Apparatus for separating interconnected cushions, and assembly of such an apparatus and an apparatus for manufacturing interconnected cushions

An assembly of a separating apparatus comprising:

• a separating apparatus for separating interconnected cushions, by breaking weakening lines provided between the interconnected cushions, wherein the separating apparatus comprises:
• at least one circulating element;
• and
• a conveyor for carrying the interconnected cushions along the circulating element, and
• wherein the circulating element is arranged for engaging the interconnected cushions at least once during a circulating movement, thereby carrying the engaged cushion along over a part of the circulating movement at a carrying speed which is higher than a conveying speed of the conveyor,
• wherein a carrying direction of the circulating element substantially corresponds with a conveying direction of the conveyor,
• wherein the circulating element comprises an endless belt guided around one or more rollers, the circulating element comprising at least one carrying cam, the carrying cam extending away from a belt surface, of the endless belt, facing said rollers, and the carrying cam being integrally formed with the endless belt to temporarily engage a cushion to be separated during a circulating movement of the endless belt, and
• wherein integrally forming the carrying cam with the endless belt is provided by at least one of the set of physical endless belt configurations consisting of:
• a local thickening of a belt material of the endless belt, and
• a separate cam element that is fixedly connected with the endless belt;
• and
• an apparatus for inflating and sealing chambers formed in film material, wherein a main feed-through direction along these apparatuses bends where the chambers are inflated or at a short distance thereof.