METHOD AND ASSEMBLY FOR SEPARATING OPENING DEVICES SUPPLIED JOINTLY IN THE FORM OF A SHEET AND APPLIED INDIVIDUALLY TO RESPECTIVE PACKAGES OF POURABLE FOOD PRODUCTS

摘要

A method of separating opening devices (2) supplied jointly in the form of a sheet (3) and applied individually to respective packages of pourable food products; according to the method, the sheet, which has a number of parallel rows (7) of opening devices integral with one another, is fed to a first station (12) where a first row (7a) is detached from the rest of the sheet; the first row (7a) is fed to a second station (34) where it is divided into individual opening devices (2); and a following second row (7b) of the sheet is fed to the first station (12) as the preceding first row (7a) is being fed to the second station (34) and/or is being at least partly divided.