Container-handling device with centering elements for clamping containers

An apparatus comprising a container-handling device, said container-handling device comprising a first rotor, a second rotor, holders that are arranged around a periphery of said second rotor, each of said holders being a container holder that holds a container while said container is being transported by said second rotor, and a receptacle, said receptacle being one of a plurality of container receptacles that are arranged around a periphery of said first rotor such that, as said first rotor rotates, each of said receptacles passes through first, second, third, and fourth angular ranges, wherein said holders and said receptacles interact with each other by meshing while both are within said first angular range, wherein, as a result of said interaction, said container is transferred between said first and second rotors, wherein said receptacle comprises a movement mechanism, a centering element and a counter-bearing that interacts with said centering element, wherein, when a receptacle has a container, relative movement therebetween causes said centering element and said counter-bearing to cooperate in clamping said container between them at a mouth region of said container with said holder engaging said container above a region at which said counter-bearing engages said container, wherein said movement mechanism is configured to cause said relative movement between said centering element and said counter-bearing element, as a result of which said receptacle executes a first partial-stroke and a second partial-stroke, wherein said first partial-stroke occurs while said receptacle is in a first angular region and said second partial-stroke occurs after said receptacle has left said first angular region, wherein, during said first partial-stroke, said centering element is made to bear against a container's mouth with a first pressure, and wherein, during said second partial-stroke, said centering element is made to bear against said mouth a second pressure, said second pressure being in excess of said first pressure.