Container processing device, in particular a filling machine for filling cans or similar containers with liquid contents along a container processing segment running in a processing direction, comprising at least one first transporter, a rotor located downstream of the first transporter in the processing direction, with several processing positions for processing the containers, and, located in turn downstream of the rotor in the processing direction, a second transporter, wherein the first transporter is configured as an inlet star, by means of which the containers which are to be processed are transferred at an inlet point to the rotor circulating about a machine axis, wherein the second transporter is configured as a linear conveyor, by means of which the containers being processed at the several processing positions of the rotor and still not closed can be further conveyed onwards, wherein a circular arc-shaped processing region is located between the inflow point and an outflow point of the circulating rotor, with a predetermined processing arc length, along which the several processing positions are formed, wherein, in order to increase the processing arc length of the arc-shaped processing region, an at least partly curved receiving and transferring apparatus is arranged upstream of the second transporter for receiving the containers at the outflow point and transferring them to the second transporter, wherein the at least one partly curved receiving and transferring apparatus comprises a first at least partly curved transport segment section, on which the respective containers can be conveyed, as well as a second transport segment section following in the processing direction and configured as straight, on which the respective container can be further conveyed onwards, characterised in that the first transport segment section comprises several transfer curve sections (ÜKA1, ÜKA2, ÜKA3), of which the curvature directions in the processing direction differ from one another, in particular configured as left-curvature in the first transfer curve sections (ÜKA1), right-curvature in the second transfer curve sections (ÜKA2), and left-curvature again in the third transfer curve sections (ÜKA3). wherein the second transporter is configured as a linear conveyor, by means of which the containers being processed at the several processing positions of the rotor and still not closed can be further conveyed onwards, wherein a circular arc-shaped processing region is located between the inflow point and an outflow point of the circulating rotor, with a predetermined processing arc length, along which the several processing positions are formed, wherein, in order to increase the processing arc length of the arc-shaped processing region, an at least partly curved receiving and transferring apparatus is arranged upstream of the second transporter for receiving the containers at the outflow point and transferring them to the second transporter, wherein the at least one partly curved receiving and transferring apparatus comprises a first at least partly curved transport segment section, on which the respective containers can be conveyed, as well as a second transport segment section following in the processing direction and configured as straight, on which the respective container can be further conveyed onwards, characterised in that the first transport segment section comprises several transfer curve sections (ÜKA1, ÜKA2, ÜKA3), of which the curvature directions in the processing direction differ from one another, in particular configured as left-curvature in the first transfer curve sections (ÜKA1), right-curvature in the second transfer curve sections (ÜKA2), and left-curvature again in the third transfer curve sections (ÜKA3).