Patent ID: 8806840

Claim:
A device for the handling of containers, comprising: a first handling unit that handles containers in a first pre-set manner; a second handling unit that handles containers in a second pre-set manner, the second handling unit being arranged downstream with respect to the first handling unit in a conveying direction of the containers, wherein the second handling unit comprises: a plurality of handling elements for handling the containers; and at least one state-recognition device, which recognizes an atypical state of at least one handling element or at least one container handled by at least one of the plurality of handling elements; at least one control device that assigns to at least one of the plurality of handling elements at least one container to be handled by the at least one of the plurality of handling elements; a barring device that interrupts the supply of containers to at least one of the first and second handling units; and a separating device that only separates containers to be handled by the at least one handling element having the atypical state to produce a gap, which later meets the at least one handling element having the atypical state, in an intentional manner upstream with respect to the second handling unit.