Patent ID: 7661522

Claim:
Container processing machine (M), comprising one of a filler (F) and rinser (R) for bottles ( 22 ), at least one carousel ( 1 , 1 ′) which defines a multiple-row processing section ( 2 , 2 ′), processing devices ( 24 , 25 ) which move in multiple rows with the at least one carousel, container holding element groups attached to sections of a concurrently moving conveyor device ( 3 ), with the holding elements (H), at least within the processing section ( 2 , 2 ′), positioned next to each other transversely to the conveyance direction, and feed and removal systems (Z, A) which, for the loading and the unloading of the holding elements (H) in the loading and unloading zones (L, E), feed into, and remove from, the processing section ( 2 , 2 ′), with the feed and removal systems (Z, A), for the multiple-row processing section ( 2 , 2 ′), having a single row (D), with each holding element group being resettable between a single-row position, in which the holding elements (H) are at least approximately parallel to the conveyance direction, and the multiple-row position which lies transversely to the conveyance direction, and, in the area of the loading and unloading zones (L, E), a position resetting device (U) for the holding elements.