) is selected from a combination of one or more of a group compr-
ising DICALCIUM PHOSPHATE between 10% to 70% by weight;MICROCRYSTA-
LINE CELLULOSE between 10% to 70% by weight;EMDEX between 10% to
70% by weight;SORBITOL between 01% to 70% by weight;XYLITOL between
01% to 70% by weight which may be selected from a powder to coarse
granular with a micron size of between 10 to 500 microns.
(15) A dentifrice preparation as claimed in claim 1 wherein the co-
mbined said tablet formula is placed into a rotary tablet press and
and compressed to a TEST K.P.(KILO PRESSURE) of between 01 to 100
K.P.'s or a tablet machine pressure between 500 P.S.I.(pounds per
square inch) 8,000 P.S.I.
(16) A dentifrice preparation as claimed in claim 1 wherein the se-
lected PLAQUE,TARTAR and BINDING agents entire outer surface and
the entire inner body-core of the said coarse granulars,with a mic-
ron size of between 10 to 500 microns,are PRE color-coded from the
manufacturer,with a said selected dye or lake,which coordinates wi-
th its own said tablet flavor while coordinating with the balance
of the said ingredients comprising said tablet.
(17) A dentifrice preparation as claimed in claim 1 wherein the sa-
id tablet,both the entire selected combination of the said core in-



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redients and the selected said coating ingredients,are SUGAR FREE.
(18) A method of manufacturing the said dentifrice preparation as
claimed in claim 1 comprising,optionally and in combination:
(a) assay all selected ingredients;
(b) selecting the FLUORIDE agent;
(c) selecting the PLAQUE agent(s);
(d) selecting the TARTAR agent(s);
(e) selecting the DETERGENT agent;
(f) selecting the BINDING agent(s);
(g) adding (a) thru (f) together and mixing said ingredients to
desired consistency;
(h) selecting the said SWEETENER and the said color-coded coordi
nating said FLAVORING with the said coordinating COLORING
agents;
(i) adding (h) into (g) and mixing said ingredients to desired
consistency;
(j) selecting the FLOW-LUBRICANT agent;
(k) adding (j) into (i) and mixing said ingredients to desired
consistency;
(l) selecting the desired tablet strength and the measured or
weight amount;
(m) placing said preparation into a rotary tablet press machine
with the desired tooling shape and manufacturing said tablet
to the aforementioned specs as a uncoated tablet: if coated,
then;
(n) selecting the said coating agent(s): colored and/or flavored
or not;
(o) selecting the coordinating desired said Flavoring and/or Co-
loring and placing said into the selected coating(n);
(p) adding (o) into (n) and mixing said to the selected consis-
tency;
(q) selecting the said method of coating said tablet;
(r) placing said tablet preparation into the selected said coat-
ing method(q) and coating said tablet;
(s) placing said tablet,either coated or uncoated,into appropri-
ate packaging and distributing said tablet to the market.

Description

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
01 This invention relates to a coated or uncoated toothbrushing
02 dentifrice tablet which is convenient for oral hygiene cleaning.
03 Many different dentifrice preparations are patented for clean-
04 ing the oral cavity including toothpaste,powder,liquid toothpaste
05 and tablets.
06 Thus,after reviewing my collection of over 300 dentifrice re-
07 lated patents ranging from U.S.# 1,082,681 through U.S.# 4,547,-
08 362 it has become evident that I have created a unique dentifrice
09 preparation.An example of prior art is U.S.patent # 3,116,208(Ed-
monds Sr.).This toothpowder tablet has NO Sodium Fluoride and re-
11 mains in tablet form until it is crushed by the teeth of the us-
12 er.The active ingredients are Calcium Carbonate and Sodium Lauryl13 Sulphate.In U.S.patent # 3,151,028 (Hay,Schram)the dental tablet
14 is not fast acting but instead is time-slow released.
SUMMARY AND DETAILED DISCLOSURE
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In my tablet preparation is a combination of the following ag-
16 ents.The active Fluoride agent of Sodium Fluoride or Sodium Mono-
17 fluorophosphate in the range of .05% to .40% by weight preferably
18 .20% along with passive agents as follows.The PL~QUE agents of
19 Calcium Carbonate in the range of 10% to 70% by weight preferably
34% by weight and Sodium Bicarbonate in the range of 5% to 50%
21 preferable 15% by weight.The TARTAR agents being Tetrasodium Pyr-
22 ophosphate in the range of .5% to 10% preferably 3% by weight and
23 Disodium Pyrophosphate in the range of .5% to 10% preferably 3%
24 by weight.
The DETERGENT agent is Sodium Lauryl Sulphate in a range of
26 .5~ to 10% preferably 2% by weight.The SWEETENER can be Sodium
27 Saccharin in a range of .01~ to 5% preferably .5% by weight or
28 NUTRASWEET in a range of .01% to 5% preferably 1% by weight.A na-
29 tural sweetener may also be used.The FLAVORING agent may vary fr-
om a wide range such as spearmint,licorice,bubblegum,strawberry
31 to amaretto to creme de menthe in the additive range of ~01% to
32 5% by weight preferably 1~ by weight.The flavor may be an oil or
33 powder preferably a powder.Easy to use and does not create a sta-
34 tic in the mixture.The flavor may range from an artificial to a
natural or a combination of both mixed together.The COLORING ag-




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0' ent may range from a spectrum of colors from w2i~é~ ugh black.
02 The color will coordinate with the flavor.An example is bubblegum
03 flavoring with a pink or light red F.D.&C. LAKE #5 or#40.The col-
04 oring ~gent may range from a dye to a lake either non-oil or oil
05 based and may be water soluable or non-water soluable.The prefer-
06 red combination is a lake,oil based and NON-soluable with an add-
07 itive range of .005% to 3~ by weight preferably .02~ by weight
08 depending on the color combination used.The BINDING agent may be
09 chosen from numerous excipients such as Dicalcium Phosphate,Micr-
ocrystaline Cellulose,EMDEX to a Cellulose.SORBITOL or XYLITOL
11 may be also used.The preferred BINDING agent is a combination of
12 M.C.C.- Microcrystaline Cellulose in a range of 10% to 60% by we~
13 ight preferably 25% by weight (granular-micron size approximately
14 100 microns) along with XYLITOL in a range of 1% to 25% by weight
preferably 3% by weight and SORBITOL in a range of 1% to 40% by
16 weight preferably 12% by weight.Both SORBITOL and XYLITOL yield a
17 good mouth feel for the chewable tablets.The formula Binding ag-
18 ent may also use M.C.C. alone which would make up the total 40%
19 by weight and SORBITOL may also be used alone as the binding ag-
ent at the preferred 40%.The overall range for the binding agent,
21 no matter which is used,is from 10% to 60% by weight. EMDEX is a
22 Dextrate and should not be used as I prefer a SUGAR FREE TABLET.
23 Dicalcium Phosphate leaves an after taste and is also hard to ma-
24 sk when used in a chewable tablet form which is not ingested.
Especially important in making a dentifrice tablet is using
26 Calcium Carbonate and Sodium Bicarbonate in GRANULAR or COARSE
27 size particals instead of the powder form.The granulars should
28 range in micron size from 10 thru 500 preferably approximately
29 100 microns.This is considered DIRECT COMPRESSION material to by-
pass the powder to granulation stage,then to tablets.The Binding
31 agent M.C.C. is also purchased in micron size to make the direct
32 compression easier.
33 The tablet Flow-Lubricant agent most widely used is MagnPsium
34 Stearate.It is added to aid the formula in flowing thru the rot-
ary tablet press with the least trouble.The Flow agent ranges fr-
36 om .05~ to 10% by weight preferably .5% by weight.
37 The aforementioned formula,with all the ingredients mixed to-
38 gether,is then placed into a ro~ary press and compressed into a

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01 hard but chewable toothbrushing tablet.These tabiets are now plac-
02 ~d into a coating machine,either pan or air,preferably the pan me-
03 thod ,and coated with a protective cellulose.The amount or thick-
04 ness of the coating may range from .10% to 10% by weight prefer-
05 ably approximately 3~ by weight.To remain a chewable the tablet
06 must remain between a K.P.(KILO PRESSURE) of a range of 10 to 12
07 K.P.'s.Any harder anA the tablet becomes difficult to compress,es-
08 pecially in the mouth of the user.The ideal K.P. of the initial
09 powder tablet is 6 to 8 K.P.'s.This K.P. may range from l to 100
K.P.'s.The K.P. is increased by from l to 2 K.P.'s when the coat-
11 ing is added.The coating is a cellulose,either H.P.M.C.-HYDROX~-
12 PROPYL METHYCELLULOSE or H.P.C.-HYDROXYPROPYL CELLULOSE with a Tr-
13 adename of OPADRY.The coating may range from a clear (NO COLOR) to
14 any of the color-coded coordinating with the flavors choices in
this application.Preferred is a clear coating which is flavored
16 the same as the tablet,inner core,ingredients.
17 The finished tablet is very convenient for brushing your teeth.
18 The coated tablet also yields several important factors:
l9 (a) hardness for shipping and handling.
(b) extended shelf life.
2i (c~ a moisture barrier:limits migration and penitration.
22 (d) protects against bacteria growth.
23 (e) prevents discoloring and breakdown of the core
24 ingredients.
(f) prevents tampering with the tablet. -
26 (g) most importantly:the coating prevents the MIGRATION of
27 the FLAVOR from the inner core ingredients.
28 OPADRY is a tough,printable,economical,highly consistent,non-
29 caloric,non nutritive,non allergenic and resistent to microrganism
growth coating.Moreso than coatings formulated with natural gums.
31 The following chart shows the preferred list of ingredients &
32 percentage by weight:
33 (1) Sodium Fluoride--------------------.20%------------FLUORIDE
34 ~2) Calcium Carbonate----- -----------34% *GRANULAR----PLAQUE
(3) Sodium Bicarbonate----------------15% *GRANULAR----PLAQUE
36 (4) Sodium Lauryl Sulphate------------02%--------------DETERGENT
37 (5) Tetrasodium Pyrophosphate---------03%--------------TARTAR
38 (6) Disodium Pyrophosphate------------03%--------------TARTAR




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01 (7) Sodium Saccharin------------------.50%-------------~WEETENER
02 (8) Natural Flavor-------------------01% *POWDER-------FLAVOR
03 (9) Magnesium Stearate------~---------.50~-------------FLOW
04 (10) Microcrystaline Cellulose--------25~ *GRANULAR-----3INDING
05 (11) XYLITOL--------------------------03%----~ -------BINDING
06 (12) SORBITOL--------------------------12%---------------BINDING
07 (13) F.D.~C. #40----------------------LAKE--------------COLORING
08 (14) H.P.M.C.-HYDROXYPROPYL
09 MET~YLCELLULOSE---------03%---------------COATING
NOTE.- add a little coordinating flavor into the coating.
11 - the coating is clear-no color.
12 Referring back to the color-coding:a single agent or all of the
13 agents may be colored red and coordinate wi~h a red for the straw-
14 berry flavoring.
As to the manufacturing,all selected ingredients are assayed
16 then the selected FLUORIDE,PLAQUE,TARTAR,DETERGENT and BINDING ag-
17 ents are added together and mixed to the desired consistency.Next
18 the selected SWEETENER,FLAVOR-coded and COLOR-coded agents are ad-
19 ded to the aforementioned mixture and mixed to the desired consis-
tency.To this mixture is added the tablet FLOW-LUBRICANT agent and
21 futher mixed therein.Thereafter the desired tablet weight-amount,
22 strength and shape are selected and the entire mixture is placed
23 into a rotary tablet press and compressed to these aforementioned
24 manufacturing specs.The selected coating,flavoring and coloring
combination is now added and mixed into the coating.The method of
26 The method of coating is selected at this point and the tablet is
27 placed into this method to be coated to the manufacturing specs.
28 The final preferred product is a coated,color/flavor-coded coordi-
29 nating toothbrushing tablet ready for packaging and consumer use.
With this invention of a dentifrice toothbrushing tablet herein
31 described it should be understood that various changes may be made
32 in the preparation of the agents arrangement and form without dep-

33 arting from the scope of the following claims.An exclusive proper-
34 ty or privilege is claimed as hereby defined.




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