Transport device for transporting containers

A transport device for transporting containers with a plurality of pucks, which are each designed for receiving a container and for standing transport of the container,

• the transport device comprising an intermediate starwheel and a container lifting device designed to adjust the vertical position of the containers, and
• the transport device being designed such that the containers can be transported by means of the pucks to an inlet of a treatment machine and away from an outlet of the treatment machine,
• the container lifting device being integrally formed with or attached to the intermediate starwheel and formed and arranged in operation such that it lifts the containers for removing the containers from the pucks before they pass through a treatment section of the treatment machine and lowers the containers for inserting the containers into the pucks after they have passed through the treatment section,
• wherein the transport device comprises an infeed starwheel and an outfeed starwheel and the container lifting device is designed for transferring the containers to the infeed starwheel and for taking the containers over from the outfeed starwheel.