Method and apparatus for feeding a production line of absorbent sanitary articles with a layer of a virgin multilayer tape

A method for feeding a production line of absorbent sanitary articles with a layer of a virgin multilayer tape, comprising:

• providing a head free end of said virgin multilayer tape partially unwound from a respective virgin spool;
• providing a tail free end of a multilayer tape in use;
• applying a first connecting element on a first layer of the virgin multilayer tape and on a first layer of the multilayer tape in use at said head free end and said tail free end;
• applying a second connecting element on a second layer of the virgin multilayer tape and on a second layer of the multilayer tape in use at said head free end and said tail free end;
• pulling the first layer of said virgin multilayer tape in a first direction (D1) by making the first layer of the multilayer tape in use and the first connecting element advance in the first direction (D1);
• pulling the second layer of said virgin multilayer tape in a second direction (D2) divergent from the first direction by making the second layer of the multilayer tape in use and the second connecting element advance in the second direction.