An apparatus for separating individual items from a bandolier of adjacent items have a seam between the items. A pair of upper jaws and a pair of lower jaws open and close horizontally to clamp and release the respective seam. The pair of lower jaws pull the bandolier downwardly through the opened pair...http://www.google.com/patents/US6035610?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6035610 - Method and apparatus for separating and inserting items packaged in a bandolier