Apparatus and method for treating and in particular sterilising containers

A container treatment apparatus, having several transport devices configured for transporting a container along a predetermined transport path, wherein at least one of the transport devices has at least one holding device configured for holding at least one container during container treatment and/or transport along the transport path,

• wherein
• the transport device has a rotatable carrier and a plurality of holding elements arranged on this carrier, wherein at least one of these holding elements in a first sector, in which a container is received, has a height with respect to a vertical projection of the transport path which is different from that in a second sector, in which a container is dispensed from the rotatable carrier, and wherein a third sector, in which an at least partial compensation of the height difference of the holding elements takes place, is located along a direction of rotation of the carrier after the second sector and before the first sector, and wherein at least one of the holding elements in a fourth sector, which lies along the transport path between the first and second sector, is arranged, at least in sections with respect to the vertical projection of the transport path, at a greater height than in the first sector and than in the second sector.