Container treatment machine

An apparatus comprising a container-treatment machine for treating containers, said container-treatment machine comprising a transport element, container holders, a container inlet, a container outlet, a pivoting device, a pivot drive, a pivot arm, and a rotary drive, wherein said transport element comprises said container holders, wherein said transport element is configured to be driven to rotate about an axis of rotation, wherein said container inlet receives containers to be treated, wherein said transport element conveys said containers to treatment stations for treatment, wherein said container outlet receives and then discharges containers that have been treated at said treatment stations, wherein said transport element, together with said container holders, is arranged so as to be pivotable by said pivoting device about a horizontal axis, wherein said container holders are pivotable between a feeding position and a treatment position, wherein, in said feeding position, container openings of containers held by said container holders point upward, wherein, in said treatment position, container openings of containers held by said container holders point downward, wherein said pivot drive pivots said pivot arm, wherein said pivot arm holds said transport element so that said transport element is rotatable by said rotary drive, and wherein said container holders are distributed along said transport element around a pitch arc that defines a portion of a circle.