Patent ID: 7954625

Claim:
Apparatus for transporting containers, comprising: a transport body having at least two segments, the transport body being arranged such that it can rotate about a predefined geometric axis of rotation and having a plurality of openings in the segments, the transport body having a plurality of recesses on its outer circumference for receiving at least one region of the containers to be transported; and a plurality of holding rods for holding the transport body, the plurality of holding rods being arranged on a common carrier, an extension direction of said holding rods extending at an angle other than 0° relative to a plane of the transport body, and wherein at least one engagement region of each of said holding rods is arranged in each case in one of the openings, and wherein the cross section of at least some of said openings is larger than the cross section of the engagement region of the holding rods, which are arranged in the openings, so that the segments are movable, at least at times, relative to the holding rods in a direction perpendicular to the axis of rotation.