Patent ID: 7677384

Claim:
An apparatus for transporting containers to at least one processing station, comprising a plurality of container carriers configured to accommodate the containers; two parallel guides spaced apart from each other and extending in a transverse direction for an advance and return of the container carriers; turnaround devices provided at ends of said parallel guides for switching said container carriers from one of said parallel guides to the other of said parallel guides; pinions for transporting the container carriers, said pinions being situated between said parallel guides and engaging said container carriers, said turnaround devices each having arc guides that adjoin said two parallel guides and transition into an arch from one of said parallel guides to the other of said parallel guides, wherein each of said parallel guides have an upper guide track, and spaced vertically apart from the latter and beneath it, a lower guide track extending parallel to said upper guide track, and wherein carrying elements hold said container carriers between said upper guide track and said lower guide track during transport.