Apparatus for producing packages of infusion products

An apparatus for producing packages of infusion products, said packages comprising a bag filled with a dosed quantity of an infusion product, a tag, and a length of thread attached to opposite ends to said bag and respectively said tag, said apparatus comprising:

• a winding group configured to wind said length of thread around said bag after said bag has been filled, said winding group comprising,
• a rotating carousel rotatable around a rotation axis, and
• at least one winding unit positioned on said rotating carousel and brought into rotation by said rotating carousel between an inlet station and a release station, said bag being received at said inlet station with said tag attached thereto by said length of thread and having said length of thread wound thereabout in said at least one winding unit before release at said release station,
• wherein said at least one winding unit comprises,
• a rotatable structure, and
• a first gripping element and a second gripping element, which are configured to be activated independently and to withhold said bag either individually or jointly,
• a third gripping element carried by said carousel and associated to said rotating structure, said third gripping element being configured to withhold said tag,
• wherein said carousel rotates in a continuous motion,
• wherein said winding unit is further configured to move said first and said second gripping elements outwardly and inwardly in relation to said structure and to cause said second gripping element to grip and withhold said bag individually while said first gripping element is distanced from said bag, or to cause said second and said first gripping elements to jointly grip and withhold said bag, thereby enabling a gripping passage from the second gripping element to the first gripping element or vice versa, or to cause said first gripping element to grip and withhold said bag individually while said second gripping element is distanced from said bag.