Patent ID: 6966352

Claim:
Device for handling sheets of packaging material, with: a welding device for joining two layers of packaging material, said welding device having a heater for joining said two layers of packaging material, wherein said welding device has two rotating welding means, one said welding means being located above and said other welding means being located below said plane of said two layers of packaging material, wherein said two welding means compress said two layers of packaging material between them, and a separating device for separating said two layers of packaging material joined by said welding device, said separating device having a fixed, immovable blade means with a cutting edge, wherein: said blade means are heated, said blade means is connected in heat conducting manner to said heater of said welding device, said blade means is connected to said heater of said welding device by a continuous heat bridge, said heat bridge extends up to said blade means, wherein said separating device is positioned shortly behind said welding means in a direction of transport of said two layers of packaging material and said blade means are constructed solely for cutting through the packaging material instead of a welding function.