elements 1 1 a at the end of the transport path formed by the first transporting element 1 the container 2 can be removed again radially or substantially radially from the container gripper 4 at a further handover region in either case the act of pushing in and removing the container 2 takes place against the resilient clamping force that clamps the containers 2 at their container region 2 1 the container gripper 4 is furthermore designed such that once a container 2 has been pushed in it is locked rigidly or with a form fit to prevent opening as a result containers 2 of considerable weight are securely held at the respective transport position 3 even in the case of a rapidly rotating first transporting element 1 the container gripper 4 is produced in one piece with two elongate or lever like first and second segments 6 7 and with one clip like spring portion 8 that forms a locking tab 9 at one end a central plane me is oriented to be perpendicular to the surface sides of the flat first and second segments 6 7 in the illustrated embodiment the container gripper 4 is mirror symmetrical about the central plane me when the container gripper 4 is in a mounted state the central plane me is also oriented radially with respect to the machine axis ma of the first transporting element 1 and includes the machine axis ma the two segments 6 7 are flat and are arranged with their surface sides in a plane that is perpendicular to the central plane me with the container gripper 4 mounted on the first transporting element 1 the segments 6 7 are perpendicular to the machine axis.