Patent ID: 8763784

Claim:
An apparatus for transporting containers, comprising: a first transport unit that transports the containers along a first transport section, the first transport unit including a first drive unit for moving the containers; a second transport unit that is arranged downstream of the first transport unit in a transport direction of the containers and transports the containers along a second transport section, the second transport unit including a second drive unit for moving the containers; a first sensor unit that detects at least one first condition of the containers transported by the first transport unit along the first transport section; a second sensor unit that detects at least one second condition of the containers transported by the second transport unit along the second transport section; and at least one control unit that controls at least one of the first and second drive units in response to at least one of the first and second conditions detected by the corresponding first or second sensor units, wherein at least one of the first and second sensor units includes a signal transmission unit that wirelessly emits a signal characteristic of the respective at least one first or at least one second condition to a receiving unit of the control unit, wherein at least one of the first and second sensor units comprises a surface-acoustic-wave (SAW) sensor.